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Treatment recommended

Rest
Antibiotic therapy
Fresh air
Nourishing food

BEWARE !
Too much fat should be avoided as it frequently causes gastric upsets and diarrhea

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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease and is one of the major cause of illness and death in the underdeveloped countries, as well as the deprived sections of developed countries. Malnutrition resulting from poverty and ignorance combined with unhygienic living conditions and poor sanitation makes an individual susceptible to the infection.

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria most often affects the lungs leading to pulmonary tuberculosis. The infection may be localized in other organs like lymph nodes or kidneys or may be generalized.

DIETARY MANAGEMENT
*During the acute stage of illness when fever is high, high protein, high energy, full fluid diet is given. As improvement occurs, this diet is progressed to a soft and then a regular diet.

*Most patients have a poor appetite. Meals should be made simple, easily digestible, well prepared and tempting to encourage the patient to eat.

*Force-feeding the patient to gain extra weight is known to be more harmful than advantageous. Too much food specially fat, frequently causes gastric upsets and diarrhea.

*If the patient has a poor appetite, he should be administered a 6 meal pattern.

*Diet for a tuberculosis patient is essentially a normal diet with emphasis on proper selection of food.

*All meals should have cereal - pulse combination with some amount of animal protein.

Example

Khichri with curd
Sweet dalia with milk
Paushtic chapattis with curd

*Cheap sources of vitamin C, such as guava, amla, sprouted pulses must be given. Seasonal vegetables must be amply provided.

Early stage symptoms

Marked rise in body temperature

Flushed face

Increase circulation and respiration

Constant fatigue

Loss of weight

Cough

General rundown condition

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recommendations -
* In tuberculosis, there is a considerable wasting of body tissues. Therefore, it is essential to increase protein intake in the form of cereal and pulse combination.

* Include a liberal amount of calcium in your diet to promote healing of tuberculin lesions.

*If a patient suffers from hemorrhages, high iron supplementation is necessary.

*The diet should provide as much retinol as possible (as conversion of beta-carotene to retinol in the intestinal mucosa is adversely affected) by giving milk, milk products, eggs and meat.

* Tuberculosis being an infectious disease results in increased urinary loss of ascorbic acid. As ascorbic acid helps in healing, additional amounts of ascorbic acid is therefore recommended in the diet in the form of guava, amla, orange, lemon and sprouted pulses.

Do You Know?
Tuberculosis leads to

Wasting of tissues

Exhaustion

Cough

Expectoration

Fever

A DAY'S SAMPLE DIET PLAN FOR A TUBERCULOSIS PATIENT

Mr. Mohan Singh is 35 years old and is working as a lower division clerk in an office. He is on medical treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis for the last 6 months. He is still 15 % underweight and has been prescribed a high protein and high energy diet.

Personal Data

Age 35 years

Sex Male

Weight 15% underweight

Physical activity Sedentary

Socio-economic status Low Middle Income Group

Food habits Non-vegetarian

Pathological condition Recovering from tuberculosis

Recommended Dietary Allowances

Energy 2785 kcal

Protein 75 grams to 90 grams

Vitamin A 600 µg retinal

Calcium 400 mg

Food Plan

Meal	Menu	Amount
Early morning	Tea	1 cup
Breakfast	Paushtic chapattis (Besan, spinach, cabbage, onion, wheat flour and oil)	2
	Curd	95 grams
	Tea	1 cup
Mid morning	Sprouted mung chat	1 bowl
	Tea	1 cup
Lunch	Scrambled Egg	1
	Spinach and potato vegetable	1 bowl
	Chapattis	2 to 3
	Peanut chikki
	Amla	1
Evening Tea	Tea	1 cup
	Upma (with vegetable)	1 bowl
Dinner	Sambhar (with brinjal and bottle gourd)	1 bowl
	Carrot raita
	Rice / chapattis	1.5 bowl cooked / 2 to 3
	Guava	1

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