i had an inactive tubercolusis and i have taken the pills for 9 months and stopped taking them because i finished the treatment, how are the doctors so sure i got rid of the inactive tubercolusis without giving me another shot to indicate whether i still have the TB or not
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hmm.. sputum exam, or skin test..
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the 9 months of pill must be a definitive way to get rid of it. meaning 99.9% of the time it works.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that kills nearly 2 million people every year and infects 1% of the world’s population every year. Although it can cause disease in any part of the body, TB usually affects the lungs. Someone in the world is infected with TB every second: almost 1/3 of the world’s population is infected with TB. You can have TB infection and not have any symptoms (TB disease) because the germs that cause TB disease can remain dormant, or inactive, in the body for many, many years. People with TB infection whose immune systems are weakened are more likely to develop TB disease. 5-10 % of people who have TB infection develop TB disease at some point in their lives The recommended treatment and cure for TB is a strategy called DOTS (directly observed treatment, short course). DOTS cures TB up to 95% of the time, even in very poor countries. People with TB disease need to take anti-TB drugs every day for at least six to eight months. Because it can be very hard to remember to take the right amount of medication every day for a long time, the DOTS method recommends that people go to a health center for treatment every day to make sure that the person with TB swallows the correct dose of the right anti-TB medicines. Usually, a person with TB will be given a combination of more than one of the following anti-TB drugs: After two months of treatment, another saliva sample is analyzed to make sure the drugs are working. At the end of treatment, a final saliva sample is analyzed to make sure the germs are gone.
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skin test and xrays
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