Sunday, November 20, 2011

tuberculosis linked to San Francisco clubs

tuberculosis linked to San Francisco clubs?
Has anyone heard of this? My friend called me last night telling me how her mom saw a newscast stating that there was a possibility that some recent tuberculosis cases were caught while in a club in San Francisco. But I tried looking up the news story online and couldnt find anything. And I was planning on going to one tonight, should I have anything to worry about?
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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I haven't heard this, and it sounds like a rumor. The general pattern of TB infections in the US is almost identical to the patterns in AIDS since people rarely get TB unless they have a compromised immune system or close physical contact with another person infected with TB. So, one might assume that clubs frequented by gay men would have a higher prevalence of TB, but i have no idea if this is actually true. People infected with TB often have no symptoms for many years after they initially get the infection, so it can readily be passed on. It makes little sense that TB could be traced to a particular club - you can't end up with a building becoming infected - it's the people in a building that create a risk, and even then the people are not a risk unless you have close physical contact with them.
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There is an ongoing investigation. You can find the details here: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3621

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How does tuberculosis affect the human body

How does tuberculosis affect the human body?

Alternative Medicine - 4 Answers
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Tuberculosis floods blood into the lungs, and causes you to bleed internally.
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TB was previously very prevalent however there is now a vacine so it isn't too common in wetsreised countries. TB is a spore that gets into your lungs and geneally gives you debilitating flu like symptoms. A cough is commonly accompanied by spots of blood in the saliva and lathargy is quite common. Hope I hav helped you. TB can be cured so if you suspect you have i, get a test called a mantoux (man-too) performed.
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it is a contagions lung disease and it can kill you. that is what tuberculosis can do.
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Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly and common major infectious diseases today, infecting two billion people, or approximately one-third ( WHO TB.) of the world's population. Nine million new cases of the disease, resulting in two million deaths, occur annually, mostly in developing countries. However, developed countries are not spared the burden of tuberculosis. There is a rising number of people in the developed world who contract tuberculosis because they have compromised immune systems, typically as a result of immunosupressive drugs or HIV/AIDS. These people are at particular risk of tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis disease. Most of those infected (90%) have asymptomatic latent TB infection (LTBI). There is a 10% lifetime chance that LTBI will progress to TB disease which, if left untreated, will kill more than 50% of its victims. TB is one of the top three infectious killing diseases in the world: TB kills 2 million, and malaria kills 1 million. The neglect of TB control programs, HIV/AIDS, and immigration has caused a resurgence of tuberculosis. Multiple drug resistant strains of TB (MDR-TB) and Extreme Drug-Resistance in Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are emerging. The World Health Organization declared TB a global health emergency in 1993, and the Stop TB Partnership proposed a Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis which aims to save an additional 14 million lives between 2006 and 2015

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Is the tuberculosis an eradicated disease

Is the tuberculosis an eradicated disease?
I know that in the past, many people had died from this disease. But, I want to know if is today still active or not. Thanks xx
Respiratory Diseases - 3 Answers
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It most certainly is. In fact, 1/3 of the world's population (about 2 billion people) have either latent or active TB. It is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, India, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. There is treatment for it, but it is not by any means an eradicated disease.
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nope -it's alive and well all over the world. it is very common in the immigrant populations in the US.
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Absolutely still active and on the rise since the advent of AIDS. Also there are some strains of the TB bacillus that have become resistant to the usual treatment

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