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Suggest Precautions For Cervical TB Not Spreading To Child
Hello doctor I am 35 year old female having cervical tb have taken five months of treatment how can I make sure my five year old son does not catch it from me. Or how can I keep checking him so that at the earliest evidence I take him to paediatrician
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Hi Dear
Welcome to the HCM,
Three weeks of proper anti tubercular treatment makes the person non infective to others.
Baby to be considered as contact,to be investigated in terms of ESR. Mx TEST,CXR etc to rule out the spread.
Some symptoms to noted like Loss of appetite, no proper weight gain, dullness, irritability,swelling of the cervical or axillary lymphnodes, chronic pain in abdomen etc.
Hope the query is answered,
thanks
Welcome to the HCM,
Three weeks of proper anti tubercular treatment makes the person non infective to others.
Baby to be considered as contact,to be investigated in terms of ESR. Mx TEST,CXR etc to rule out the spread.
Some symptoms to noted like Loss of appetite, no proper weight gain, dullness, irritability,swelling of the cervical or axillary lymphnodes, chronic pain in abdomen etc.
Hope the query is answered,
thanks
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