Thursday, June 28, 2012

Can tuberculosis cause hypovolemia

Can tuberculosis cause hypovolemia?
Since tuberculosis causes someone to cough up blood, I was wondering if it could lead to low blood volume.
Respiratory Diseases - 2 Answers
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Well, I guess that would make sense....it's only logical. I think that's partly why people die from TB, because their bodies can't produce blood fast enough.
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I am sure it could. Since tuberculous, can also lead to chronic hemoptysis. And that could lead to hypovolemia

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Couldn't you catch bovine tuberculosis from dairy

Couldn't you catch bovine tuberculosis from dairy?
I heard that you could catch tuberculosis from consuming the milk product of an infected cow. How true is that? Is it possible enough that I should consider going back to being vegan?
Vegetarian & Vegan - 3 Answers
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As far as i know, you cannot.. Tubecol bacilli bacteria is suspended vapor/airborne,, besides few animal diseases can be contracted by humans with adverse effects and after pasteurization and all that, no bacteria will survive unless you buy/drink unpasteurized/raw milk
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And dairy farmers will generally if not always take a sick cow out of the milking chain until there healthy, and if they allow one sick cow to be milked it would affect the entire system, as it would taint the milk to be shipped, and once it arrives at the dairy processing plant, it is tested before pasteurization, and it is only heated to 100-115 degrees to purify the milk before separating form processing.
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i didn't think it was possible so went into google under 'bovine tu...' and discovered that in the past is was quite possible however in this day and age with pasteurization it is not possible therefore consuming milk is okay however if you want to go back to being a vegan don't do it for this reason but because you want to

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

What is Kock's pulmonary disease? Is it the same with pulmonary tuberculosis

What is Kock's pulmonary disease? Is it the same with pulmonary tuberculosis?
Please provide a clear definition, I can't find any.
Respiratory Diseases - 1 Answers
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KochÂ´s disease is pulmonary tuberculosis (phtisis). It is named according to Robert Koch, German bacteriologist who discovered KochÂ´s bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis exactly). TB. Pulmonary tuberculosis: Phthisis. It is a disease caused by a bacteria that lead to tuberculosis.It was named after the scientist robert koch who discovered the bacteria http://www.byedr.com/medicine/2471-1-byedr.html

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