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What Could Regular Fever While On TB Treatment Indicate, LFT/CBC Reports Normal?

My wife is 28 year old and is diagnosed with TB, she started her treatment one month ago, but she gets fever daily in the afternoon after she gets chill, and fever range is 99 to 100, i have done LFT and CBC test two times and according to doctor report is normal, but fever is not stop. Is it the TB symptoms or is it a side effect to the medication ? please help...
posted on Fri, 7 Mar 2014
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No this is not the side effects of medicine .
Fever with chills and evening rise of temperature clearly indicates that treatment of tuberculosis is not playing its role .
Either diagnosis is wrong or treatment is not responding .
In my opinion get in Widal test and repeat X ray .
If sputum present please get for A F B for expectoration .
Some times patients ( if old lesion ) develops resistant to tubercular drugs , so keep this thing in mind and consult your doctor.
As I have noted in so many cases that a freshly diagnosed patient responded ( to tubercular drug) from day one to drugs .
Consult one more physician and get his opinion.
Good luck.
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What Could Regular Fever While On TB Treatment Indicate, LFT/CBC Reports Normal?

Hello No this is not the side effects of medicine . Fever with chills and evening rise of temperature clearly indicates that treatment of tuberculosis is not playing its role . Either diagnosis is wrong or treatment is not responding . In my opinion get in Widal test and repeat X ray . If sputum present please get for A F B for expectoration . Some times patients ( if old lesion ) develops resistant to tubercular drugs , so keep this thing in mind and consult your doctor. As I have noted in so many cases that a freshly diagnosed patient responded ( to tubercular drug) from day one to drugs . Consult one more physician and get his opinion. Good luck.