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How to treat tuberculosis naturally!
Monday, April 7, 2014
Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious disease with a high risk of fatality. Though TB is primarily a pulmonary infection, it can affect other organs of the body. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the bacteria increases the risk of tuberculosis. The disease cause tissue death of the infected organ and is fatal. Proper medical treatment will help to remove the bacteria from the body. The main symptom of this disease includes persistent coughing, fatigue, shortness of breath or labored breathing, night sweats, fever, chest pain etc.
There are many home remedies that can help to treat the problem in the natural way. These remedies can be used as a complimentary treatment along with conventional medicines. Here are some of the important home remedies for tuberculosis.
Home Remedies For Tuberculosis
1. Vitamin D Intake
Vitamin D has been scientifically proven to treat tuberculosis, and significantly speed up the recovery time exposing your skin every day to sunlight or supplementing regularly with high doses of vitamin D3 can effectively reduce the duration of the infection of tuberculosis.
This is the conclusion of a study published in the Journal of the National Academy of Sciences a year ago, which reveals once again that vitamin D plays an essential role in the treatment and prevention of disease. Researchers found patients taking both antibiotics and vitamin D recovered more than 36 percent faster than patients taking just antibiotics.
Home Remedies For Tuberculosis
1. Vitamin D Intake
Vitamin D has been scientifically proven to treat tuberculosis, and significantly speed up the recovery time exposing your skin every day to sunlight or supplementing regularly with high doses of vitamin D3 can effectively reduce the duration of the infection of tuberculosis.
This is the conclusion of a study published in the Journal of the National Academy of Sciences a year ago, which reveals once again that vitamin D plays an essential role in the treatment and prevention of disease. Researchers found patients taking both antibiotics and vitamin D recovered more than 36 percent faster than patients taking just antibiotics.
2) Vitamin C intake
Intake of vitamin C along with TB medication can shorten the duration of treatment. According to a report published in the journal Nature Communications (May 2013 issue) conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University.
So, squeeze a glass of orange juice, add a pinch of salt, put 1 tbsp honey in it and mix well
Drink it daily. Some other excellent food sources of vitamin C include broccoli, bell peppers, parsley, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, lemon juice, strawberries, mustard greens, kiwifruit, papaya, kale, cabbage, romaine lettuce, turnip greens, oranges, cantaloupe, summer squash, grapefruit, pineapple, chard, tomatoes, collard greens, raspberries, spinach, green beans, fennel, cranberries, asparagus, watermelon, and winter squash.
3) Garlic
Garlic is one of the most effective herbs to cure TB. Studies have shown that garlic oil helps to reduce TB lesions in the body. Garlic has anti bacterial property as it contains sulphur. This helps in destroying the bacteria causing TB. Garlic also contains allicin and ajoene which helps to inhibit the bacterial growth. Garlic improves the immunity of the body. Cooked or raw garlic can be used as a remedy.
The patient should take a solution that has been made from two gms. of Garlic, 250 gms of milk and one litre of water. After mixing these ingredients, the mixture should be boiled till only one fourth of the concoction remains. This concoction should be taken thrice in the day.
4) Custard Apple
Custard apples can be used to cure TB as they are known to contain qualities of a rejuvenating drug. In order to use the fruit to its full potential, the pulp of two custard apples and 25 seedless raisins should be boiled in water, filtered until a third is left in the pot and then mix in two teaspoons of powdered sugar and a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon and cardamom.
Indian Gooseberry is known to be rich in vitamin C, which is used to cure a variety of ailments, including tuberculosis. To treat TB, one tablespoon of fresh Indian gooseberry juice should be mixed with one tablespoon of honey and eight ounces of water. The patient should take this solution every morning and would notice it taking effect within a few days itself.
6) Drumstick leaves
Another herb which is considered to effective in the cure of TB is drumstick leaves. The leaves should be made into a soup by boiling a handful of drumstick leaves in 200 ml of water for about five minutes. After the soup cools, lime juice, pepper and salt should be added t it. The patient should consume the soup every morning in an empty stomach.
7) Celery leaves
Celery leaves in the form of juices can also be used a remedy for TB. In order to extract the juice, the leaves needs to ground. The patient needs to consume at least four tablespoon of the pure celery juice for the first few days of the treatment. The quantity can be reduced to two tablespoons once the patient notices a difference in his stool.
Mint often acts as detoxifying agents that cleanses the body of side effects from strong TB medications. It is also known to nourish the lungs and strengthen the immunity system. The patient should have a glass of mint juice which has been mixed with two teaspoons of pure malt vinegar, two tablespoons of honey and 150 ml of carrot juice. The solution should be taken at least three times a day.
9. Plantains
Plantain Bananas are rich source of nutrients which will boost the immune system of the TB infected person. Plantains help to reduce the fever and cough caused due to tuberculosis. Make plantain juice and drink at least one glass daily or you can mix one mashed plantain banana with one cup of coconut water, half-cup of yoghurt and one spoon of honey and consume it twice daily to get relief from cough and other symptoms of tuberculosis.
10. Pineapple
Pineapple juice is very effective in treating tuberculosis. Pineapple juice helps to reduce the mucus formation and provides faster recovery. Drink fresh juice of pineapple on daily basis.
11. Black Pepper
11. Black Pepper
Black pepper is effective in cleansing the lungs and reducing the mucus production. This in turn helps to relieve the chest pain caused by tuberculosis. Pepper also has anti inflammatory properties which will help to reduce the inflammation caused by infection and coughing. Fry 8-10 black pepper in clarified butter and make a paste of it. Add a pinch of asafetida powder to this paste. Take half teaspoon of this remedy every few hours
Tuberculosis is not a disease to ignore get proper medical advice to get rid of the problem. If you have symptoms of tuberculosis? Combine these home remedies with your medical treatment and get fast relief from tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis Cause Symptoms and Cures
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuberculous or TB is a deadly infectious disease caused by a bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is a dreaded bacterial infection. It has been known to mankind since ancient ages. The bacterial infection can spread through the lymph nodes and bloodstream to any organ in your body. It is most often found in the lungs.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infections in the world. About 2 billion people are infected with TB and nearly 3 million people are killed by it each year.
What cause TB?
Generally it is transmitted from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
As the bacteria that cause tuberculosis are transmitted through the air, the disease can be contagious. Infection is most likely to occur if you are exposed to someone with TB on a day-to-day basis, such as by living or working in close quarters with someone who has the active disease. Tuberculosis bacteria spreads from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air. This can happen when someone with the untreated, active form of tuberculosis coughs, speaks, sneezes, spits, laughs or sings.
When a person becomes infected with tuberculosis, the bacteria in the lungs multiply and causes pneumonia along with chest pain, coughing up blood, and a prolonged cough. symptoms include:
With medication treatment, a TB infection can usually be cured. Treatment involves a course of antibiotics, usually for six months. More than one antibiotic is used to prevent emergence of resistance of the bacteria to the antibiotics. Those infected with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis may be prescribed a longer course of antibiotics.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infections in the world. About 2 billion people are infected with TB and nearly 3 million people are killed by it each year.
What cause TB?
Generally it is transmitted from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
As the bacteria that cause tuberculosis are transmitted through the air, the disease can be contagious. Infection is most likely to occur if you are exposed to someone with TB on a day-to-day basis, such as by living or working in close quarters with someone who has the active disease. Tuberculosis bacteria spreads from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air. This can happen when someone with the untreated, active form of tuberculosis coughs, speaks, sneezes, spits, laughs or sings.
Even then, because the bacteria generally stay latent (inactive) after they invade your body, about one-third of the worlds population has latent TB, which means you have been infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with disease and cannot transmit the disease -- such peoples show no signs of infection and wont be able to spread the disease to others, unless their disease becomes active.
Other infections like HIV is a big contributor in the increased number of TB cases. The HIV virus suppresses the immune system, making it difficult for the body to control TB bacteria. As a result, people with HIV are many times more likely to get TB and to progress from latent to active disease than are people who arent HIV positive.
In some cases the TB bacteria may develop drug resistant abilities and survive. Later it can launch a killer attack on the body resulting in death.
Are you at risk?
If your healthy and disease free no need to worry. A healthy immune system often successfully fights TB bacteria, but your body cant mount an effective defense if your resistance is low. A number of diseases and medications can weaken your immune system, including:
- HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes
- End-stage kidney disease
- Certain cancers
- Cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy
- Drugs to prevent rejection of transplanted organs
- Some drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns disease and psoriasis
- Malnutrition
- Very young or advanced age
Some other reasons may include:
- Frequent visits to places with high rates of TB cases.
- Lack of medical attention.
- Heavy drinking and smoking
It was virtually wiped out with the help of antibiotics developed in the 1950s, but the disease is resurfacing again in dangerous new forms -- multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB and HIV with TB. These new and dangerous forms of the disease -- resistant to some of the commonly used drug treatments -- have created a public health crisis in many large cities worldwide. If you have TB -- in its active or latent state -- you must seek medical treatment.
What are the symptoms of Tuberculosis?
- Coughing that lasts three or more weeks
- Coughing up blood or sputum
- Chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing
- Unintentional weight loss
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Chills
- Loss of appetite
How to treat TB?
The most common medications used to treat tuberculosis include: Isoniazid, Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane), Ethambutol (Myambutol), Pyrazinamide. Taking vitamin D during tuberculosis treatment enhances some of the effects of the drugs.
After a few weeks, you wont be contagious, and you may start to feel better. It might be tempting to stop taking your TB drugs. But it is crucial that you finish the full course of therapy and take the medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Stopping treatment too soon or skipping doses can allow the bacteria that are still alive to become resistant to those drugs, leading to TB that is much more dangerous and difficult to treat.
If you test positive for latent TB infection, your doctor may advise you to take medications to reduce your risk of developing active tuberculosis. If you have active TB, keep your germs to yourself. It generally takes a few weeks of treatment with TB medications before youre not contagious anymore.
Some people may experience side effects when they take TB medications although not common, immediately inform your doctor when you experience nausea or vomiting, pale skin, dark urine, and fever lasting more than 3 days.
How to prevent TB?
Eating a healthful diet that takes care of your immune system, getting a TB test regularly if you work or live in a high risk environment, and finishing TB medications. To prevent transmitting the disease to others if you are infected, stay home, cover your mouth, and ensure proper ventilation.
Sources:
Webmd
MNT
mayoclininc
Sources:
Webmd
MNT
mayoclininc
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