What is the complications of tuberculosis?
Back pain and stiffness are common complications of tuberculosis. Joint damage. Arthritis that results from tuberculosis (tuberculous arthritis) usually affects the hips and knees. Swelling of the membranes that cover your brain (meningitis).
What is the main complication of primary tuberculosis?
An unusual complication of primary tuberculosis is bronchial obstruction due to pressure of a node on a main bronchus. This phenomenon, sometimes called epituberculosis, may lead to secondary bronchiectasis. Untreated primary disease may progress to involve the entire lung and disseminate.
What are the complications of TB treatment?
The side effects of TB drugs depend on the treatment….These can include:
- feeling sick or dizzy.
- skin rashes.
- pins and needles.
- flu like symptoms.
- In very few cases people may experience jaundice, which is the yellowing of skin or eyes. If this happens, stop taking your medication and tell your doctor straight away.
Which of the following is the most severe complication of TB?
Tuberculosis Complications Tuberculosis infection can cause complications such as: Joint damage. Lung damage. Infection or damage of your bones, spinal cord, brain, or lymph nodes.
What are the risk factors and causes of TB?
Persons with Medical Conditions that Weaken the Immune System
- HIV infection (the virus that causes AIDS)
- Substance abuse.
- Silicosis.
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Severe kidney disease.
- Low body weight.
- Organ transplants.
- Head and neck cancer.
How to tell if you have tuberculosis?
– Usually has a skin test or blood test result indicating TB infection – May have an abnormal chest x-ray, or positive sputum smear or culture – Has active TB bacteria in his/her body – Usually feels sick and may have symptoms such as coughing, fever, and weight loss – May spread TB bacteria to others – Needs treatment to treat TB disease
What happens if tuberculosis is untreated?
– Vision changes (if taking ethambutol). Early symptoms are slight loss of vision or loss of colour vision. – Nerve problems (neuropathy) if taking isoniazid. This can cause numbness and tingling in the arms and legs. – Rifampicin makes your tears and urine orange-coloured. – TB medication can affect other medicines, including the contraceptive pill.
How to cure tuberculosis?
The new diagnostic equipment and treatment medications delivered today directly support Vietnam’s National Tuberculosis Program’s “Double X” strategy to improve TB case detection and increase uptake of TB preventive therapy in our joint effort to end TB in Vietnam.
What are the warning signs of tuberculosis?
A cough that lasts more than 3 weeks