Latent TB is where you've been infected with the TB bacteria, but do not have any symptoms of active infection. If you have latent TB and are aged 65 or under, treatment is usually recommended. However, the antibiotics used to treat TB can cause liver damage in older adults.
If liver damage is a concern and you're aged between 35 and 65, your TB team will discuss with you the advantages and disadvantages of taking treatment for latent TB. Latent TB is also not always treated if it's thought to be drug resistant. If this is the case, you may be regularly monitored to check the infection does not become active. In some cases, testing and treatment for latent TB may be recommended for people who require treatment that will weaken their immune system, such as long-term steroid medicines , chemotherapy or biological inhibitors like TNF inhibitors.
This is because there's a risk of the infection becoming active. Isoniazid can cause nerve damage peripheral neuropathy. You'll be given supplements of vitamin B6 pyridoxine to take alongside it to reduce this risk.
Your liver function will be tested before you start treatment. In rare cases, the antibiotics used to treat TB can cause eye damage, which can be serious. If you're going to be treated with ethambutol, your sight should also be tested at the beginning of the course of treatment. Double Your Gift. Your tax-deductible donation funds lung disease and lung cancer research, new treatments, lung health education, and more.
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Treating and Managing Tuberculosis. Section Menu. Managing Tuberculosis You must finish your medicine and take the drugs exactly as prescribed. Everyone is different, but there are side effects associated with taking the medications, including: Upset stomach, nausea and vomiting or loss of appetite Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet Itchy skin, rashes or bruising Changes in your eyesight or blurred visions Yellowish skin or eyes Dark-colored urine Weakness, fatigue or fever that for three or more days It is important to tell your doctor or TB nurse immediately if you begin having any unusual symptoms while taking medicine for either preventive therapy or for active TB disease.
Here are some ways to help you remember to take your TB medicine: Take your medicine at the same time every day. Each day when you take your medicine mark it off on a calendar. Get a weekly pill dispenser that has a section for each day of the week. Put your pills in it.
If a person has drug sensitive TB it means that if the person takes first line drugs which are some of the most effective TB drugs, then the bacteria will be completely killed by the drugs. It is still necessary to take several drugs. If a person has drug resistant TB it means that the TB bacteria that the person is infected with, will not respond to, and are therefore resistant to, at least one of the main TB drugs. Having drug sensitive TB is the opposite to having drug resistant TB.
If a person has drug sensitive TB then if they take first line drugs, they will probably be cured. They still need to take all their drugs correctly. If a person has drug resistant TB then they can probably still be cured but they need to take second line drugs. This page was last updated in May People with TB disease may spread the bacteria to people with whom they spend many hours.
It is very important that people who have TB disease are treated, finish the medicine, and take the drugs exactly as prescribed.
If they stop taking the drugs too soon, they can become sick again; if they do not take the drugs correctly, the TB bacteria that are still alive may become resistant to those drugs. TB that is resistant to drugs is harder and more expensive to treat.
TB disease can be treated by taking several drugs for 6 to 9 months. There are 10 drugs currently approved by the U. Of the approved drugs, the first-line anti-TB agents that form the core of treatment regimens are:. Regimens for treating TB disease have an intensive phase of 2 months, followed by a continuation phase of either 4 or 7 months total of 6 to 9 months for treatment.
Although there are no studies that compare 5 with 7 daily doses, extensive experience indicates this would be an effective practice. DOT should be used when drugs are administered less than 7 days per week.
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