Few people know that tuberculosis can be infected through raw milk, sour cream, or other foods, as well as dishes and household items. Meanwhile, intestinal tuberculosis most often enters the body in this way! In addition, the disease occurs in 80% of all patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, so do not avoid additional examinations, but insist on them. Especially, if there were unpleasant symptoms from the digestive tract.
Diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis
We have listed not all ways of how tuberculosis of the intestine is transmitted. In scientific terms, the infection routes can be reduced to three main categories:
- Primary tuberculosis. It enters the body through raw milk of tubercular cows, utensils and personal belongings of people infected with tuberculosis, general cutlery, food. Also, cases of hematogenous and lymphogenous spread of tuberculosis from the patient's lungs to the intestine are common.
- Secondary tuberculosis. It develops when a patient with an open form of the disease swallows his own saliva and mucus from the nose. Getting into the intestines, the MBT spreads rapidly to all its departments, especially the cecum and mesentery.
- Hyperplastic ileo-small cystic tuberculosis. It occurs as a complication of one of the forms of duodenitis, or inflammation of another part of the intestine. Infection with MBT may have different origins.
Most often the patient has any form of such symptoms:
- constipation;
- uncharacteristic pain in the intestine;
- blood in the feces ;
- fever;
- constant increase in temperature;
- excessive sweating;
- nausea;
- constant fatigue and general weakness.
Diagnosis of the disease can be through the analysis of blood, feces and urine. Also, studies are carried out using optical devices for the detection of ulcers and abscesses. Additionally, the intestinal microflora is investigated.
Treatment of intestinal tuberculosis
The way to treat intestinal tuberculosis depends on the form of the disease. Usually, several types of antibiotics are used for chemotherapy. In addition, the patient is prescribed a special diet. Food should be light, healthy. Its consistency is liquid and semi-liquid. The temperature is 30-40 degrees.
How infectious is tuberculosis of the intestine, it is difficult to speak. This type of disease presents a similar potential threat to others, like pulmonary tuberculosis . The only difference is that cases of open form are encountered somewhat less frequently. To establish, spread the person microbes, or not, it is possible only after the analysis of a sputum.