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Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Pulmonary tuberculosis
Pulmonary TB can cause permanent lung damage if not treated early. Medicines used to treat TB may cause side effects, including liver problems.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 17, 2008

Specific Complications Articles

Respiratory Failure
Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks of the lungs and chest are to get oxygen from the air that is inhaled i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Respiratory Failure
Respiratory failure occurs when the lungs'' ability to either add oxygen to the bloodstream or remove carbon dioxide from it is impaired. Respiratory failure can have any one of several causes, such as lung disease or infection, electrolyte imbalan...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Disseminated tuberculosis
Disseminated tuberculosis(TB) is a contagious bacterial infection that has spread from the lungs to other parts of the body through the blood or lymph system.Miliary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis- disseminated; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis.Tuberculosi...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 3, 2008
Meningitis - tuberculous
Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord(meninges).
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Acute and Chronic Meningitis
Meningitis is the most common serious manifestation of infection of the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammatory involvement of the subarachnoid space with meningeal irritation leads to the classic triad of headache, fever and meningism, and to a pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Source:Elsevier
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