| The treatment of tuberculosis lasts a | | | | treatment with Ethambutol or not. |
| long period of time, from six to nine | | | | Pyrazinamide can cause a loss of |
| months but it gives remarkably good | | | | appetite, nausea, skin rashes and |
| results in patients. Only in some cases | | | | intense itching. Generally Pyrazinamide |
| drugs are not bared by the patient and | | | | is recommended only in the first two |
| side effects appear. In order to prevent | | | | months of treatment but make sure you |
| them from happening the doctor | | | | inform the doctor if any of these |
| monitorizes closely the evolution of the | | | | symptoms occur to you. |
| patient by performing blood, urine tests | | | | If the patient takes other medication he |
| and thoracic x-rays. | | | | must report this thing to the doctor |
| The doctor must be announced when | | | | because some pills might interfere with |
| nausea, vomiting, fever and jaundice | | | | the anti-tuberculosis treatment and |
| appear. Some patients might develop a | | | | others might not be effective if they |
| skin rash and bruises from the drugs, | | | | get in contact with the |
| others might feel numbness in hands or | | | | anti-tuberculosis pills. |
| feet and others might have visual | | | | The treatment must be followed as |
| problems. The doctor needs to be | | | | prescribed and taken for the period of |
| informed if these kinds of situations | | | | time the doctor tells you so. Even if |
| appear because he will change the | | | | the patient feels better the treatment |
| treatment and will replace the harmful | | | | must be continued until the six months |
| drugs with others suitable for the | | | | have passed because the germs that have |
| patient. | | | | cause tuberculosis are not killed until |
| In the process of treating tuberculosis, | | | | the treatment is done and they might |
| doctors use certain drugs that might | | | | continue to infect the patient and the |
| give certain side effects. For example, | | | | people who come in close contact with |
| Isoniazid can be responsible for the | | | | the patient. Also, by taking the pills |
| loss of appetite, for nausea, and for | | | | irregularly, the drug resistance might |
| tingling in the hands and feet. | | | | install and the doctor will have to |
| Rifampicin can interfere with | | | | change the treatment in order to make it |
| contraceptive pills treatment reducing | | | | effective again but the options are not |
| their effect and can also stain the | | | | numerous and the doctor will not have |
| contact lenses of the patient. | | | | any more separate drugs to replace the |
| Ethambutol is known to cause visual | | | | others in a short while. |
| problems so if you follow such a | | | | It is important for the patient not to |
| treatment you will periodically be | | | | drink any alcohol during the treatment |
| checked by an ophthalmologist to | | | | as it can interfere with the drugs and |
| determine whether you can continue the | | | | cause toxicity, affecting the liver. |