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Has Asthma. Dry Cough, Fever, Loss Of Appetite, Fatigue. On Antibiotics. Why Is Nothing Helpful?

Hello/ my name is Jesenia .I am very worried about my husband who has been ill for 2weeks fevers, a dry cough, loss of appetite, lost 10 lbs,sweats like crazy at night. we have been to a specialist for his lungs and he said everthing looked good.Dr. said he needed an inhailor to treat asthma which he don't have and gave him antibiotics. He is not getting better.Please help us.
posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2013
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General Surgeon,  's  Response
Hi ! Loss of appetite with fever and loss of weight goes in favour of some kind of chronic infection. If you reside in a region where tuberculosis infection is not infrequent, you can discuss with your doctor to investigate your husband in the lines of possible tuberculosis and treat him accordingly. He already had some antibiotics and was not cured. Therefore, this possibility has to be considered.
WIshing your husband an early recovery.
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General & Family Physician,  Dr. Nehal Mehta's  Response
hello,
thank you for using health care magic,
well all the symptom which you described are suggesting towards tuberculosis ...i will suggest you to go for TB test... discuse this with your doctor .. as your husband is also taking antibiotic which are not helpful i will sugest you to go for tuberculosis test...and no need to worry its perfectly curable disease and now days we have really effective and advanced medicines..
you can go for chest x ray or sputum examination.. however these test are not very reliable .. you can go for more reliable test like mycobacterial culture ,or nucleic acid amplification.. these test will confirm diagnosis..
hope this helps you,
Regards,
Dr.Nehal..
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Has Asthma. Dry Cough, Fever, Loss Of Appetite, Fatigue. On Antibiotics. Why Is Nothing Helpful?

Hi ! Loss of appetite with fever and loss of weight goes in favour of some kind of chronic infection. If you reside in a region where tuberculosis infection is not infrequent, you can discuss with your doctor to investigate your husband in the lines of possible tuberculosis and treat him accordingly. He already had some antibiotics and was not cured. Therefore, this possibility has to be considered. WIshing your husband an early recovery.