- Male
- 75 Years
- 07/02/2025
I'm really worried about my 76-year-old mom. She was diagnosed with Pulmonary TB but it was caught pretty early on. She started on AKT4, but after just five days, she had terrible reactions like severe vomiting and nausea. It left her feeling really weak. We admitted her to the hospital, and her LFT reports came back way off. So, they stopped her medication for four days, but her LFTs still aren't normal yet. Now they've suggested starting with Ethambutol and checking her LFTs again in three days, then adding another drug and doing more LFTs. Her sputum test was negative, but the gene expert test showed TB. Does this plan make sense? I'm just so worried about her and really want to make sure we're doing the right thing for her treatment.
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yes continue
Dr. Chandra Suggests...
Consult a Pulmonology Respiratory Medicine Specialist
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