What department should tuberculosis patients visit?

Written by Wang Xiang Yu
Pulmonology
Updated on September 14, 2024
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For tuberculosis, you can visit the Department of Infectious Diseases. Infectious diseases or respiratory medicine are suitable options, and if a hospital doesn't have these specialized departments, you can consider visiting the Center for Disease Control. In smaller hospitals, below the secondary level, where such specific departments may not be available, you might also consider seeing the Department of General Internal Medicine. General Internal Medicine or typical internal medicine departments can also handle this. However, our first recommendation would still be the Respiratory Medicine Department. Some hospitals combine Infectious Diseases with other related departments, making them the preferred choice for tuberculosis patients as these departments likely have the most experience in treating such diseases.

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How long can someone with tuberculosis live?

Early detection and appropriate anti-tuberculosis treatment of tuberculosis can lead to a normal lifespan once cured. However, it is important to exercise regularly and enhance immunity, since tuberculosis may recur if the body's resistance decreases. With the increase of drug-resistant tuberculosis, treatment difficulties have intensified. If it is detected late or not treated properly and the lung damage progresses to an advanced stage, it can be life-threatening, with survival ranging from days to years. When tuberculosis involves massive hemoptysis, death can occur at any time due to suffocation or hemorrhagic shock, depending on the specific condition.

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Can people with tuberculosis drink alcohol?

Patients with tuberculosis should not drink alcohol. They need to rest well, enhance their nutrition, and abstain from smoking and drinking. Systematic and standardized anti-tuberculosis treatment is necessary. With standardized anti-tuberculosis treatment, the tuberculosis bacteria can be effectively suppressed, symptoms can be controlled, and the patient’s weight can increase. It is crucial to abstain from smoking and drinking during treatment, as drinking can lead to poor treatment outcomes and even the development of drug-resistant tuberculosis. With timely and standardized medication and comprehensive treatment, most patients can generally be cured within a six-month course of anti-tuberculosis treatment.

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Does tuberculosis get inherited?

Is tuberculosis hereditary? Tuberculosis is not a hereditary disease; it is an infectious disease. Infectious diseases and hereditary diseases are two completely different concepts. Tuberculosis is generally infectious, which means that in a family, if parents are infected, they can easily transmit the tuberculosis bacteria to their children or others around them. Therefore, many people might mistakenly believe that tuberculosis is hereditary. However, this is not the case; tuberculosis is transmitted through the tuberculosis bacteria.

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Can people with tuberculosis drink alcohol?

Whether patients with tuberculosis can drink alcohol, first of all, it is important to know that tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease and a consumptive disease that consumes the body's calories. Drinking alcohol can affect the body's absorption of energy. Moreover, most patients with tuberculosis need to take anti-tuberculosis medication, most of which are metabolized through the liver and can cause varying degrees of liver damage. Drinking alcohol can exacerbate liver damage and reduce the effectiveness of the medication. Additionally, since there are many types of anti-tuberculosis medications for tuberculosis patients, some medications may cause adverse reactions when drinking alcohol. Therefore, all tuberculosis patients must strictly abstain from drinking alcohol during treatment.

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Is tuberculosis contagious?

Not all cases of tuberculosis are infectious. Some tuberculosis cases are infectious in the early stages but become non-infectious after proper treatment. Patients with open tuberculosis are highly contagious because their sputum contains tuberculosis bacilli. These bacilli can be released into the air through coughing, sneezing, laughing, or loud speaking, and can cause infection when inhaled by others. Some tuberculosis patients do not have detectable bacilli in their sputum, and their infectiousness is relatively much lower.