How to treat negative tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease. Patients with this disease should pay special attention and go to the hospital in time to confirm the examination results. Generally, pulmonary tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patients will have symptoms such as coughing, fever, chest pain, weakness, and difficulty breathing. The bacteria of this disease can be spread through saliva, coughing, etc., especially for people with poor immunity, who are easily infected, so special attention should be paid to their physical health.

Many tuberculosis patients come for follow-up visits after treatment, and some of them are tested negative for tuberculosis. So what does a negative tuberculosis test mean? Generally, a negative tuberculosis test means that the Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the patient's body is no longer contagious or its contagiousness has been reduced to a very small level, which means that the patient no longer has tuberculosis. This is a good indication. On the contrary, if the tuberculosis test is positive, the patient needs intensive treatment and active treatment of tuberculosis. It should be noted that a negative tuberculosis test means that the symptoms are not contagious, but it does not mean that the patient does not need treatment. If the patient has obvious symptoms but the sputum test for tuberculosis is negative and is not treated, it can still develop into a positive tuberculosis test. Therefore, whether treatment is needed should be determined by consulting a doctor's opinion and suggestion.

The above is some explanation about negative tuberculosis test. Tuberculosis is a serious chronic disease. If the tuberculosis test is negative, the patient's psychological stress will be significantly reduced because its infectiousness is very low. This is beneficial to the health of the individual and those around him. In daily life, in addition to necessary treatment, patients should also pay attention to their daily living habits. At the same time, they should maintain an optimistic attitude, which is also very beneficial to personal health.

The main effect of drug treatment is to shorten the infectious period and reduce mortality, infection rate and morbidity. For each specific patient, rational treatment is the main measure to achieve clinical and biological cure. It refers to the principle of early, combined, appropriate, regular and full-course use of sensitive drugs for active tuberculosis. Patients must complete the treatment course as specified in the plan, which is usually 6 to 9 months in the short term. Generally speaking, if patients undergoing initial treatment follow the above principles and receive standardized treatment, the efficacy can be as high as 98% and the recurrence rate can be less than 2%.