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Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. It mainly affects the lungs, but it can affect any part of the body, including the tummy (abdomen), glands, bones and nervous system.

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Description of the disease

Tuberculosis or MTB or TB (short for tubercle bacillus ) is a common and fatal infectious disease in many cases. It is caused by several strains of mycobacteria, most commonly Mycobacterium tuberculosis [1]. Tuberculosis commonly causes lung illness but can also affect other parts of the body. Tuberculosis is spread through the air when a person with MTB infection coughs, sneezes, or passes saliva through the air [2] . Most human infections result in asymptomatic disease. latent infection And about one in ten latent infections eventually develop into active disease, which if left untreated. causing deaths of more than 50% of infected people

The underlying symptoms are chronic cough with bloody sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Diagnosis requires radiology (usually a chest X-ray), skin tests, blood tests, as well as microscopic examinations and microbiological cultures of bodily fluids. Treatment is difficult and requires a long course of antibiotics.

Symptoms of the disease

1. Persistent cough for more than 2 weeks, some with dry cough Some people may have yellow-green sputum or cough with blood.
2. chest pain
3. low-grade fever in the afternoon or evening
4. exhausted, exhausted
5. Anorexia, weight loss

Disease prevention

1. If there are abnormal symptoms suspected of tuberculosis, such as a chronic cough for more than 2 weeks If you have a low-grade fever, especially in the afternoon or evening, chest pain, breathlessness, loss of appetite, and weight loss, you should urgently seek treatment by taking X-rays of the lungs, checking sputum.
2. Stay healthy exercise regularly Eat healthy food from all 5 food groups.
3. Avoid risk factors that cause disease, such as promiscuity. to prevent AIDS because it will cause the body’s immune system to deteriorate There is a chance of getting sick with tuberculosis. to be treated quickly before it spreads more
4. general public You should have a physical examination by X-ray of the lungs or a sputum examination (AFB) at least once a year.
5. Children should be vaccinated with BCG (Bacilus Calmette Guerin) as well as those who have tested negative for the Tuberculin test to immunize them.
6. If there are suspected symptoms of tuberculosis should immediately see a doctor at a hospital near home