tuberculosis

[sreer]

My friend in India started having pain in his one eye with redness and discomfort,it was not getting better with eyedrops and other medicines that the doctor gave.Then the other eye also starting to have the same problems. then the doctor did some tests and recommended him to start ATT.His diagnosis was it is a type of tuberculosis that affects eyes.but his chest x ray came without any problems.Could you please explain to me what might be the problem.below I am sending the blood test result as attatchment.He is a 21 year old tall and slim guy.He some times get some skin rashes and other than that he doesn't have any health problems.should he start the tuberculosis treatment?

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Understand your predicament. Tuberculosis can produce typical symptoms and signs in the eyes. This further correlated with blood tests, which show a raised ESR and lymphocytes. Again skin tests like PPD will help with the diagnosis. If there is a collective evidence of tuberculous infection, then therapy is mandatory.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[ct_pandu]

Hi

What happened to your friend. Did his eye problems go away after taking ATT medications?.  What was his eye condition called.

Thanks

Pandu