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What is Tuberculosis or TB? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!

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What is tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is a multi-systemic disease.

It is the most common cause of infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis related worldwide.

It typically affects the lungs but also affects other parts of the body.

It is an air borne disease.

What causes it?

The TB is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

How did I get TB?

History of the patient.

Family history of the patient.

TB are spread through the air from person to person when a person with TB disease coughs and speaks etc.

Is TB a life-threatening disease?

Yes, in some cases tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and potentially life-threatening disease transmitted through the air.

The TB usually affects the lungs.

Is TB being contagious?

Yes, it is a contagious airborne disease.

What happens if tuberculosis goes untreated?

Mycobacterium causes tuberculosis (TB), it is a contagious, airborne infection that destroys the tissue of the body.

Pulmonary TB occurs when M. tuberculosis primarily attacks the lungs.

What happened when it is left untreated?

If the TB is left untreated, the disease can cause life-threatening complications like permanent lung damage.

How many stages of tuberculosis are there?

There are 3 stages of TB—

Exposure

It is also known as the primary infection of the TB.

In this stage the bacteria enter the body.

No symptoms

Latent

In this stage the bacteria is in the body and can be found through tests, but is not active.

Patients experience mild symptoms.

Active disease

In this stage the TB bacteria are active and multiplying.

How is tuberculosis diagnosed?

• TB culture test

• Sputum smear test

• Skin test (Mantoux test)

• X-ray

• Blood test

Is there any type?

• Tubercular meningitis (TB of brain or meninges)

• Skeletal TB

• Genitourinary TB

• Gastrointestinal TB

Is TB a dangerous disease?

Yes, Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease which is caused by bacteria that are spread through the air from person to person.

If it is left untreated it can be fatal. It is depending upon person to person. And severity of the case.

What is the sign and symptoms of TB?

Symptoms of Pulmonary TB:

• A cough

• Weight loss

• Fever

• Night Sweats

• Haemoptysis

• Chest pain

• Fatigue

Symptoms of tubercular meningitis:

• Persistent or an intermittent headache for 2-3 weeks

• Low grade or absent fever

Symptoms of skeletal TB:

• Back pain or stiffness

• Lower extremity paralysis

• Tubercular arthritis

Symptoms of genitourinary TB:

• Flank pain

• Dysuria

• Frequent urination

• In men painful scrotal mass, prostatitis. Orchitis, epididymitis.

• In women, symptoms like PID

Signs of extrapulmonary TB:

• Confusion

• Coma

• Chorioretinitis

• Lymphadenopathy

• Cutaneous Lesion

How to treat?

• Antitubercular treatment.

• Drug therapy

• DOT direct observed therapy is recommended for all patients.

What is the differential diagnosis?

• Bronchiectasis

• Actinomycosis

• Lung abscess

• Lung cancer

• Nocardiotic

• Pericarditis

• Potts disease

• Pneumonia

How homeopathy help in this case?

Homeopathy helps in this case symptomatology. Some homeopathic medicines which can help in this case. These are:

• Arsenic Album 

• Bryonia 

• Calcarea carb 

• Phosphorus 

For more information, you can visit Wikipedia and eMedicine.