Does Tb Reoccur After Treatment?

Even with treatment, however, tuberculosis reinfection is becoming a problem. It's very common for people with tuberculosis to relapse during treatment. Treatment for tuberculosis symptoms can last anywhere from six months to a year, and sometimes more for drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Can TB relapse after many years?

If relapse of pulmonary tuberculosis is defined as the appearance of active disease somewhere in the body after attainment of arrest, it has been shown that relapse is most apt to occur in the first one to four years. It is evident that relapse can occur, however, after as long as fourteen years of arrest.

Can someone have TB twice?

After I finish treatment for TB infection, can I get TB infection again? Yes. The treatment you receive for TB infection only treats the TB germs in your body now. There is the possibility that you can be around someone else with TB disease and get new TB germs.