Abdominal tuberculosis can have variable clinical features
Intestinal tuberculosis could have
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhoea
- Bleeding per rectum
- Intestinal obstruction which can cause distension and inability to pass stools or gas
- Loss of appetite
- Loss of weight
- Fever
Peritoneal tuberculosis could have
- Abdominal distension because of formation of fluid inside the abdominal cavity
- Abdominal pain
- Fever
- Loss of weight or appetite
Visceral involvement can include the involvement of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder or spleen and could have varied presentations.
Some of the patients suffering from abdominal tuberculosis could have very minimal symptoms and the disease could discovered incidentally for evaluation of some other complaints.
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Sir just a small request/suggestion can u please add markers/pointers on the pathological part in CT scan images and other endoscopic/colonoscopy images available in your website/blog. Also if a normal image could be posted alongside for comparison would be highly appreciated..
Will do these changes over next month.
I need a treatment for pre xdr intestinal lymph nide tb.