Thursday, 12 September 2019

Symptoms of spinal TB


                                                                  

Spinal TB is a dangerous type of skeletal TB but it can be managed easily with early diagnosis and treatment. But for that you need a diagnosis first. You can check out the main and early on symptoms of this condition and get it checked by a specialist. To know about the symptoms read the full article.

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Spinal TB, also known as Pott’s disease, is a very rare condition with occurrence in less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis. It is an infectious disease usually caused by an extra-spinal infection. Even though rare at large it is still the most common type of skeletal TB. There are mainly two type of spinal TB:
  1.        Spondylodiscitis
  2.         Spondylitis without disc involvement                                                                                  Managing it is very important as if not managed it may cause some serious neurological defects. Hence, once you are diagnosed with it you should get spinalTB treatment as soon as possible. Due to early treatment further complications can be prevented.
But for all this early diagnosis is the key. Thus knowing its symptoms can help one to diagnose it and get it checked out by a specialist.
Symptoms of Spinal TB:
·        Back pain
It is the earliest and most common symptom.

·        Neurological signs
In almost 50% of the cases some or other neurological abnormality is observed. The most common ones are nerve root pain, impaired sensation, paresis, paraplegia and cauda equine syndrome.

·        Spinal deformities
Almost all patients suffering from Spinal TB have some kind of spinal deformity.

·        Other symptoms
With these some other symptoms can be observed like fever, weight loss, malaise and night sweats.

Where to go for treatment?
If you are diagnosed with spinal TB then you should go to the best doctor for its treatment i.e. Dr. Arun Bhanot. He is a highly skilled and experienced doctor who is an expert in treating spinal TB. He has successfully treated many patients with spinal TB and is the best doctor for spinal TB treatment in Gurgaon.

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