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My brother suffering from fever and dry cough headache and hip pain. In first 10 days he take medicine it's not cure. And then doctor said me take chest xray but we r affect in symptoms of typhoid then why doctor said me chest xray. I changed hospital then going to another hospital we r telling to that doctor my symptoms is typhoid. That doctor said me to take blood test that blood test says typhoid. He under medication at 15 days to same doctor. That doctor is madam she is ask me to go for senior doctors to the same hospital. That senior doctor after listening to my symptoms he advised me to take chest xray then I can do that that xray says left side lungs full of pleural fluid. Then that doctor take back side of my brother 2000 ml pleural fluid in two sittings that doctor said me this is tuberculosis take medicine with one year the medicine name is forecox 150 mg omnacortil 10 mg macfast 650 mg taxim 0 200 mg. 3 days after discharge I take medicine 3 tablets forecox omnacortil macfast in last 5 days fever not came he is well now. Pls clear my doubt this is for tuberculosis or not I take medicine for one years or not tb stage how much this is how to conform this is tb give me. Advise what can I do. If the tb patient follow medicine with govt hospital or private hospital which one is best. That doctor come to review after 15 days what can I do my brother age is 22. This is curable. Or not i'm very feelings about my brother future now brother weight is 59.
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This is clear cut case of tubercular pleural effusion as chief presentation put on tapering steroids and take akt 4 for 2 months and akt 3 for 3 months more high protein diet veg fruits sputum for afb x 3 pcr for tb montoux test .
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