Living With Tuberculosis: Learn The Facts Now!

Prognosis For Patients

In general, the prognosis for patients living with tuberculosis depends on their overall health and whether they have received a diagnosis and subsequent treatment. If the tuberculosis patient is generally healthy otherwise and receives and completes treatment, they have a good prognosis with a very low recurrence rate of the disease at only zero to fourteen percent. However, if the individual’s immune system is compromised, such as in those who are HIV positive, have had a prior bout with tuberculosis or are elderly, or if their tuberculosis is drug-resistant, the prognosis is not as good.