i think my younnger sister is having T.B. as she is showing few symptoms but still to be100percent sure which is the best hospital to get her treatment done,if she doesnot have T.B. and is given dots does this have any side-effects.My sister is 28 years old,she is 5feet 1inch tall and her weight is 46
Hello, Thanks for using Chat Doctor. I had gone through all the data you have posted. This day our era of medicine is "Evidence based medicine" there is little role for empirical therapy. Here we try to prove what we are treating, only if every test comes out negative then we go for empirical treatment when clinical suspicion is very high. If suspicion of Tuberculosis is high sputum for AFB, Chest x-ray, ESR,Manitou test are baseline if negative, but suspicion is highbronchoscopy or lymph node biopsy if any palpable lymph node is seen or CT chest if some doubt exists. DOTS is an effective medicine, contains combination of antibiotics against Tuberculosis bacteria.  Main side effect of ATT(anti tuberculosis therapy) is hepatitis, neuropathy, nausea, vomiting and ethambutol is relatively contraindicated in pregnancy. So if she doesn't have the disease we are placing her at risk of these side effects due to these Chat Doctor. Rarely ATT induced hepatitis may lead to fatal liver failure.so better to confirm the diagnosis Hope this helps.