Infectious Diseases - 5 Answers
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A chronic bacterial infection that is transmitted person to person. Usually, it infects the lungs first.
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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!
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commonly known to have symptoms of bloody vomit. Contagious. Affects the lungs first. Is transmitted by airborne virus similar to colds of centuries past.
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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.
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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
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