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Suggest Treatment For Positive Widal Test And TB Gold Test

Hey.I am suffering typhoid from last year...everytime my widal test result turned up to positive.In December my typhidot reault showed igm positive then in march both igg and igm showed positive and now igg positive. Still having same weakness.. Little abdomen pain...but strangely my temperature never went high.but typhoid always showed positive. I did tb gold test in october and tb infection turned positive. Please help.me. thank you.
Mon, 16 Jun 2014
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Dear Friend.
Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
Both widal test and Typhi Dot are not sensitive,.
They are raised due to antibody response even from some subclinical infection.
Infact, they take many months to get settled.
I would advise you not to get them repeated.
Only rising titres of widal are significant.
Send us all the reports of widal you have got done, we would compare and tell you.
If you have fever then there is a point to worry, else you can ignore that.
This is my personal opinion for you based on available details. If you have any further query please ask me.
Stay Healthy
Dr Anshul Varshney, MD
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Suggest Treatment For Positive Widal Test And TB Gold Test

Dear Friend. Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern. Both widal test and Typhi Dot are not sensitive,. They are raised due to antibody response even from some subclinical infection. Infact, they take many months to get settled. I would advise you not to get them repeated. Only rising titres of widal are significant. Send us all the reports of widal you have got done, we would compare and tell you. If you have fever then there is a point to worry, else you can ignore that. This is my personal opinion for you based on available details. If you have any further query please ask me. Stay Healthy Dr Anshul Varshney, MD