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Pott Spine
3 months before, I have gone through c-section delivering a baby girl. After 15 days of surgery, I started feeling lower backache with very local pain in bending, sneezing, coughing. Initially I thought it is a post cesarean effect and as I was breastfeeding my baby, I took homoeopathic medicines. Afterwards, I consulted orthopedic as there was no relief in pain. Last week, after certain blood investigations and MRI Report they diagnosed it as Pott’s Spine in L4-L5 region. They have started the treatment course and suggested to wear LS Belt. I just want to know, how much it is dangerous. What extra protection I should take? What is recovery time? Will I be able to recover completely? Is it required to stop breastfeeding my 3.5 months baby as they allowed me to continue it?
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Pott's spine is treatable ,it is a TB of the vertebae and takes almost 1 year for the regular treatment,You can feed yor baby;Go for Liver function test every month, Take high protein diet;it will recover completely LS belt is required to restrict the movement of the back; I hope you dont have any regular cough since recent time, ask me free on tel. 98 11 03 16 56
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Anti tuberculosis drugs should be continued as advised by your physician. A repeat MRI after some months of treatment should be done to see the response to the treatment, mostly ATT is safe in breastfeeding.
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Dr. Anil Kumar Jain
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello there.
I can understand your concern.
First of all pott's spine is a type of tuberculosis which affects the vertebra.
Yes you need to wear the belt.
Yes you will be able to recover.
It is not advised as such that you breast feed the child.
Better to take the opinion of your treating doctor regarding this.
Best regards.
Dr. Anil kumar jain.
Bangalore.
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