Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is s transferable infection that generally attacks the lungs. It also can unfold to other components of the body, like the mind and spine. A kind of bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes it. The classic signs of lively Tuberculosis are a persistent cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night time sweats, and weight loss. It was historically known as "consumption" due to the burden loss. Infection of different organs can purpose a wide range of signs. Tuberculosis is spread through the air when humans who have active Tuberculosis in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze. Active contamination happens more often in people with HIV/AIDS and in those who smoke. 

Diagnosis of energetic Tuberculosis is primarily based on chest X-rays, in addition to microscopic exam and tradition of frame fluids. Diagnosis of latent Tuberculosis is predicated on the tuberculin skin test (TST) or blood tests. Prevention of Tuberculosis includes screening the ones at high danger, early detection and treatment of cases, and vaccination with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. Those at high chance include household, workplace, and social contacts of humans with lively Tuberculosis. Treatment requires using multiple antibiotics over a long period of time. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem with increasing costs of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and drastically drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

  • Symptoms of Tuberculosis
  • Causes for Tuberculosis
  • Risk factors of Tuberculosis
  • Complications of Tuberculosis
  • Prevention of Tuberculosis

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