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Suggest Treatment For A Positive Mantoux Test
hi doc
one of my friend his name is sunil age 30 years delhi. last 2 year he is suffring from choroidites problem and he is taken visolone medicine touber clouses report is negative but mentoux is positive i would like to know you any other treatment,food diet, to recover this problem
thanks
one of my friend his name is sunil age 30 years delhi. last 2 year he is suffring from choroidites problem and he is taken visolone medicine touber clouses report is negative but mentoux is positive i would like to know you any other treatment,food diet, to recover this problem
thanks
Fri, 15 Apr 2016
User's Response
A positive Mantoux test needn't indicate the presence of Tuberculosis... It may indicate a prior exposure, an infection but not the disease ( hence the antibody in the body). It is not a criteria to begin any sort of treatment.
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