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Suggest Remedy For Weight Loss During Abdominal Tuberculosis

Hello doc,
I have been detected abdominal tuberculosis.My scans show fluids with fibres in my stomach as a result I have lost heavy weight.for past 1 month I have been on drugs Rifampicin, ethambutol,Isoniazid and Pyrazinamide but still i have not gained weight but my appetite is good ,pains are their in the stomach when i cough .One more thing is that the doc at hospital suggested Akurit-3 for this.which is the best medicine,how long will it take for me to gain weight and why do these pains come?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi.
Ideally with the four medicines - namely Rifampicin, Ethambutol, Isoniazide and Pyrizinamide you are taking should have increased your weight.
If the weight is not improved in spite of improved appetite there are chances of the following not allowing you to gain weight:
-Blind loop syndrome, wherein a part of the intestine stops acting as a absorbent of the nutrition.
-Low hemoglobine and low serum proteins-
-Resistance tuberculosis.

I would suggest you the following ...::
take supplements under your Doctor's guidance
-Take anabolic steroids under Doctor's supervision
-Get yourself reviewed by a Gastroenterologist.
-investigations :
Blood , urine and stool
Enteroclysis to get a proper diagnosis and

The answer may be surgery to correct the problem.
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Suggest Remedy For Weight Loss During Abdominal Tuberculosis

Hi. Ideally with the four medicines - namely Rifampicin, Ethambutol, Isoniazide and Pyrizinamide you are taking should have increased your weight. If the weight is not improved in spite of improved appetite there are chances of the following not allowing you to gain weight: -Blind loop syndrome, wherein a part of the intestine stops acting as a absorbent of the nutrition. -Low hemoglobine and low serum proteins- -Resistance tuberculosis. I would suggest you the following ...:: take supplements under your Doctor s guidance -Take anabolic steroids under Doctor s supervision -Get yourself reviewed by a Gastroenterologist. -investigations : Blood , urine and stool Enteroclysis to get a proper diagnosis and The answer may be surgery to correct the problem.