multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

TB & Me: "Today I am alive, and I value my life"

Vadim Kravchenko first contracted tuberculosis in prison. He shares his journey and explains why fighting the disease is about more than just medication...

18 Mar 2021 / 4 minute read

Mairam

TB blogger

TB&Me: "I had to live for my son"

Tuberculosis patient Mairam* shares her story of determination in the face of a difficult treatment

24 Feb 2020 / 2 minute read

Maddy

TB blogger

TB & Me: "I often think multi-drug-resistant TB survivors must be superhumans."

Maddy is a student in the UK who is currently going through treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. While ten million people are affected with tuberculosis every year, treatment options for drug-resistant strains are limited and side-effects can be severe. Maddy shares his story so far…

20 Sep 2018 / 5 minute read

Halyna Uvarenko

TB blogger

TB & Me: Facing your fears

After experiencing severe side-effects to the injectible medication she was taking for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, Halyna, 55, got a new prescription and is now preparing to continue the shorter treatment offered by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at home.

08 Feb 2016 / 4 minute read

Zolelwa Sifumba

There is life after MDR TB...

Hello… my name is Zolelwa Sifumba… And I’m a Multidrug resistant TB survivor… :) I can’t believe it either... I made it :)

30 Oct 2014 / 4 minute read

Lucky

Breaking Dawn.....

It was the beginning of light after the longest and the darkest night of my life. There was one more piece of good news for me; that now I don't need any intravenous injections, they can be stopped. I was very happy and relaxed that now the torturous injection will be stopped and finally the hickman line can come out. I can feel a bit of normal.

19 Jun 2012 / 4 minute read

Lucky

World TB Day video blog

Update from Lucky to tie in with World TB day 2012

13 Apr 2012 / 1 minute read

Lucky

Bed No.7 was I called...

Lucky embarks on her treatment for MDRTB dealing with dietary issues as well as medical tests over many months. As the days passed the panic, restlessness, irritation and depression increased even though everyday took me closer to my last in hospital.

25 Mar 2012 / 4 minute read

Lucky

There is no medicine like hope....

I was on the second line of treatment which had a massive regime. The drugs were; oral tablets; pyrazinamide, cyloserine, ciprofloxacin, prothionamide, and intravenous injection; amikacin. Pyridoxine was given to counter the side effects of the medication. I was also on steroids (prednisolone) as I had quite a bit of inflammation near the heart lining. These medicines made me feel miserable and the side effects worsened.

13 Feb 2012 / 4 minute read

Lucky

Life has changed

The consultant who had to look after me was there to talk to me about my condition. He told me that the kind of bug I am infected with is a very resistant type and as the sputum sample grew, I could spread it as I breathed, so I have to be in isolation until my sputum didn't grow it again

31 Jan 2012 / 3 minute read

Mariam Davtyan

In the beginning…

A few years ago I got married and was looking forward to having a baby after falling pregnant. In the third month of my pregnancy, I was taken to hospital because I was experiencing sudden, quite severe pains in my stomach without any reason. I lost the baby and find I have TB. I return to Armenia from Russia.

07 Oct 2011 / 3 minute read

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