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Diagnosed With Crohn S Disease. Headache, Low Grade Fever. Had Abdominal TB. Chances Of Spreading It To The Brain?

Hi doc befor nine months i was diagnosed with crohns but the doc wasnt sure he said it mu be bowel tb any way they gave me cortisone for two months i got more sick i started having headache and cant stay in light and confuse some times i have low grade fever sometimes and genarally feel ill could doc be wrong and i may have bowel tb that move to my brain after cortisone ?i did brain scans and it was normal .can tb meningites last this long with these symptoms?please i need answer
Mon, 17 Jun 2013
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General & Family Physician,  's  Response
Hello,
Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum.
Cortisonne ( steroids are life saving drug ) is not responsible for your problem.
2nd point that tubercular meningitis is a disease of brain ( membrane ) which develops due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
So the causative bacteria are reason of this disease, if any in your brain, not cortisone.
Misconception are there , so please remove it from your brain.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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General & Family Physician,  Dr. Bezing Alain's  Response
Hi,
Your doctor suggesting crohn disease and doubting bowl TB is because one fits the symptoms more than the other. You getting more sick with steroids proofs that it probably may not be crohns but does not confirms nor excludes bowls TB but open room for more investigations. Like LP for CSF biochemistry & bacteriology because meningitis TB can last this long.

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Diagnosed With Crohn S Disease. Headache, Low Grade Fever. Had Abdominal TB. Chances Of Spreading It To The Brain?

Hello, Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum. Cortisonne ( steroids are life saving drug ) is not responsible for your problem. 2nd point that tubercular meningitis is a disease of brain ( membrane ) which develops due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. So the causative bacteria are reason of this disease, if any in your brain, not cortisone. Misconception are there , so please remove it from your brain. Good luck. Dr. HET