Thursday, February 28, 2013

Can Tuberculosis be transmitted by breathing out infected air

Can Tuberculosis be transmitted by breathing out infected air?
and how long does the treatment last of TB?
Respiratory Diseases - 3 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
TB is a respiratory illness, and so is transmitted thru the air we breathe. Treatment varies, but at least 6 months to a year.
2 :
tuberculosis is a bacterial disease....it can transmit by breathing out infected air.....mainly by sneezing..
3 :
Tuberculosis spreads through airborne droplets when a person with the infection coughs, talks or sneezes. In general, you need prolonged exposure to an infected person before becoming infected yourself. Even then, you may not develop symptoms of the disease. Or, symptoms may not show up until many years later. Left untreated, tuberculosis can be fatal. With proper care, however, most cases of tuberculosis can be treated, even those resistant to the drugs commonly used against the disease. In general, TB is a preventable disease. From a public health standpoint, the best way to control TB is to diagnose and treat people with TB infection before they develop active disease and to take careful precautions with people hospitalized with TB. But there are also measures you can take on your own to help protect yourself and others: Keep your immune system healthy. Make sure you eat plenty of healthy foods, get adequate amounts of sleep and exercise regularly to keep your immune system in top form. Get tested regularly. Experts advise getting a skin test annually if you have HIV or another disease that weakens your immune system, live or work in a prison or nursing home, are a health care worker, or have a substantially increased risk of exposure to the disease. Consider preventive therapy. If you test positive for latent TB infection, but have no evidence of active TB, talk to your doctor about therapy with isoniazid to reduce your risk of developing active TB in the future. A vaccine, BCG, is available and has been of some benefit in preventing TB. It's not widely used in the United States and is more often administered in countries where TB is more common. The vaccine isn't very effective in adults, although it can prevent TB from spreading outside the lungs in infants. Vaccination with BCG also causes a false-positive result on a Mantoux skin test and for that reason, isn't recommended for general use in the United States. Researchers are working on developing a more effective TB vaccine. Finish your entire course of medication. This is the most important step you can take to protect yourself and others from TB. When you stop treatment early or skip doses, TB bacteria have a chance to develop mutations that are resistant to the most potent TB drugs. The resulting drug-resistant strains are much more deadly and difficult to treat. To help keep your family and friends from getting sick if you have active TB..... Stay home. Don't go to work or school or sleep in a room with other people during the first few weeks of treatment for active TB. Ensure adequate ventilation. Open the windows whenever possible to let in fresh air. Cover your mouth. It takes two to three weeks of treatment before you're no longer contagious. During that time, be sure to cover your mouth with a tissue any time you laugh, sneeze or cough. Put the dirty tissue in a bag, seal it and throw it away. Also, wearing a mask when you're around other people during the first three weeks of treatment may help lessen the risk of transmission

Read more discussions :

Sunday, February 24, 2013

what is the rationale behind low grade fever in pulmonary tuberculosis

what is the rationale behind low grade fever in pulmonary tuberculosis?

Respiratory Diseases - 1 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
The body produces an increased temperature due to the inflammatory response. Since there's really no way to fight off the TB infection, the body does what it can to boost the immune system

Read more discussions :

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

What are the symptoms of Tuberculosis ,what precautions should take on 1st step of TB

What are the symptoms of Tuberculosis ,what precautions should take on 1st step of TB?
the person who is in the 1st stage of tb is 20 yrs old, lives in a smelly area ,is this cause of tb
Other - Diseases - 4 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
When I have arrested people who have TB I have always noticed that they have a very hard, deep cough with lots of phlegm. We always carry paper masks with us for both them and us and sanitize thoroughly after contact.
2 :
Pulmonary tuberculosis can express itself with persistant cough (more than 15 days), and hemoptisis, weight loss, and nightly fever. Caution NÂº 1 as this is an airborne disease, don't breathe his/her little drops that can be thrown when talking or coughing. I agree about the part of masks.
3 :
http://www.webmd.com/hw/infection/hw207304.asp this will help you best wishes
4 :
A deep, booming cough, coughing up blood, weight loss, night sweats. Don't expose yourself to this person without a mask, and remember that those paper surgical masks lose effectiveness after 30 minutes; you'll have to put on a new one. If you've been exposed to this person, you should have a TB skin test done. If it has a positive reaction, you'll need to get a chest x-ray to determine if you have active disease. If this 20 year old doesn't take their full course of medicine, it could rebound as an antibiotic resistant strain of the disease. Also, please be aware that TB germs can live in and float through the air for several hours. Good luck

Read more discussions :

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Tuberculosis and the Army, what will they do

Tuberculosis and the Army, what will they do?
Last time i did the PPD thing was a year ago. I just got it again today, and I have a red blotch about the size of a quarter. So im pretty sure im positive for it. Im just wondering what the Army is going to do about it? Is it like really serious or anything? Enough to get kicked out over?
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Don't think you'll get kicked out. They'll treat you, then get you back to work. TB can be serious but if you're really in the army then you get free healthcare, so go to a hospital and get it sorted. Treatment doesn't happen straight away though, it takes a couple days. And don't wait around, get yourself to a doctor before it gets serious, if it isn't already.
2 :
they do not measure redness. I think if there are blisters that show up then you are considered positive

Read more discussions :

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Can someone give me a simple summary of what Tuberculosis is

Can someone give me a simple summary of what Tuberculosis is?

Infectious Diseases - 5 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
A chronic bacterial infection that is transmitted person to person. Usually, it infects the lungs first.
2 :
is infection of the lungs very contagious if not treated,, if active symptoms are such as fever weight loss coughing etc;Newer drugs are able to control most cases if the diagnosis is made early,how you got it that's the question? your DR probable will tell you depending on your health history and if active probably Your family have to be check and do not smoke please! hope this help Good Luck!
3 :
commonly known to have symptoms of bloody vomit. Contagious. Affects the lungs first. Is transmitted by airborne virus similar to colds of centuries past.
4 :
TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any part of your body, but they usually attack the lungs. TB disease was once the leading cause of death in the United States. People who are infected with TB do not feel sick, do not have any symptoms, and cannot spread TB. But they may develop TB disease at some time in the future. People with TB disease can be treated and cured if they seek medical help. Even better, people who have TB infection but are not yet sick can take medicine so that they will never develop TB disease. TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. When a person breathes in TB bacteria, the bacteria can settle in the lungs and begin to grow. From there, they move through the blood to other parts of the body, such as the kidney, spine, and brain. TB in the lungs or throat can be infectious. This means that the bacteria can be spread to other people. TB in other parts of the body, such as the kidney or spine, is usually not infectious. People with TB disease are most likely to spread it to people they spend time with every day. This includes family members, friends, and coworkers.
5 :
An infection of the lungs, it's main symptoms are bloody phlegm, persistant cough, night sweats, losing weight and swollen glands and chest pain when breathing in. It is still very common in LEDC's, but can be treated with antibiotics. It was dying out in America/ Britain etc. because of effective treatment and widespread vaccination, but is on the increase due to air travel and a false sense of security leading to less vaccinations. (which are only around 80% good anyway) There is also now a more resistant strain on the increase, because of people not taking the full 6 month (at least) course of antibiotics... There is a simple test to check if you have it. The PPD. It takes 48-72 hours to get the result, and involves planting a small amount of TB under the skin on the arm to see if your body reacts to it. It is nowhere near as common as it used to be, and many cases in the UK etc. are now cured successfully, when untreated however, it can often (but not always) lead to (slow) death. It is very prevalent in areas where HIV is widespread, as the two appear to sometimes go hand in hand making each other worse. After being diagnosed, you're contagious for 2 weeks after you start treatment. It's not as easy to catch as people think, as a general rule, if you're not immuno-compromised, you need to be with an infected person quite a lot to be at risk of contracting it yourself. Generally about 8 hours... which is why they tend to track down the close family and friends of sufferers only, not everyone who say near them on a bus one morning. Also, only around 1 in 10 of people exposed heavily to it will contract "active" TB. Generally there are two types- "active" and "latent". Active is when you'll experience symptoms, and be contagious- you have TB. You'd need a chest x-ray etc. to diagnose definitively. Whereas latent TB is when you've been exposed to it, and it's in you, but you don't "have" it- you'll have a positive PPD and will need an x-ray to show you don't have active TB, but you can't experience symptoms or spread it. Latent TB can develop into active TB- which is why you'd still get treated. It's an interesting, but deadly, disease which I have a strange phobia of, leading me to do a lot of research, so I know a lot about it. I've only covered pulmonary tuberculosis as well, since it's what I know more about, it can occur in other areas, causing things like tuberculomas etc. Hope I helped

Read more discussions :

Friday, February 8, 2013

How does tuberculosis affect the lungs

How does tuberculosis affect the lungs?

Respiratory Diseases - 1 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
check this out:http://adam.about.com/reports/Tuberculosis-of-the-lungs.htm and this one...http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/diagnosis.htm

Read more discussions :

Monday, February 4, 2013

How can tuberculosis spread? What are symptoms if you are infected

How can tuberculosis spread? What are symptoms if you are infected?

Infectious Diseases - 1 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
tuberculosis (TB) is common communicable disease problem here in philippines. it can be spread through droplet. it is not a bacteia. it is viral. tb can be spread commonly in lungs, some are in bones etc.. the disease will metastasize once not treated . it may cause death on ce untreated. we had SHORT COURSE CHEMOTHERAPY (scc therapy) tuberculosis is curable as long as the patient or the client is religious in taking those medications. proper dessimination to the patient and the family and community as well to avoid the spread of the disease process.. low grade fever, cough for more than a moth, loss weight, loss appetite. I'm nurse. from philippines. better check other resourceful books. i guess, it will help you to learn about tb

Read more discussions :

Friday, February 1, 2013

Does Tuberculosis disqualify you from entering the the Military

Does Tuberculosis disqualify you from entering the the Military?
even if you have been on the desired 6month medication
Military - 2 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
i believe so
2 :
No. As long as you aren't currently sick from it and have been on medication to eliminate it from your system. My sister had it and exposed me to it. They gave her some big ass horse pills to take. I was fortunate not to get it, but I was still exposed to it. They did chest x-rays and stuff on me and it all came clean. I told the recruiter all this and I was accepted into the AF no problems. They do the medical checkups at MEPS anyways and if there's any questions on something specific, they'll send you to a specialist to look deeper into it to see if it will. But TB is curable in every phase...so no worries. It's not like its AIDS or cancer. Even in the later stages, it's highly survivable

Read more discussions :