Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Herbal Connections to Lung Diseases: Understanding Tuberculosis and Its Symptoms

Diagnosis and Treatment

Diagnosis of tuberculosis or TB usually involves a series of tests.  An X-ray of your lungs is a simple way to determine whether the disease is active. Whether or not your TB is active, you should be regularly monitored by your doctor. Treatment for TB will depend on whether it is active or latent.


If you have an active onset of tuberculosis, you may usually have these symptoms:

  • Overall feeling of unwellness
  • Productive cough, possibly with bloody sputum
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Low-grade fever
  • Sweating at night
  • Chest and back pains


Latent TB

If your blood test shows you're infected with TB but don't yet present such symptoms above, you probably have a latent TB infection. Your doctor will go over your risk factors for developing an active stage of TB, including treatment options. Isoniazid (INH) is often prescribed, which you will take daily or twice a week. This is to help prevent the dormant infection from becoming active.

However, certain risks have to be considered as the side effects of taking INH increase with age. Your doctor may recommend vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to prevent such complications.

Active TB

 If you have active TB disease, your doctor may recommend a combination of antibiotics that may include INH, rifampin, pyrazinamide, or ethambutol, which you will take for 6 to 12 months. Because active TB disease can be fatal if untreated, regular monitoring and treatment by a doctor are crucial.

Multidrug-Resistant TB

Multidrug-resistant TB is caused by strains of mutated TB bacteria that have developed the ability to resist two or more antibiotic drugs. Half a million people around the world develop this form of TB annually with about 150,000 deaths reported.

Most cases of TB are still highly treatable if the patient follows the full course of antibiotic treatment.

Chanca Piedra and Tuberculosis

Chanca Piedra or Phyllanthus niruri (scientific name) is still widely used in herbal medicine in South America, as the most popular remedy for gallstones and kidney stones throughout the continent. In Peruvian herbal medicine, it is also used for hepatitis, urinary infections, and as a diuretic.

Perhaps you may also want to include alternative supplementations with your antibiotic drug medications for this type of disease to help boost your immune system.





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