2007-02-21 17:04:32 · 4 answers · asked by momy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
3 million people are diagnosed each year with an active Tuberculosis infection. It is something like 66% of the adult population who have the bacteria which cause it in their lungs.
To be honest, I would recommend that they lay off it for a little while - if nothing else, it will give her lungs a rest. But in a couple of weeks I don't see why not. It is quite infectious - avoid anything she coughs up, and encourage her not to cough into the air - but it definately is not an STD.
The antibiotics people have to take are quite nasty ones - you may find she is also just too tired or feeling to ill to want to.
2007-02-21 21:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When was she diagnosed and is she recieving treatment? If she has heen on treatment for more than 2 weeks then she can have sex, though i wonder if she will have the energy or the interest. If he has been living with her long before she was diagnosed, he should be taking INH for prophylaxis, hoping he was tested and is negative.
2007-02-23 06:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by emanzit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he can ,but ur sister should not be an open case of tb.that is her sputum should be negative for tb bacilli and she should take her anti.tb drugs regularly
2007-02-21 17:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by dorai p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be sure ask a doctor... the disease is really contagious.
2007-02-21 17:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by T 1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋