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Is A Short Term TB Treatment Needed?
Hi, I am a 37 year old female. Weihgt is 66 kilograms. I often get allergic cold. Have been operated for nasal polypectomy in 2003 and also tonsillectomy the same year. I often have cold fever and sore throat. I have to take levocetrizine once a day.My mother suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis in 2003. She took a 9 month treatment and was cured. This year finally she passed away due to lung complications, kidney failure and BP, diabetes problems. My family doc asked me to do mycobacterium TB IGM as I often have mild fever and cold. test result 0.629. The report says result is negative. However my doc wants me to start with a short term TB treatment. When I consulted another doc he said there is no need to and that I don t have TB. What should I do? Pls let me know. Thanks.
Tue, 2 Aug 2016
i think you don't need to take treatment because you didin't have any symptoms of tb, mild fever and cold are not tb symptoms, tb symptoms are weight loss, cough for more than 2 weeks, evening or night fever etc if you have these then you have to take the treatment. your doctor has doubt then you take chest x ray which can diagnose some cases
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