What is abdominal tuberculosis

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How Abdominal TB happens? Is it inherited or any precautions to be taken to be safe from Abdominal TB and is it serious problem which causes cancer? The main reason for Abdominal TB

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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy

Urologist 12 yrs exp Bhubaneswar

It's a kind of M tuberculosis bacterial infection..

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Dr. Vinod Kumar Atreya General Surgeon 40 yrs exp Jaipur Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Vinod Kumar Atreya

General Surgeon 40 yrs exp Jaipur

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Welcome and Good Morning Your concern 1. How ABDOMINAL TB happens ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS could be through various routes like ingestion, Hematogenous, Lymphatics and through contiguous sites in abdomen and pelvis. 2. Is it inherited It is not inherited condition 3. Any precautions to be taken to be safe from abdominal TB Milk should be consumed after Boiling Raw edibles be used after proper washings Other sources of tuberculosis in body should be treated properly and completely 4. Is it serious problem which causes Cancer Unreated and complications of abdominal tuberculosis could be serious Abdominal tuberculosis does not lead to development of cancer 5. The main reason for abdominal TB Causative bacteria is Mycobacterium tuberculosis bovine type

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