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Treated MDR Tuberculosis. X-ray Shows Scar. Treatment Again?

hello doctor... recently my hubby who s in kuwait has sent me a family visa..I started off with my pcc,n den problems occured in the medical tests..the gamca medical centre found a scar on my xray ..actually I was diagnosed with mdr tuberculosis three years back n im completely cured now,,all my sputum culture reports r negative..I spoke to my doctor who treated me(she s a chest specialist frm d gov of India).She also spoke to the doctor at gamca medical centre who is incharge of making a person fit or unfit..he s not ready to listen..n sd we have certain guidelines n cant make it fit..I have all the medical certificates with me..A disease which is cured n for which I have all d proof vd me..dese gamca people r not accepting...its ridiculous..they re ruining peoples life vd their weird guidelines..they need to make or keep some condtions..if theres any prob in d xray they shud ask for d reason n if the reason is fulfilled n d person is fit non infectious to others nobody in d world shud hav a problem......
Sat, 19 Oct 2013
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Ayurveda Specialist 's  Response
Hello
Thanks for posting to HCM,
Usually five drugs are given to first three month and then three drugs for 18 months. First 3month : Injection Amikacine 500mg- 1gm im daily.
Tab.PZA 750 two tab.once a day.
Tab. Ciplox 750mg once a day.
Tab. Ethionamide 250 mg twice a day.
Tab. Cycloserine 250 mg thrice a day.
Next 18 month:
Tab. Ethinamide 250 mg thrice a day.
Tab. Cycloserine 250 mg thrice a day.
Tan. Oflox 200 mg two twive a day.
Regards

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Homeopath Dr. C. J. Varghese's  Response
Hello friend,
Thank you for posting your query through Healthcare magic.
I can understand your emotions and your revolting attitude to the medical team at the gamca medical centre.
You are agitated because you are not allowed to join your husband in Kuwait.
But let us sit cool and analyse the reaction of the medical team there. Then you will understand that they have sufficient reasons to say 'no' to you. The guide line about which they mention is the same guide line the conventional medical doctors everywhere in the world hold.
The scar they found in your lung field means that the infection of Tuberculosis is contained in your lung by the reactive tissues of your body. There, two factors have played important roles. One- the action of the strong antibiotics as a part of the anti tubercular treatment and two- the self defence mechanism of your body.
You have said that your multi drug resistant tuberculosis was cured with the ATT. You should not forget that the immunity of the body also played a role to contain the disease to a mere scar .
Now why do the gamca team objects you to travel? It is because even if you have now contained the disease, there is a chance to get a flare up of the disease if your immunity gets lowered due to any reason and then the disease can become active again. You ask the doctor who treated you and any conventional medial specialist about its possibility. They will agree with the gamca team.
Why I gave a detailed version about this incident is because I wish to make you to understand that the concepts of TB infection is the same here in India and also in Kuwait.
What is weird in the whole thing is the conventional medial teaching that the TB bacillus will attack people like the weird animals of Hollywood computer cinema. No. No TB bacillus will attack any human individual unconditionally. As long as the conventional medicine will frighten people like this this sort of weird guidelines will be there.
As a Homoeopath I can definitely say that you become sick first and then you get bacteria as saprophytes tuned to the particular defective constitution of your body. Only a tubercular constitution will get the TB bacillus and survive in his body.
Until and unless you make changes in the weird concepts regarding the infection and the role of the germ and host, no use revolting against such consecutive guide lines.
Hope you have become convinced why they objected you from travelling.
With Best Wishes,
Dr C. J. Varghese,
Homoeopath,
drcjvarghese@gmail.com.
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Treated MDR Tuberculosis. X-ray Shows Scar. Treatment Again?

Hello Thanks for posting to HCM, Usually five drugs are given to first three month and then three drugs for 18 months. First 3month : Injection Amikacine 500mg- 1gm im daily. Tab.PZA 750 two tab.once a day. Tab. Ciplox 750mg once a day. Tab. Ethionamide 250 mg twice a day. Tab. Cycloserine 250 mg thrice a day. Next 18 month: Tab. Ethinamide 250 mg thrice a day. Tab. Cycloserine 250 mg thrice a day. Tan. Oflox 200 mg two twive a day. Regards