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Tuberculosis Learning Center
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In the past, treatment of TB was primarily supportive. Patients were kept in isolation , encouraged to rest, and fed well. If these measures failed the lung was collapsed surgically so that it could "rest" and heal. Today surgical procedures still...
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In the past, treatment of TB was primarily supportive. People being treated for TB were kept in isolation, encouraged to rest, and fed well. If these measures failed, their affected lungs were collapsed surgically so that they could "rest" and hea...
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Because of the nature of tuberculosis, the disease should never be treated by alternative methods alone. Alternative treatments can help support healing, but treatment of TB must include drugs and will require the care of a physician. Any alternat...
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The disease is treated with a regimen of strong antibiotics such as Rifampin and Isoniazid for six months to two years. Because some strains of the disease are unusually drug-resistant, cultures are grown from the patient's bacteria and tested wit...
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