Dear Doctor My daughter is suffering from RA +ve she had diagonised lumps in chest and montos +Ve she is now getting treatment for both TB and RA Now i would like to go fo second openion can you suggest CMC has got a team of doctors to diagnose the cause of RA and TB as opinion from other doctor that, RA could have developed (No heriditary) 1.due to injury that caused 4 to 5 years back while she is playing badminton 2. THIS MAY BE CURABLE IF parent disease is find out. 3 If lumps are developed due to injury treatment from lumps can be the nullifying the root cause. However I am looking for the best treatment that can be made......please suggest me
Hello, No, this is not true. RA (rheumatoid arthritis) is autoimmune (connective tissue) disease. It is not caused by injury. It is because of bodies immunity.  And just only on the basis of the positive Manitou test, you should not start antitubercular Chat Doctor.  RA itself can cause pulmonary nodules, fibrosis etc. So in my opinion, you should consult pulmonologist and get done a bronchoscopy and BAD (bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis. If BAD is negative for TB then no need for anti-tubercular 