Question 1

can medications only resolve spine tb lesions and cold abscess?

Accepted Answer

Yes many cases can: Be treated with medication as long as there is no spine instability and/or neurologic deficit or imaging consistent with imminent instability  and there is no significant abcess.

Question 2

my ct scan reports states "calcified granulomas & fibrotic nodules. no active lesions" but i never had tb how to prove it is not tb.

Accepted Answer

Quantiferon TB test: A normal, healthy person in such a situation can do a Quantiferon TB blood test. If the result is negative, then it is very unlikely that one had TB in the past. If both a PPD test and a Quantiferon TB test are negative, in an otherwise healthy person, that would be good evidence of not having had a TB infection.

Question 3

after 21d of spinal tb treatment(lesions mainly on s1,2,3, ls & ts),i still have 37.8c fever.fever is almost always accompanied with hip pain.normal?

Accepted Answer

Tuberculosis: Antituberculosis drugs have been shown effective in  studies of treatment of spinal TB in the absence of neurologic deficit, instability, and deformity regardless of presence of paravertebral abscess. Adequate early  treatment can prevent severe complications. Rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and pyrazinamid for 2 mos followed by INH and Rifampin for up to 18 mos is recommended.

Question 4

what is mdr tb?

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MDR: This stands for multiple drug resistant tuberculosis. This illness is gradually spreading throughout the world and is creating a great amount of difficulty in management of these patients, with  a resultant higher mortality rate.

Question 5

how is tb spread?

Accepted Answer

Coughing: The most common way TB is spead by close contact with some with active TB disease. It is often caught by someone coughing and spreading the TB organism in the air which other people inhale into their lungs and contract tb.

Question 6

how can people fight tb?

Accepted Answer

With antibiotics: Tb is a difficult infection to treat and for many years affected people were sent to live in sanatoria. It took a combination of four antibiotics taken over several months to treat it. After treating the affected individual, tracking the contacts and testing them helps break the chain of transmission.

Question 7

what is active tb disease?

Accepted Answer

Tough to treat: It means it's not in the latent or dormant stage. It's actively causing an infection in the body, usually the lung but it can occur elsewhere like the kidneys. It's also considered contagious in this active phase and needs several medications to treat it.

Question 8

how do u know if u have tb?

Accepted Answer

TB: Early in the disease there may be no signs or symptoms and you can only know by TB skin tests or chest xray.  In later stages people may develop cough with sputum production, fever, weight loss, fatigue and numerous other problems.

Question 9

should i get tested for tb?

Accepted Answer

Depends: If you know or believe that you have been exposed, if you work in certain professions, if you believe you might have the disease or any other valid reason you can get tested. Routine testing for everyone is not recommended.

Question 10

is tb on the rise in the us?

Accepted Answer

Actually less: Tb has diminished according to cdc.  You can find the numbers on their web site.

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