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What's treatment for a spastic hemiplegia due to a tuberculous meningitis ?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi, Pediatrics - Hemiplegia, usually a sequel of a brain injury, manifests as a number of physical, cognitive, and behavioral effects: §  Memory – Difficulty with encoding, storing, and retrieving new ... Read More
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What's tretment for a spastic hemiplegia due to a tuberculous meningitis dating from 2003?
Dr. Elie Salem, Pediatrics - Treatment is mostly physiotherapy. In USA they are doing partial rhizotomy for CP patients and it is quite promising 
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Is showering allowed when tuberculosis test is done??
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Dr. Rania Mousa, General Medicine - yes you can It is important that you do not scratch or rub the injection site. Leave the area open; do not cover with any dressing, cream or ointment. If blisters develop and it causes discomfort a... Read More
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If someone has had a positive result for tuberculosis test by serum in the arm(ie it got swollen and hard) but chest xray showed nothing, which is more accurate?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi, Pediatrics - The skin test for tuberculosis (TB) , also known as PPD, if positive, indicates that the individual carries TB but does not necessarily have an active infection, or that this person had received the T... Read More
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