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TB medicine Side effects
My mum has been diagnosed by tuberculous lymphadenopathy and started in TB medicines frm 1st May. She is feeling extremely weak, dizzyness and no appetite at all. She suffered frm fever for 1 mnth before this was diagnosed, now again she is getting fever upto 101F. She can barely get up frm bed and struggles to eat her food. It's 11 days that she has been taking medicines and no improvement until now. At times she vomits aswell as she feels her stomach is completely bloated up even after eating little bit.Can you please help doctor ? We got this diagnosed in Vellore and there they suggested to continue the treatment under a local doctor. She has not yet taken her Covid vaccine aswell and due to the current scenario I am extremely scared. Also she feels so weak at times she talks about dying and says that she cannot take medicines anymore etc etc. How can I get past this situation and is there something to worry abt or is it just side effects of the medicines. Please help doctor 🙏🙏
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Loss of appetite and aversion to food is common in TB infection.
Along with TB medicines given 2 teaspoons of Betonin B12 syrup half an hour before food. Give high protein diet.
The total duration of treatment is 9-12 months. Continue medicines as advised. This is completely curable . Nothing to worry. You will notice improvement after 6-8 weeks of anti- tubercular treatment.
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It would be very helpful if you could inform me about the regimen or drugs she is taking for her tuberculosis. If she is taking Rifampicin,please stop it immediately. Going by what you have said, I am of the impression that she may be having drug induced hepatitis,which is a finding in many patients taking anti tubercular drugs.
So in such cases we stop the drugs for sometime and gradually re introduce them slowly or change the regimen of treatment, which the patient tolerates.
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