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Anonymous User

01st May 2020
02:15 AM

hello sir, i was having tight chest issue 2 months back.my weight lost 6kgs in 1 mnth.tht time i was nt having interet in eating anything.i was having mucus aka phlegm in my chest, n my heart beat was fast...xray shown that too much pleural effusion i my chest...one doctor done thoracentesis n removed 600 ml fluid outt of 750 ml ..ADA test shown 80%..so he told me i am not having cough,so my tb is not contagious and he given me 15 days prescription of akt4 plus b-long tablet.next day my lft test shown high bilirubin so tb treatment delayed by doc n started pilia treatment giving me ursodeoxycholic acid tab. after 10 days my pilia cleared but india was in lockdown state...so no Opd doctors were available.. so i asked one of my frnd BHMS doc for help who had worked as practitioner in the deepak hospital. e told me to start tb drugs ..i started takig rifampicin in morning ,pyrazimide each in 3 houra gap n ethambutol in evening. after 15 days lockdown increasd n no docs available.so i searchd internet for tb treatment n got to lknow that i shld use akt4 for minimum 2 mnths..i hoped in mths lockdown will over n i will contact tht doc...
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my question is,
should i keep taking these drugs? if yes, then how long?
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also when i lift something even 5kg weight, i feel pain in abdomin, is this pain likely after thoracetesis?
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also, what to eat n what not to do things, can you advice me?
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also, will tht leftover pleural fluid will go away by using these drugs or i will have to do tjoracentesis again?
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here in my city mostly all hosptals are full of patients n i am fearing of going there due to risk of gettung cough like diseases from others, because as i still having 250ml fluid left in my pleural space, whenever i yawn or cough i have stabbing pain in my back.

note: since thoracentesis, n starting tb teeatment, i hv gained 6 kg of weight after eating akt4 for today 35 days...

my weight now is 67 kg.

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Dr. Gaurav Singhal

on 01 May 2020 at 10:23 PM

continue hrze for 2month and after start take 3drug regime for next 4month but my personal advise is to visit nearest dot center

John Kh

on 01 May 2020 at 12:02 AM

thbk you sir, i will try to visit as soo as poasible. . till then, sir, what about that abdominal pain while i do any work which strains on stomach?any suggestion? is that pain normal afer thoracentesis?

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