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[hydatidcyst]

Shina, as your physician has said, Lymph nodes take time to disappear, and there is no hard and fast rule about how long it may take. But reading your previous posts, the lymph node is causing problems to you, so I think you can opt for excisional biopsy, so that not only you get rid of your node, but the diagnosis is also confirmed.

About the duration of treatment, I had written in my previous post also. Since yours is a case of extrapulmonary TB, you are probably in Category 3 of DOTS. That means you have to take Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide for 2 months, followed by Isoniazid and Ethambutol for 6 months. For a massive lymph node with pressure effects, you may have to take steroids also. Remember DOTS treatment should be taken completely !!

[shina]

yes,it takes quite long time .but ,i feel some time pain around node and my doctor says that it happens while ending node.and he says also that bacteria makes a cavity in lymph and when its curing it gives pain beacuse lymph set to their position.and 8 months r enough or 9 month.and till the node is not removed.what u guys suggest?

[hydatidcyst]

Shina, I could not understand your question completely. Anyways, what your physician has told you, he must be correct because he is the one who has done the physical examination and we are merely answering what you have written. About DOTS treatment, take the complete dose. I have already written that in the previous post.