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What are the tests required for TB

2018-08-09 10:03:55
What are the Tests for TB , what are the symptoms and how does spread , what is the digonisis available for TB if found and levels of TB and is it curable and how long is the treatment will it reoccur ?
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chest x ray, sputum culture and mantoux test are the tests for tb. symptoms depend on the type pf tb- pulmonary tb symptoms are-are weakness, cough for more than 3 weeks, coughing blood or phlegm. different types of tb-pulmonary(lungs) tb, extrapulmonary tb, lymph node tb, tb meningitis, skeletal muscle tb, gastrointestinal tb, tb in children. it is curable if the antibiotic treatment if followed carefully. treatment lasts about 6 months.

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