Chifuwa cha TB chasanduka matenda osadziwika bwino m’maiko a Kumadzulo. Komabe, makasitomala ena ali pachiwopsezo, makamaka anthu omwe chitetezo chawo cha mthupi chimafooka pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana (HIV, matenda osachiritsika, mankhwala amphamvu, corticosteroids, kumwa mowa kwambiri kapena mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndi zina).

Ngati muli ndi zizindikiro za chifuwa chachikulu (kutentha thupi, kuchepa thupi mosadziwika bwino, kutuluka thukuta usiku ndi chifuwa chosatha), musazengereze kukaonana ndi dokotala. Chithandizo cha chifuwa chachikulu cha TB ndi maantibayotiki nthawi zambiri chimakhala chothandiza, koma ndikofunikira kuti chipitirire kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, apo ayi chifuwachi chikhoza kuyambiranso kukhala mawonekedwe omwe amalimbana kwambiri ndi chithandizo chamankhwala.

Dr Jacques Allard MD FCMFC