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Can TB be cured?

April 26, 2017cured TB

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Can TB be cured?

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Yes, in almost every case, but only if the full course of treatment is taken as prescribed, or else the disease can return in a drug-resistant form.

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We have effective antibiotic treatments for TB. If we find that someone has TB, we prescribe a course of two or more antibiotics, which lasts for at least six months. To avoid the TB germ developing resistance to the antibiotics, it is very important that the complete course of antibiotics is taken. For this reason, we monitor our patients carefully during their treatment. Sometimes, patients will need a stay in hospital to work out what is wrong with them – when we know they have TB; usually their treatment can be continued as an outpatient. After the first two weeks of antibiotic treatment, someone who has TB of the lung/throat generally stops being infectious to their close and prolonged contacts.