Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs. The bacteria that causes tuberculosis are spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
Treatment for tuberculosis
Medications are the treatment for tuberculosis, but it takes much longer than treating other types of bacterial infections. One must take antibiotics for at least six to nine months. The exact drugs and length of treatment depend on your age, overall health and the infection’s location in the body.
The medication can cause side effects like loss of appetite, vomiting, nausea, dark urine, a fever that can last for three or more days or yellow colour skin.
It might be tempting to stop taking your medication immediately after improvement. But it is advised that you must finish the full course of therapy and take the medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Stopping the treatment too soon or skipping doses can allow the bacteria that are still alive to become resistant to those drugs, leading to tuberculosis that is much more dangerous and difficult to treat.
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