BONE TUBERCULOSIS:
Bone TB occurs when the contract tuberculosis and it spreads outside of the lungs. Tuberculosis is normally spread from person to person through the air. After the contract tuberculosis, it can travel through the blood from the lungs or lymph nodes into the bones, spine, or joints. Bone TB typically begins due to the rich vascular supply in the middle of the long bones and the vertebrae.
Bone tuberculosis is relatively rare, but in the last few decades the prevalence of this disease has increased in developing nations partially as a result of the spread of AIDS. While rare, bone tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose and can lead to severe problems if left untreated.
When bone tuberculosis is more advanced,
some dangerous symptoms include:
neurological complications
paraplegia/paralysis
limb-shortening in children
bone deformities
Treatments include:
antituberculosis medications, such as rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and pyrazinamide
surgery
Bone TB occurs when the contract tuberculosis and it spreads outside of the lungs. Tuberculosis is normally spread from person to person through the air. After the contract tuberculosis, it can travel through the blood from the lungs or lymph nodes into the bones, spine, or joints. Bone TB typically begins due to the rich vascular supply in the middle of the long bones and the vertebrae.
Bone tuberculosis is relatively rare, but in the last few decades the prevalence of this disease has increased in developing nations partially as a result of the spread of AIDS. While rare, bone tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose and can lead to severe problems if left untreated.
When bone tuberculosis is more advanced,
some dangerous symptoms include:
neurological complications
paraplegia/paralysis
limb-shortening in children
bone deformities
Treatments include:
antituberculosis medications, such as rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and pyrazinamide
surgery
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