My dad was diagnosed with tuberculosis and he shows most of the symptoms (night sweats, back and chest pain, fever). He's been taking broad-spectrum antibiotics as prescribed. However, there's a lump in his neck that swells and shrinks along with his back pain, and our medical book doesn't list it as a symptom. It's been around a month or so before he was diagnosed. More recently I noticed another smaller lump on his shoulder. Are these still related to his TB, or could it be some other problem? If the latter, what are the possibilities? Thanks.
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Probably related to the TB and should go away with the treatment. TB is very slow growing and is often encapsulated by the body's immune system making a little granuloma (lump).
2 :
the lumps could be lymph nodes swollen due to the infection. if so, there is nothing to worry about as swelling in the lymph nodes is a natural reaction of the body. consult your doctor nonetheless.
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My dad had tb. He had lymph nodes previous to the tb, then internal bleeding during the TB. I can't remember the medicine the put him on, but it worked. He's been clear for 3 and a half years now. But the medicine caused epilepsy. but now that is controlled as well
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