Sunday, September 28, 2008

what are the nursing interventions in tuberculosis in the philippines

what are the nursing interventions in tuberculosis in the philippines?

Infectious Diseases - 1 Answers
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TB is a virulent disease in areas of poor food and dirty health conditions. Isolation and other medications are needed that they are not getting unless they get them through World Health Organization



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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

where can i download videos about tuberculosis and other communicable diseases

where can i download videos about tuberculosis and other communicable diseases?
please refer to me to sites where can i download....
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Site: http://www.stoptb.org/resource_center/video_library.asp and Center for Disease Control for TB modules. Site: http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn/tbmodules/Default.htm. I use the unplug add-on on firefox to download flash video


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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Was it right to quarantine the man with the drug resistant tuberculosis

Was it right to quarantine the man with the drug resistant tuberculosis?

Law & Ethics - 10 Answers
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Yes. TB is deadly. Its in the publics best interest that this man be quarantined and helped.
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yes. he was an idiot.
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Yes. It isn't just drug resistant, it is SUPER drug resistant. However, in my opinion if a government does that, they become responsible for that person's food and energy, clothing and so forth. Obviously they can't work.
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Yes, Tb Is deathly contagious
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ABSOLUTELY!!
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NO!!!!. He should be set free and over to the the middle east as a biological weapon!!!!
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Heck yes! That selfish dummy flew on a plain when he had no clue how deadly or contagious he was. That is HORRIBLE!
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Yes. He's a threat to society. Not so much even his disease, but more the fact that he's too f*****g stupid to do as he's told and stay where he was. Now, if he had been in some 3rd world cesspool with no care availiable I could see him wanting to try to get back in, but he was in Italy...a thouroughly westernized country with more than adequate facilities to treat and care for him. But no. He wanted to hurry up and get home and party. He's a d**k. What makes him a bigger moron is that his father-in-law actually is a CDC TB expert and he's a personal injury lawyer. "I never meant to couse anyone harm. " No. He just didn't care...or cared about hiself more. In cases like his the government has a right to use any means necessary to quarrantine you. Weigh the one life against hundreds he might infect...and on and on. A potential epidemic started because of one assss that won't do as he's told? No. In that case, HIS right to freedom of movement and self-determination is forfeit.
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I suspect the diagnosis of this man was incorrect. It is not uncommon for incorrect diagnoses to be made. Essentially the quarantine they are talking about is a life sentence for this man. He has received no due process. He certainly has not been convicted of any crime. There is no evidence that anyone has been harmed. I think that it is very unlikely that anyone will be harmed, other than the man who was wrongly quarantined. I suspect that his doctors made a mistake and are now afraid to admit their mistake. This shows how dangerous it is to have laws that makie it easy to quarantine people just on the say so of some doctors or public health people. The doctors are not that good that we should be locking up innocent people just on the word of some doctor.
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yes thats is a deadly disease that is capable of spreading to other people...how would you feel if your child where sitting next to this guy?...have you seen 28 weeks later wouldn't you have want to have been informed that that little boy had the damn rage virus!! instead of his sister not saying shit and we know how that situation turned



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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

what test can be most diagnostic to test Tuberculosis in children? Does body weight in all patients decrease

what test can be most diagnostic to test Tuberculosis in children? Does body weight in all patients decrease?
what are the signs, symptoms and diagnosis of enteric tuberculosis in children? Can blood test be diagnostic in such cases
Grade-Schooler - 4 Answers
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they'd probably just give you the normal TB test, but i dont know for sure- a shot with TB antigens in it, then they measure how big of a bump you get after 3 days. i forget what the test is called
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The PPD skin test is what is used to detect TB. Coughing and phlegm production is a sign, but the doctor mostly uses the TB skin test to detect it. One can be exposed to Tb and ten years later get the actual disease. Also if someone spits and the spit dries and is caught in the wind you can get it. That is why the health departments require hospitals, etc. to do yearly PPD skin tests.
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Isolation of the bacteria by stomach aspirates, sputum, spinal fluid, or biopsy provides definitive diagnosis. Blood tests are not generally helpful in TB. Skins tests can screen for the disease but are not perfect. Enteric TB usually occurs as a part of "miliary TB". Isolated involvement of only one organ is rare. You can learn more here: http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1476.htm Weight loss occurs in 80% according to this article.
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They don't do a blood test, its more like a prick of the skin. It's a type of lung infection, so if it would be positive they would do a chest x-ray to be sure. I don't know all of the symptoms but cronic coughing and coughing up blood. So if he/she starts to cough up blood then you need to go to the hospital. But if you think she might have it call your dr. and they can test her for it



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Friday, September 12, 2008

Are dogs typically vaccinated for tuberculosis

Are dogs typically vaccinated for tuberculosis?
My mom was recently diagnosed with a latent strain of TB. I read that TB can be passed from human to canine and vice-versa - My dog is 2 years old, and up-to-date on all recommended shots - but I can't remember if the TB vaccine was one of them...
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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Nope callyour vet
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As long as your dog is up to date then I really don't think that your mom would get anything from him/her. This is first I've heard of canine to human TB at all. If you have any doubt then google TB and see if it say's anything about it being passed this way. There you'll also be able to find out all about the disease itself. TB can lay dormant in your body for years before being active. I hope you get the information that you need and I hope this helped. Good luck



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Monday, September 8, 2008

Do they still send tuberculosis patients to sanitariums

Do they still send tuberculosis patients to sanitariums?
I know that they used to.
Respiratory Diseases - 6 Answers
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I don't think so, the advancement of medicine has come along way in the last 50 years.
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NO! Are you living in the DARK AGES? We have so many people with TB here, there would be HUNDREDS of sanitariums...
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No, but they will prescribe a medication you must take for nine months. We can cure TB now, except the resistant strain, but people MUST take all the medicine. Your TB test will always be positive afterwards, even though it it is gone, so you have to go in and get a chest x ray in lieu of a Mantoux(TB) test.
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No, but they are isolated onto a certain floor of the hospital and only certain people are allowed onto that floor. We can't legally keep them there though. They are free to leave whenever they want whether they are finished with their medication or not. A person is never cured of TB. It may become dormant and not pose any symptoms, but it remains in their body forever and can become active at any time, especially if their immune system becomes weakened such as with AIDS or cancer.
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With the advent of certain antibiotics that can treat and prevent contagion it is no longer necessary to isolate patients with tuberculosis.
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Sanitariums - or "sanitaria" - like huge mental hospitals, are a thing of the past. Return of tuberculosis as a public health threat has frightened a great many people. Particularly as a result of quick and simple world travel, several strains of TB that were unknown in the U.S. by the 1950's and '60's have re-appeared or arisen for the first time. Worst of these is a strain of drug-resistant TB that originated in certain Russian prisons and labor camps, as well as a related variety found mainly among the poor and homeless in the U.S. who failed to complete their medication regimes. "Sanitaria" were largely isolation wards for TB patients who had nowhere else to go or people to care for them, or who were stigmatized by the disease and could no longer remain in their homes or communities. The great majority of TB patients in the past usually had special rooms of their own with fresh air their main feature. Many went to the American Southwest - or other parts of the world known for "healthy climates" of dry, hot air - and lived in facilities with again lots of fresh air. In Redlands, California, for example, are meny late 1800's - early 1900's houses with flat roofs and/or wide second-floor balconies. This is where the beds and sitting places for the "lungers" were. A special train spur still curves toward a local hosspital for delivery of TB patients to its wards or for transfer to some of these homes. The trains, of course, no longer operate. One of the great events of the early 20th century was the immense public health campaign mounted in the U.S. by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In order to protect people from infection, preserve the lives of those who were sick, and reduce the cost of paying insurance claims for TB victims, Met Life created the "visiting nurse" program and mounted a huge public education campaign. That campaign included the "Please don't spit on the sidewalk" message board program. At theatrical events, speeches by touring lecturers, movies, almost every gathering, Met Life had posters displayed to remin people of it. And the company helped finance the research that aided in halting the spread of the disease through immunizations as well as treatment. Today, simple matters of cleanliness and behavior will prevent the spread of TB. Immunization is still wise, although far too many youngsters haven't had it


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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Monday, September 1, 2008

Side effects from medication for Pulmanory Tuberculosis

Side effects from medication for Pulmanory Tuberculosis?
I would like to know what I am in for when I start my 6 to 8 months of medication this week, here in China.
Infectious Diseases - 4 Answers
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Pulmanory Tuberculosis, are you a smoker?
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Fatigue is induced by the medication. If not taken, one can die from it.
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The absolute best web site is www.webmd.com/ They have very thorough up to date medical informatio on everything in an unbiased way.
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INH, pyrazinamide and rifampicin-- Liver toxicity. Nausea, vomiting, raised liver enzymes, jaundice. Get baseline LFTs done and then at regular intervals ( monthly). Streptomycin-- vestibular toxicity. Balance may be affected and there may be ringing in the ears. Ethambutal-- Optic neuritis. Colour blindness or blurred vision. Rifampicin can also cause low platelet count and kidney dysfunction. INH can also cause pyridoxine (component of vitamin B complex) deficiency. Take B complex along with it. Al these drugs can cause nausea, vomiting or an allergic rash. Don't worry. You may not get any of these side-effects, but it is better to be aware so that you are watchful



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