Dr Sudhir Kumar, a medical practitioner, took to X (previously known as X) to highlight 25-year-old Ravi’s journey to a shocking discovery of spinal tuberculosis after ignoring the subtle symptoms his body signalled for serious health complications.
Most often we associate back pain with poor posture and muscle strain, but it can also suggest other illnesses that you may have least expected. A 25-year-old Hyderabad-based software engineer who was living an active lifestyle, pursuing his career in the UK, seemed to be left in shock when he found out about spinal tuberculosis.
Dr Sudhir Kumar, a medical practitioner, took to X (previously known as X) to highlight 25-year-old Ravi’s journey to a shocking discovery of spinal tuberculosis after ignoring the subtle symptoms his body signalled for serious health complications.
From Subtle Mid-Back Pain To Shocking Discovery
As for Ravi, who is an avid runner and fitness enthusiast never imagined that back pain would change his life so dramatically. It all began three months earlier when he started experiencing a nagging pain in his mid-back and escalated rapidly into a debilitating condition. However, as weeks passed, Ravi started experiencing new symptoms, like heaviness in both his legs, a tingling sensation, and an inability to run at his usual pace.
By the time the avid runner returned to India for treatment, Ravi needed an emergency intervention, as the moment he touched down in Hyderabad, he could no longer walk and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair. The 25-year-old software engineer was later diagnosed with Pott’s spine, called spinal tuberculosis.
When Delays Cost a Young Man His Legs
Ravi (name changed), a 25-year-old software engineer from Hyderabad, had moved to the UK for work. An avid runner and fitness enthusiast, he never imagined that back pain would change his life so dramatically. It all began three months pic.twitter.com/RhgngN5UZT Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (@hyderabaddoctor) September 21, 2025
What Is Spinal Tuberculosis?
Pott’s disease, also popularly known as spinal tuberculosis is an extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis (TB) that affects about 1% to 5% of TB Patients. According to Science Direct, your spine is the most common musculoskeletal extrapulmonary area of infection in TB. This chronic medical condition can affect your vertebrae, paraspinal abscesses and spondylodeiscitis which may involve your spinal cord resulting in neurologic deficits.
“People with high-risk factors including immunodeficiency (such as human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] coinfection), malnutrition, and overcrowded living conditions, tend to be at higher risk of TB. Adolescents with spinal TB are an at-risk group for contracting and spreading TB in school,” the National Institute of Health (NIH) states. “Treatment and prevention of spread, can include some social distancing, relative isolation, and the wearing of a facemask. Throughout this process, psychosocial support should not be ignored. The most widely used regimen to prevent TB is isoniazid for 6 12 months, while rifampicin or rifapentine combined isoniazid for 3 months can also be used.”
Symptoms Of Spinal Tuberculosis
Some of the signs and symptoms you must be watch out for spinal tuberculosis include fatigue, back pain, weight loss, night sweats and fever. According to a clinical investigation by the Neurospine, spinal tuberculosis has a gradual progression of three major clinical features, such as cold abscess, neurologic deficits, and a kyphotic deformity.
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