my husband was diagnosed of PTB activity undetermined his Dr. from his pre-med told him to take 4 capsules of myrin p forte 30 min. before a meal everyday but after taking the capsules for almost 1 month we decided to check another dr. for radiologist and examined his x-rays told us that his ptb is stable and don t have to take treatment is there any possibilities that the 1 month of taking myrin p forte affects his body or triggered the PTB ?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your situation and problem. Any lung insult either tuberculosis or pneumonia or trauma after treatment show healing. And healing occur by any of the following mechanisms.1. Fibrosis.2. Calcification.3. Rarely complete resolution. Fibrosis and calcification are ore common and produce scar tissue which is visible on chest x-ray. So your husbands previous x-ray may show old fibrotic lesion. In this scenario activity of lesion is determined by sputum examination for AFB. So for your current situation I advise you to consult pulmonologist and get done1. CT thorax2. Sputum examination for AFB3. Bronchoscopy and BAD (Bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis for TB.CT gives much better idea about fibrotic lesion than chest x-ray. BAL is far superior to sputum in detecting AFB. If all are negative than no need to worry about tuberculosis. The lesions on chest x-ray are just inactive scar.