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| How to treat tuberculosis? Can tuberculosis be cured? How does tuberculosis resistance occur? |
How to treat tuberculosis?
- Anti-tuberculosis treatment Anti-tuberculosis drugs can shorten the infection period of tuberculosis, reduce the mortality rate of patients, and the infection rate and prevalence rate of the population. The principle of medication is: early, joint, sufficient, regular and full-time medication. Strictly follow the principle of medication can effectively kill tuberculosis in the body, reduce the production of drug-resistant tuberculosis, improve treatment. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs are: isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, streptomycin, these five drugs are most commonly used in clinical, known as first-line drugs, more than 80% new Infected tuberculosis patients are treated effectively.
- Surgical treatment Surgery is less used in the treatment of tuberculosis, but for drug-resistant tuberculosis; complications caused by tuberculosis difficult to treat with drugs such as bronchiectasis, empyema, etc.; massive hemoptysis caused by tuberculosis, surgical treatment still It is an important treatment option that can be chosen.
- Symptomatic treatment :(1) Symptoms of tuberculosis poisoning: generally controlled after treatment with chemical drugs, no special treatment is required; (2) hemoptysis: small doses of sedatives, cough medicines, and hemostatic drugs can be used.
