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Suggest Medication For Persistent Pain And Swelling On Toes
7 year old 20 kg with vertically transmitted HIV on HAART and septrin prophylaxis started anti TB treatment 2/12 ago and soon after that got symmetrical pain and swelling of the 4th toe of both feet. It has persisted to date and x-ray does not show bone involvement.
Thu, 21 Aug 2014
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Thanks for posting your query.
Your toe swelling could be due to accumulation of salt called Uric acid. Why I am suspecting this is some anti TB drugs can increase the level of uric acid in blood .
To confirm the diagnosis you need to get serum uric acid levels and if elevated there are medications which will reduce uric acid level.
Kindly revert back with the report.
Thanks for posting your query.
Your toe swelling could be due to accumulation of salt called Uric acid. Why I am suspecting this is some anti TB drugs can increase the level of uric acid in blood .
To confirm the diagnosis you need to get serum uric acid levels and if elevated there are medications which will reduce uric acid level.
Kindly revert back with the report.
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