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Abdominal TuberCulosis
Hi,
One of my female relative is recently Diagnosed with R19.00 Intra Abdominal Tuberculosis.
1. Is this contagious or can spread to anyone easily ? specially elders above 65 years old ?
2. She has been advised medications for 6-9 months but any operation or surgery would be required in future ?
3. Fever occurs daily in early morning and within one hour is back to normal. Is this any indication of any danger ? Any advise to stop fever occurrence on daily basis ?
4. Medicines are very strong from 800 mg, 1000 mg to 1500 mg. Can this have an impact on liver ?
5. Please suggest the rapid and best treatment.
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Dr. Swapnil Ganeshpure
General Physician
16 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
1. It is not contagious
2. Surgery is not generally required (rarely there can be Blockade of intestine in that care only surgery is required)
9. It takes 15-30 days for fever to subside after starting treatment. It still fever persist then MDR (multidrug resistant) TB in to be suspected
4. medicines can cause liver damage. Lives function test need to be monitor regularly
5. Treatment of TB in standard everywhere. There is no alternative rapid and best treatment.
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Dr. Koteswara Rao
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14 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
We should use medications for 6 to 9 months as advised. And regarding surgery usually no. If she develops obstruction of bowel,only after treatment ,palliative surgery will be done if necessary which again will be complicated with abdominal cocoon. Definitive treatment is only medicines for prolonged duration
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