Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017

NASAL TUBERCULOSIS � AN ATYPICAL DISEASE.

Dr Sumit Sharma, Dr. Sueeba Shabir, Dr. Khalid Ashraf

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Tuberculosis (TB) is an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_disease" title="Infectious disease" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">infectious disease</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> caused by the bacterium </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis" title="Mycobacterium tuberculosis" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;&#10;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Mycobacterium tuberculosis</span></i></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> (MTB).</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis#cite_note-WHO2015Fact-1" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">^{<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">[1]</span>}</a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> Tuberculosis generally affects the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung" title="Lung" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">lungs</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">, but can also affect other parts of the body when it is called as extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Most infections do not have symptoms; in which case it is known as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_tuberculosis" title="Latent tuberculosis" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">latent tuberculosis</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">. About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those infected. The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cough" title="Cough" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:&#10;14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">cough</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis" title="Hemoptysis" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;&#10;text-underline:none">blood-containing</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputum" title="Sputum" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;&#10;text-underline:none">sputum</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever" title="Fever" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">fever</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sweats" title="Night sweats" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;&#10;text-underline:none">night sweats</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss" title="Weight loss" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;text-decoration:none;&#10;text-underline:none">weight loss</span></a><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis#cite_note-WHO2015Fact-1" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">^{<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">[1]</span>}</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>