Sir I having back pain for six months and went to ortho doctor they asked to take scan and said it is normal and said it is mild disc bulge and do exercise and I followed it but my pain did not go off .i had a occupation to deal with many tb patients so I thought I would have infected so in self I got tb gold feron test and it shows positive 6 iu/ml .now I came to know it is latent tb which is not giving any problems except back pain and I feel very tired in evening my doubt whether there is treatment for latent tb or not. Whether we should take medicines for latent tb for controlling it not to become active tb. Treatment is there for latent tb.

Dr. Jayvirsinh ChauhanHomeopathy Doctor13yrs exp

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Yes there is definite treatment for it and it is in homeopathy. Doing exercises without curative medicine may increase the problems. You can consult me online for homeopathic treatment. Till then take phosphorus 30.  

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Dr. M.SrinivasanOrthopedic Doctor18yrs exp

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Hi sir, tuberculosis of the spine is a common problem in india. Usually mri scan won't miss this. Gold quantiferon test is not 100 percentage right. So please send me your reports and mri scans for a free consultation. Regards.  

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GagandeepOrthopedic Doctor1yrs exp

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Scan means what? Whether this is an mri scan or ct scan. I feel it would be mri scan only. See, tb gold interferon is a sensitive test but not 100% specific. It means that in few healthy patients this test may be positive. So don't worry. It does not need any treatment if your mri scan doesnot show tb. For further assistance, you may get cbc, esr,crph done. Now let's talk about your pain .if you have mild disc bulge then avoid back flexion exercise. Do back strengthening and back extension exercise only.  

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