WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A PERSON IF THEY DON'T TAKE TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS? A REVIEW BY DOCTORS
Expert opinion from Shobha S Reddy
MBBS, Masters in Diabetology, General Practitioner & Diabetologist · 15 years of experience · India
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that most often affects the lungs but can also spread to other organs of the body. Tuberculosis spreads through the air from person to person. When an infected person sneezes, coughs, or spits, the particles are spilled into the air. It is a curable and preventable disease. Symptoms include a cough that lasts for more than3 weeks, chest pain, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, night sweats, coughing out blood, weakness. Treatment involves taking medication for 6 to 9 months. If a person does not get treated, he or she might spread the disease to others. The disease might spread to other organs like the spine, brain, joints, etc. If it is severe can lead to the death of a person.
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Expert opinion from Raghu Bhokya
MBBS · 7 years of experience · India
Tuberculosis is a disease which affects almost every part of the body. Most common site is the lungs. If left untreated tuberculosis spreads to all other parts of the body through hematogenous way. Tuberculosis meningitis and miliary tuberculosis are dreadful complications of this disease. By proper taking the anti tuberculosis medicines this disease can be prevented.
Expert opinion from Ipsa Arora
MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · USA
If one doesn't take TB treatment, he/she will later in life get TB disease. The condition may get serious to individuals with weakened immune system.
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