I have been taking tuberculosis drugs (Neck lump) for 4 months. I didn t feel pain in lump when I press it before, but nowadays after 3 months, I feel pain and the lump seems like moving. Does that mean during drug taking, is there any chance that the size of lump changes or is it the adverse effect of medicine or is it the new lump? Please help. thank you
HI. Thanks for your query. This is a very good questions you asked as there are many reasoning:The Lymph nodes in the neck due to tuberculosis may respond differently in all the patients. In some patients they may not be noticeable after a proper treatment. In some patients they may regress, become small and remain so. In other patients it can show variation as in your case that they become mobile and tender: The reason of tenderness can be secondary infection spread from the oral cavity or hypopharynx and nothing to worry about if you have increases weight gain, better appetite and so on. Moving means a good sign, that they are responding to Anti-tubercular treatment. This is not an adverse effect of the medicines you are taking. Please continue the medicines. You may need an additional routine antibiotic for a week or so,