Tuberculosis? Help me combat this doggedly vexatious disease.?
Question:
Worst, my wife s prego n s due w/in dis mo. n I think it wud b futile n 2 late 2 conduct a test 2 determine if it hs affected d fetus. Relatively, I've got a yr old boy n we r totally oblivious if he has got it 2. Albeit he has a BCG but I don't know how impervious d vac. cud b if ur always in close contact w/ d infected person.
My questions: (I ardently hope you could shed light to all.)
1.> Thru x-ray visibility of densities, could you tell how long you've been carrying d infection till it turn active or a disease?
2.> 2 wat extent it cud affect d fetus?
3.> My physician only gave me 1 med, but I've heard a combinatn of 4 meds r d bes. How tru?
4.> Wat r d super BEST prevention so as not 2 spread d disease w/in d haus family members?
Tnx. Nid ur help planet earth. God Bless!
Cebu, Phils.
Answers:
If you are suffering from ACTIVE terburculosis meaning you are sick right now. You should NOT be home with your family, you can actually infected your wife and child quite easily. Just by sneezing and breathing air your family can get TB, you should be on antibiotics right now and posibly isolated from you family until your cured.
1. You can approximate how long you've had TB by how mild to severe TB has attacked your longs, even then the doctors can only make a wild estimate. You could also be a carrier to TB for your whole life, meaning its not active, and not infect any one. Only people with ACTIVE TB can infected people.
2. Your fetus has a slight chance of getting being a carrier of TB. But you need to talk to your doctor about this.
3. You should only be taking 1-2 medications for TB taking a combination of 4 doesnt mean it will cure you. You still will be fine if you only take 1 med.
4. The BEST prevention since TB is air bourne is to stay away from them until the doctors have given you the OK sign that you are no longer contagious. But if your only a carrier of TB that means your non active being near your family poses no treat to their well-being.
Sorry if i answered your questions wrong, i had a difficult time understanding what your trying to say.
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