Side Effects of Drugs During Treatment of Tuberculosis
Isoniazid
Common side effects: Hepatitis, peripheral neuropathy
Uncommon side effects: Cutaneous reactions, arthralgia, drug induced lupus, optic neuritis, convulsions, mental symptoms aplastic anaemia, haemolytic anaemia agranulocytosis, gynaecomastia.
Need For Family Contact Survey In Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can survive or a long time in darkness, away from sunlight.Those persons who stay indoors for prolonged periods with a patient of pulmonary TB are most likely to get infected.
A patient of tuberculosis is likely to have infected some of his own family members prior to reporting to you.
Of those infected, some may develop the disease. Read more
Investigations That Aid In Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Routine blood and urine examinations in pulmonary tuberculosis are as non-specific as those of physical examination. The patient may be found to be anaemic with a normal or raised WBC count.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
ESR is o a non-specific investigation which may become rapid in a large variety of clinical conditions ranging from anaemia to any chronic infectious, inflammatory or malignant disease. Read more