How easy can Tuberculosis be transfer from one person to another?
My friend said he was coughing out blood over the weekend, i did a few research and it can possibly be Tuberculosis but i do not know for sure..
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very easily it is in the cough droplets which an travel six feet if you dont cover your mouth!
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Isnt there a vaccine for this? I think its not that rare for people to have Tuberculosis.. hmmmmmm
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TB (tuberculosis) is transmitted EXTREMELY easy. Just breathing the same air in the same room as an infected person can get you infected. Put it this way, last guy who had TB was put in isolation in a hospital and got national news coverage. I suggest your friend go get tested for TB NOW if you really think that is what it is.
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Don't make a judgement that your friend is having TB.He would probably have a chest infection but there is a chance for Tb if had a contact with Tb patient. Tb can be spread quickly through airbone droplets. A defenite distance must be kept with that person.Dont isolate him from others.It would make him feel down.
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First off, before jumping to the conclusion that your friend has Tuberculosis you must rule out other potential diseases. Coughing up blood is actually a fairly common occurrence believe it or not. (BTW coughing up blood is called Hemoptysis). Has your friend had a cough or a sore throat for a couple of days before coughing up the blood? If so, more likely than not your friend probably had a cold or upper respiratory infection, had been coughing for a few days inflaming the capillaries in the back of his throat, and they burst during a hard coughing spell (maybe he had bronchitis?) This is more plausible, as Tuberculosis is a disease that must get contracted from being exposed to someone who had the disease. It is transmitted via the air in droplets. Was he in direct contact with someone who has Tuberculosis? "**On average, people have a 50 percent chance of becoming infected with TB if they spend eight hours a day for six months or 24 hours a day for two months working or living with someone with active TB, researchers have estimated.**" The above statement clarifies the ease (or rather not so easy) transmission of the disease. To put yourself and your friend at ease have him go to his doctor and get a PPD (purified protein derivative) test as well as an x-ray to verify active Tuberculosis infection. Other symptoms of diagnostic value in Tuberculosis diagnosis are as follows: weight loss, fever, night sweats, and loss of appetite. Tell your friend to go see a doctor to rule out active infection and treat his current symptomatology. Good luck!
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Hi ███Htown Chino███Go Rockets!! All cases of TB are passed from person to person via droplets. When someone with TB infection coughs, sneezes, or talks, tiny droplets of saliva or mucus are expelled into the air, which can be inhaled by another person. 1• Once infectious particles reach the alveoli (small saclike structures in the air spaces in the lungs), another cell, called the macrophage, engulfs the TB bacteria. ◦ Then the bacteria are transmitted to the lymphatic system and bloodstream and spread to other organs occurs. ◦ The bacteria further multiply in organs that have high oxygen pressures, such as the upper lobes of the lungs, the kidneys, bone marrow, and meninges -- the membrane-like coverings of the brain and spinal cord. 2• When the bacteria cause clinically detectable disease, you have TB. 3• People who have inhaled the TB bacteria, but in whom the disease is controlled, are referred to as infected. Their immune system has walled off the organism in an inflammatory focus known as a granuloma. They have no symptoms, frequently have a positive skin test for TB, yet cannot transmit the disease to others. This is referred to as latent tuberculosis infection or LTBI. 4• Risk factors for TB include the following: ◦ HIV infection ◦ low socioeconomic status ◦ alcoholism ◦ homelessness ◦ crowded living conditions ◦ diseases that weaken the immune system ◦ migration from a country with a high number of cases ◦ health-care workers Take Care. Regards
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