Bone TB comprises a group of severe infectious diseases whose suffering has increased in the last two decades, especially in the underdeveloped countries of the world. As a result of this, stiffness and abscesses develop in the affected joints. Bone TB severely affects the joints of the hips and knees. It is also a bonus disease for AIDS patients. A typical tuberculous like osteoarticular manifestations are common. It causes pain in the extraspinal skeleton, trochanteric area, or a prosthetic joint. The infections proceed in favourable epidemiological contexts. Surgery, in combination with prolonged antituberculosis chemotherapy, is mainly indicated in patients with bone manifestations or deformities.
Bone TB generally arise from reactivation of bacilli lodged in the bone. At the time of mycobacteria’s primary infection, the effect of bacillus for the spine and large joints is due to the plentiful vascular supply of the vertebra or growth plates of the long bones. Tuberculous arthritis or bone TB results from one extension of an initial infection and go from bone to the joint.
Types of Bone TB:
There are various categories of bone TB, and different method of treatment is available for different types of bone TB. Some of the classes are as follows:-
Causes of Bone TB:
Bone TB occurs when you get in contact with a patient suffering from tuberculosis by the transmission of M. tuberculosis bacteria. Bone tuberculosis has fewer cases in the last few decades because the prevalence of the treatment has increased a lot. A primary cause to be infected from bone TB are follows:-
Sign and Symptoms of Bone TB:
The most common symptoms a person face while suffering from Bone TB are follows:-
Treatment and Prevention from Bone TB:
Bone TB can lead to some painful side effects, but the damage is reversible when it is treated early stage with the right regimen of medications.
Dr. Indranil Biswas, Consultant – Orthopaedics | Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Barasat
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