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What Causes Acidity And Dry Cough With Pain In The Abdomen?

Hello, I have had abdominal pain for about 3 months with regular fevers in the evenings. About a month and a half ago I had ascitic accumulation in the abdomen and had dry coughs when I speak a lot or laugh. CT scans showed ascites accumulation majorly in the abdomen with a little accumulation also seen in the left lung. After a laproscopic examination they found tuberculous patches in the peritoneal wall and was diagnosed with peritoneal TB. For the past one week I have been under antibiotic treatment to which I am responding well. I dont have any more fever, ascitic fluid is reduced and no more coughs. I would like to know if I would have been contagious during this period before treatment and if I should ask my family and friends who were close to me to take a test for TB infection? Also I need to make a long airtravel (=8 h) in about 10 days. So is two weeks of treatment with the antibiotics enough to make non-contagious (I dont if I was ever contagious)? Thanks, Raman
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Hi thanks for asking question in HCM...

You might acquire infection through respiratory droplets inhaled that is contaminated by tuberculous bacilli ....

The person from whom you acquire infection might have subclinical infection of TB. ...

You have started AKT treatment for that. ...
If not than started after confirmation of TB ..

So it will reduce TB bacilli load and clinical improvement seen ...

Take complete course of AKT if TB confirmed by PCR or AFB stain examination ...Usually treatment given for six month ...

After therapy chances of spread of TB is very less. ...And here as you have peritoneal TB chances of spread to TB very minimal ..
If pulmonary tuberculosis there than chances of spread can be there ...

But for complete cure therapy given for full course .....

Consult physician for this .

Take care .
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What Causes Acidity And Dry Cough With Pain In The Abdomen?

Hi thanks for asking question in HCM... You might acquire infection through respiratory droplets inhaled that is contaminated by tuberculous bacilli .... The person from whom you acquire infection might have subclinical infection of TB. ... You have started AKT treatment for that. ... If not than started after confirmation of TB .. So it will reduce TB bacilli load and clinical improvement seen ... Take complete course of AKT if TB confirmed by PCR or AFB stain examination ...Usually treatment given for six month ... After therapy chances of spread of TB is very less. ...And here as you have peritoneal TB chances of spread to TB very minimal .. If pulmonary tuberculosis there than chances of spread can be there ... But for complete cure therapy given for full course ..... Consult physician for this . Take care .