Teen's sore eyes refuse to
heal, docs find it's drug-resistant TB
TNN | Updated: Sep 24, 2017,
05:36 IST
MUMBAI: When Nerul teenager
Rani's (name changed) `sore eyes' didn't heal for over 15 days, little did her
parents imagine that multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) could be the
cause. Rani didn't have any of the symptoms associated with TB--coughing,
breathlessness or loss of weight--except for some dark red lesions in both her
eyes, said her parents.
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TB has re-emerged as one of
the biggest public health challenges in India, claiming 3 lakh lives every year
or one life every two minutes. Mumbai is referred to as the epicentre of the
deadly drug-resistant TB in which patients show resistance to two or more known
anti-TB drugs; treatment involves newer antibiotics that are expensive.
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Grateful thanks to The Times of India
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