Learn to protect against tuberculosis


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What Should you Know About Tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is a germ infection causedSome of the TB symptoms are cough for a
by Mycobacterium tuberculosis whichlong period of time, fever, night
generally affects the lungs, but it cansweats, loss of weight and appetite,
also affect kidneys, lymph nodes, spine,chest pains and breathing difficulties.
intestinal tract and brain.To diagnose the infection with TB there
Tuberculosis is spreading by air, if anare some tests to be done.
infected person coughs sneezes orOne way to diagnose TB is by performing
shouts, the germs spreading into thea skin test called the intra-dermal
air. By inhaling them other people getreaction of tuberculin. The person that
infected.is suspected to be or to have been
At the thoracic X-ray appear granulomasinfected with TB is considered to have
(granular tumors) in the lungs.developed a hypersensitivity to the TB
Most people's immune system contains thegerm.
primary infection, but some do not haveThe test consists in injecting into the
this particularity, and so, the diseaseskin a purified protein derived from the
may occur within weeks after the primaryTB germ. After more then 48 hours the
infection.skin area will present a bump. If the
Some people shed the TB germ into theirbump is large, the test is considered to
lungs for years and at some moment thebe positive, meaning that the TB
germs could activate and the infectioninfection has occurred.
could manifest.Even if the test is negative, it should
The easiest to infect are the childrenbe repeated after a while, because the
and people who have a weakened immunetest is not a 100 percent accurate.
system (those undergoing chemotherapy,Another method of diagnosing TB is
those who had an organ transplant andperforming a thoracic X-ray that will
now take immunosuppressive drugs, andshow the affected lung areas.
those infected with HIV).And last, but not the least, is the
To prevent TB in children doctors givesputum test. If the suspected person
them shots of the bacillus Calmettecoughs, doctors take the sputum and with
Guerin (BCG) vaccine.the help of the microscope they search
The risk of catching TB increases withfor the TB germs in it.
the frequency of contacting otherAlso doctors can perform a Bronchoscopy,
infected people, with miserable livinga Thoracocentesis and rarely, biopsy of
conditions and with poor nutrition.the affected tissue.
Lately there has been noticed anFor the treatment to be effective,
increase of TB cases in US, probablypatients must take their prescribed dugs
because of the increased number ofduring all the period of time they were
people infected with HIV, the increasedadvised by the doctor, otherwise they
number of homeless people and of thecould get multiple organ complications
appearance of drug resistance (caused byand even die.
an incomplete TB treatment).By following all the doctor's
In US there are 10 cases of TB perindications, one can cure in about 6 to
100000 people and those infected with9 months of TB and get back to its
AIDS are among them, due to theirnormal life.
weakened immune system.



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