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Constant Phlegm and rarely slight blood in sputum post tb treatment
Hi everyone. I am worried by the fact that even after 5 months of the end of tb treatment, I get phlegm constantly although without cough and loss of appetite....
Hi everyone. I am worried by the fact that even after 5 months of the end of tb ...
dino10
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Anyone have cavitation in their lung?
Hi all, I'm new here. I am on month six of treatment with INH/rifampin. My chest xray has showed a cavitation in my right lung since September of 21...
Hi all, I'm new here. I am on month six of treatment with INH/rifampin. My chest...
TheTBRT
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I have taking TB medicine
I have taking TB medicine from last 1 yr ...my skin is getting darker...what should i have to do about that?
I have taking TB medicine from last 1 yr ...my skin is getting darker...what sho...
Sanyukta
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Can covid-19 reactivate cured TB?
Hi everybody, i'm Jasmine. I had pulmonary tuberculosis 3 years ago, had serious reaction towards isoniazid so i wasn't able to take it and received treatment...
Hi everybody, i'm Jasmine. I had pulmonary tuberculosis 3 years ago, had serious...
JasmineL
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Have you experienced TB and COVID - at any time in your life?
We would like to hear from anyone who has experience of recovering from both COVID-19 and TB - this may have been many years apart or you may have been unlucky...
We would like to hear from anyone who has experience of recovering from both COV...
HelenC
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Anyone else having constant chest infections after treatment
Anyone else having this issue so since completing my meds aug 2021 I have had chicken pox ( had this as a child and how it happened again is beyond me I was...
Anyone else having this issue so since completing my meds aug 2021 I have had ch...
87wise
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Is there a link?
Is there a link between having natural immunity to TB and not contracting Covid19?The reason I ask is that 7 colleagues and a lot of children are off with the...
Is there a link between having natural immunity to TB and not contracting Covid1...
Jojopurple
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Rifampin for 4 months latent tb
Hello! Has anyone completed the 4 months rifampin for latent tb? I’m interested in learning about side effects. Thanks!
Hello! Has anyone completed the 4 months rifampin for latent tb? I’m interested ...
Dogmom72
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Latent tb treatment
Hello all! I discovered I have latent TB a few years ago via routine screening for working in a health center. I decided not to treat because the chance of...
Hello all! I discovered I have latent TB a few years ago via routine screening f...
Dogmom72
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TUBERCULOSIS
Hi, I am currently on my last box of medicine for TB, I have been seeing a little mucus but today for so reasons I have just coughed it up with a little blood...
Hi, I am currently on my last box of medicine for TB, I have been seeing a littl...
JCAMERON
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Isoniazid vs rifampin side effects
I was diagnosed with latent TB and on Isoniazid since Aug. I feedback to a local subsidised Infectious disease doc that I had severe diarrhoea 4 days later,...
I was diagnosed with latent TB and on Isoniazid since Aug. I feedback to a local...
Akido
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TB Treatment
I’m currently on TB treatment. I have started month 5. 4 weeks straight I had no mucus just little cough, now this morning I have coughed up some mucus. What...
I’m currently on TB treatment. I have started month 5. 4 weeks straight I had no...
JCAMERON
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It's over at last!
Having had active TB since April 2021, I have finally been discharged from the hospital, after six months of taking antibiotics. I was very strict...stuck to...
Having had active TB since April 2021, I have finally been discharged from the ...
bambam1234
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Survey to help improve TB testing
UCL is working with World Health Organization (WHO) to improve TB testing. Help them by completing a 10 minute survey to identify what test attributes you...
UCL is working with World Health Organization (WHO) to improve TB testing. Help ...
HelenC
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past TB and job abroad
Hi, Have anyone here were able to clear the TB screening for getting job abroad? I am trying to get a job in the Middle East (UAE) but they have a strict...
Hi, Have anyone here were able to clear the TB screening for getting job abroad?...
FinPro1
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Dr asked if I had TB vacination and said my blood test was positive because I must have had it as a child. Is this possible?
I tested positive on Quintiferon Gold blood test for TB and the first thing GP said was it must be because I had a vacination as a child, although I cannot...
I tested positive on Quintiferon Gold blood test for TB and the first thing GP s...
snow22
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Headaches with Isoniazid
Hi, just started this for my Latent TB and am experiencing terrible headaches in the night, it hurts my eyes and it’s there during the day after taking...
Hi, just started this for my Latent TB and am experiencing terrible headaches in...
Liveinhope74
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My daughter has had treatment for latent Tb
So in today review of my daughter who is just about to be 15 who was diagnosed with latent Tb back in January and completed the medication for three months ....
So in today review of my daughter who is just about to be 15 who was diagnosed w...
87wise
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Blood in sputum after 7 weeks treatment
Hi All, As i have been sharing my journey with TB treatment before, i wanted to also update that i have been released from the hospital after 7 weeks because i...
Hi All, As i have been sharing my journey with TB treatment before, i wanted to ...
AT2021
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After tb medication still suffering
I have was diagnosed last year November with active tb they struggle to find it on x-ray after numerous test, hospitalized for 3 weeks it was discovered. I...
I have was diagnosed last year November with active tb they struggle to find it ...
Bonzabay
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After effects of TB and the antibiotic treatment
Hello all, I hope you are all keeping well, I finished my 6 months worth of antibiotics for Pulmonary TB back in February 2021, however since then i am still...
Hello all, I hope you are all keeping well, I finished my 6 months worth of an...
Bluestone36
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i'm confuse with my xray result
hello everyone i had tb and i was treated last year but recently i do the xray and result is minimal ptb undetermined and because of that result the job that i...
hello everyone i had tb and i was treated last year but recently i do the xray a...
Hidden
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Positive TB blood test - help with next steps
My daughter had to take a tb blood test (gold) to enter grad school. To her surprise she tested positive. Her X-ray was clean and she has no symptoms. It is a...
My daughter had to take a tb blood test (gold) to enter grad school. To her surp...
osteo2021
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Where you X-rays clear after Tb treatment
Hi after having cavities on your lungs and completing treatment did you have X-rays and did they show that the cavities had totally gone ? . I am baffled after...
Hi after having cavities on your lungs and completing treatment did you have X-r...
87wise
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Complicated case , expert advice needed
Hi, I was diagnosed with mdr tb in 2020.I started shorter regimen.Taken kanamycin, isozonacid, etionamide for 4 months.moxi, ethombutol, clofazimine for 9...
Hi, I was diagnosed with mdr tb in 2020.I started shorter regimen.Taken kanamyc...
AkshatJain
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TB and Covid
Hey all.. just found out my husband is covid positive today. I have tested negative although I feel a bit rundown cold and sneezing. Just wondering what my...
Hey all.. just found out my husband is covid positive today. I have tested negat...
SN1987
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Vaccination
Have any one got vaccinated for covid during medication?
Have any one got vaccinated for covid during medication?
BharatiNong
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Anyone have depression before Active TB diagnosis?
Hello - I have very recently been diagnosed with active TB but have been unwell since November with anxiety and depression. Has anybody else been poorly BEFORE...
Hello - I have very recently been diagnosed with active TB but have been unwell ...
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Lymph node TB journey
Hi, I m diagnosed with lymphnode TB I have started my medication from March 2021. I want to to share my experience during this medication and also I want to...
Hi, I m diagnosed with lymphnode TB I have started my medication from March 2021...
BharatiNong
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Negative sputum Culture
Hey guys Does somebody know how long it takes to get a negative Sputum culture for tuberculosis after starting medication? (Declared non infectious) Thank you...
Hey guys Does somebody know how long it takes to get a negative Sputum culture f...
Cony12
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