Diagnose with TB

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Diagnose with TB

Asked for Male, 36 Years

10 days back I diagnose with TB. And I am taking medicine , after 10 days in LFT test AST is 42.9 and ALT is 65.1 , is it normal to increase AST and ALT while taking TB medicine ?

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Dr. Amruth Sindhu

Pulmonologist 17 yrs exp Bangalore

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Hi. I understand your concern s. You will need to be under regular follow up with your treating doctor and repeat LFT after 1 week and consult a pulmonologist

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Dr. Aditya Parihar

Pulmonologist 22 yrs exp Nagpur

Hello noted above history and related concerns. As a anti tb drugs for which part TB not mentioned,stil the drugs are known to act directly metabolised in liver hence such enzyme levels change are bound to happen.

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Dr. Sarthak Rastogi

Pulmonologist 16 yrs exp Mumbai

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