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What Is The Treatment For Tuberculosis?

Hello Doctor, My father is hospitalized for more than 3 weeks in Chennai... He is struggling to breathe and has other problems like BP, TB(which has been found now). He is in ventilator . Since it is more than 15 days Doctors done Tracheostomy treatment. It happened 5 days before. Still he is not able to come out of ventilator. Please suggest how long it would take for him to come out of ventilator. Also he has lung infections which has been recovering now
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Unfortunately tuberculosis can be a very severe infection. It is treated by usually 4 medications at a time. If he is sick enough to require a ventilator, the medications are often done intravenously to ensure they are reaching his lungs quickly and reliably. The duration of treatment for TB is many many months depending on h is clinical course.
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What Is The Treatment For Tuberculosis?

Unfortunately tuberculosis can be a very severe infection. It is treated by usually 4 medications at a time. If he is sick enough to require a ventilator, the medications are often done intravenously to ensure they are reaching his lungs quickly and reliably. The duration of treatment for TB is many many months depending on h is clinical course.