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Suggest Treatment For Lower Back Pain
My mother 70 yrs old,is suffering from lower back pain for last 2 months. we consulted and took medicine from various doc. and ortho specilities after that we switch to another. and he told us that it is TB and pus is there ,after checking MRI & various blood tests. (where as another ortho doc. couldnot informed us about it even after Digital Xray) Now she is feeling improvement but still feel pain.Are we on right track???
Tue, 9 Sep 2014
Hi,Welcome to healthcare magic.After going through your query .Some tuberculosis is not seen even in digital x-ray. As it is seen in MRI AND FURTHER MORE PATIENT IS RESPONDING TO TREATMENT SO YOU are on right tract, that is she is suffering from tuberculosis. There should be significant improvement in pain after nearly 2.5 months of anti tubercular treatment.I think You are on right tract. I think your query answered.Welcome to any follow up query.
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