Will tuberculosis recur?

Tuberculosis is a common lung disease, but many people do not have enough knowledge about this disease, including its symptoms and recurrence. Pulmonary tuberculosis may recur after treatment. This phenomenon mainly depends on whether the tuberculosis fungi in the body have been killed after treatment, and whether the body's resistance is normal.

Not necessarily. It may or may not recur. Whether tuberculosis relapses depends mainly on:

1. Whether all tuberculosis bacteria in the body have been killed after treatment;

2. Whether the human body's resistance is normal.

After treatment of tuberculosis patients, although tuberculosis bacteria can no longer be found in the sputum and the lesions on X-ray films are stable, it does not mean that all tuberculosis bacteria in the lesions have been killed. Because tuberculosis bacteria can infect phagocytes that are supposed to kill bacteria, they can remain in the body for a long time, making it difficult for the body's resistance and drugs to work against them. Therefore, in the treatment of tuberculosis, we must pay attention to both regular treatment and the protection of human body resistance. After tuberculosis is clinically judged to be cured and medication is stopped, you should still maintain good living habits and pay attention to protecting your own immunity.

In terms of protecting the human body's resistance, it is mainly about paying attention to regular daily life, appropriate physical activities, maintaining a good attitude, hygienic eating habits, reasonable nutrition, dressing appropriately and avoiding cold and rain, etc. Although it is retreatment tuberculosis, most cases can still be cured by adhering to regular treatment and reasonable self-immune protection measures.

Therefore, if tuberculosis bacteria still exist in the body after being cured, it will cause relapse when the person is weak and has reduced resistance. In addition, there is also the possibility of reinfection, that is, being infected with tuberculosis bacteria again, and the chance of this is the same as that of normal people.

Is tuberculosis recurring at high risk?

1. The chance of short-term recurrence is low

After being cured, the human body still has a certain anti-tuberculosis drug effect, and has a certain resistance to tuberculosis bacteria. As time goes by, the drug efficacy will lose effect, and the chance of tuberculosis attack will be the same as that of normal people.

2. High chance of long-term recurrence

Tuberculosis is more likely to occur when the human body is in poor physical condition and has low resistance. Young teenagers and older people are both high-risk groups for pulmonary tuberculosis, especially former patients. In old age, the aging of the body and the decline in physical condition make it more likely to cause a recurrence of tuberculosis bacteria in the body.

How to prevent recurrence of tuberculosis

1. During treatment, you must fully cooperate with the doctor, adhere to the rules and use the medication throughout the entire course, and do not stop taking the medication blindly. The course of treatment for tuberculosis is long, and many patients cannot tolerate it and stop taking the medicine without authorization, which can easily lead to relapse.

2. Having had tuberculosis means that your physical condition is no longer as good as before. You should maintain good living habits, pay attention to rest and exercise, and not overdraw your body. Generally, relapse will not occur. However, if our living habits are very bad, that is, they have a great impact on our body, such as frequent smoking and drinking, these may cause recurrence, so we must pay more attention to it in our daily life.

3. Regular follow-up examinations allow doctors to understand changes in the patient's condition in a timely manner, improve treatment measures, and facilitate patient recovery. It is best to schedule post-recovery check-ups two or three times a year. This is the best time to prevent the invasion of certain diseases.

4. Add high-protein foods, vitamin foods, etc. to enhance your physical fitness and maintain an optimistic spirit and positive attitude.

Can tuberculosis be cured if it relapses after recovery?

uncertain. As long as standardized treatment is given to initially treated pulmonary tuberculosis, the cure rate is as high as 98% and the recurrence rate is 2%. But the actual cure rate is only 45%. Therefore, for patients with relapse, the cause of the relapse must be found, and these problems must be avoided during re-treatment, so as to strive for complete cure and prevent relapse.