Extrapulmonary tuberculosis

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Asked for Female, 29 Years

I have had tuberculosis in the past and took my medicines and was cured but I somehow doubt that my TB have moved to my other bodily parts and that s seriously effecting my quality of life ..m tired and exhausted ...cough incessantly for three months after that it's fine ...my chest x-ray is fine but my montoux test is always positive...m anxious ...

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Dr. Gopu Kishen Sathiyaseelan General Practitioner 6 yrs exp Gurgaon · Accepted Answer

Dr. Gopu Kishen Sathiyaseelan

General Practitioner 6 yrs exp Gurgaon

Mantoux test isn't conclusive. You could get other diagnostic test like lymph node biopsy or xpert test which are more diagnostically useful for extrapulmonary tb

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