What Causes Dizziness And Weakness Inspite Of Having Spinal TB?

Posted on Wed, 2 Apr 2014

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Question : my grandmother 77 is an osteoporosis patient for past 20 years.. recently she has been diagnosed with spinal tb. ATD has been started since last saturday.. now she is bedridden. she has pallor, she has 100F fever. she is suffering from severe dizziness and weakness.. also she does not want to have any food.. she is prescribed at the moment with the following drugs.. AKT4 once before breakfasT GEMCAL nasal spray once daily cap VIZYLAC 1 once daily cap gemcal DS 1 telma 40 once daily pyrigesic 1gm 1 tab thrice daily pan 40 1gm once dailyinj bonista iv stat her final diagnosis on discharge certificate is.. 1 caries spine LI L2 2 psoas abcess right 3hypertension 4 dislocated T.H.R prosthesis right procedure performed... under gen anaesthesia right psoas drainage and debribement done closed reduction of hip dislocation tried but failed now this last thing mentioned caused her severe pain and she is bedridden at the moment. my question is at this moment to get rid of that severe dizziness and anorexia what should be done? what should we provide her to eat to get energy? what should be the lifestyle at home and diet?

Answered by Dr. Chander Mohan Singh (2 hours later)

Brief Answer: Give her high protein diet. Detailed Answer: Hi, I have read your query. First of all I would like to say that this is very common problem found in patiets of spine tb who have just started medication so you should have regular follow up with your doctor regarding this. For dizziness and anorexia you can give her dimenhydrinate, cyproheptadine, anti-depressants etc by discussing it with your doctor. You can give her diet rich in protein. If she can have one egg a day or cheese then it will be very good. Give her plenty of liquid in form or juice. For life style you must make her arrangement in airy room because, crowded living conditions associated with passive smoking provide opportunities for transmission among susceptible persons with chronic diseases and malnutrition. Always have positive attitude towards her because she needs more care than others. At-last I would like to say that you must have regular follow with doctor because spine tb usually takes 18-24 moths for complete cure with drugs. I hope it helps. You are welcome to ask further health related queries. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer 5 points for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-chander-mohan-singh/67013 Let me know if you have any concerns. Thanks. Dr.Singh.

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