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Tuberculosis infection
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My brother is suffering from lungs tb at year 2021 after he successfully treated from lungs tb then after 6 months of treatment he again got affected from tb but this time Pott spine tb.
As a family member can we go for tb screening to test we are infected or not ? Please suggest ?
I have done ESR blood report and it is normal.
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TB is spread from a TB patient when he’s sputum contains TB bacteria. You may go for TB screening. For better advice, consult a pulmonologist online or offline for proper evaluation and treatment
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Consult a pulmonologist online or offline for proper evaluation and treatment
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Do you have any symptoms? Any cough, fever, unexplained weight loss, swelling, any bladder bowel complaints, skin lesions etc. if not, then no testing required at this point. Have good diet and maintain good health and immunity.
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go for sputum afb test if he had pulmonary tb previously in the past.
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Dr. Shruti Jain
Pulmonologist
8 yrs exp
Delhi
you have been exposed to tubercular bacilli as your family member has been infected so may have latent infection and all latent infection are not treated but if you have symptoms - cough, fever , decrease appetite , weight loss than you may have active infection
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get a chest x ray and sputum evaluated
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Tb is spread from pulmonary Tb,through sputum. If you are in contact with positive pt,it is better to undergo screening.pl increase your immunity.
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