Infectious Diseases - 3 Answers
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Healthy people may be infected and not know it. They may not have active TB and their bodies can fight it off. If the disease becomes active, it can migrate to other organs, other parts of the body and show up there. Pulmonary TB can cause permanent lung damage. About half of those with untreated active TB die and the other half may wish they had.
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It's possible, but I wouldn't chance it. That's not to say there's no downside to treatment--the antibiotics prescribed for TB are pretty heavy-duty and can impair your liver's functionality. CAN is an important qualifier--the drugs only have the potential to do so; on the other hand, certain chronic symptoms (i.e. coughing up blood, fever, chills, night sweats, etc.) are implied by active pulmonary TB. I'd rather face the medication's potential risks than the disease's implicit symptoms and long-term effects. What do I know, though?
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Tuberculosis is no different than any other active, symptomatic bacterial infection. Without proper treatment with appropriate antibiotics it would be impossible to cure tuberculosis. Untreated disease is progressive and debillitating. You can look at historical data before the use of antibiotics to see the massive number of deaths by tuberculosis. Tuberculosis remains one of the primary bacterial killers every year, worldwide. There are many places in the world where adequate treatment is unavailable. There is a correspondingly high fatality rate
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