Wednesday, September 28, 2011

What precautions should one take when coming into contact with someone who has tuberculosis (TB)

What precautions should one take when coming into contact with someone who has tuberculosis (TB)?

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The most important thing is - don't get coughed on. This illness is spread by droplet and airborne. You need an OSHA approved fit tested mask or a duck bill mask when in contact- I would also wear a gown and gloves.
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If they have active TB you would have to have a airtight mask if you were going to be very close to them. I am an xray tech and we have to get fitted for the masks so they don't let any air in around your nose or mouth. But I think people can still have (or maybe "carry") TB and not be contagious.
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TB is an airborne pathogen. You will need to wear a face mask. There are two types of acceptable masks: HEPA and N95. Anything else may not provide sufficient protection. Remember that face masks are one-time use only -- never re-use a mask. If possible, try to be in a well-ventilated area. Stagnant air will have higher concentrations of TB.
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You can use disposable breathing masks to reduce your risk of contagion.
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If the patients TB is active just starting treatment the patient should be on respitory precautions. Just staying in their room. All people coming into the room should wear a mask that has a special resevoir. Not the surgical masks. If the patient has only been exposed with a abnormal PPD test no precautions are required but the patient must start taking a special antibiotic.
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nothing
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Active tuberculosis is extremely contagious. It is spread by droplet transmission, meaning that someone in the same room could get it, but probably not in another room. You CANNOT use normal dust or particulate masks to filter out the infectious droplets! Even the HEPA dust masks have not been specifically studied to block the spread of TB, since they are designed to filter out dry particles, not water droplets. The only masks that are known to prevent its spread are called N95 masks, and are available in many medical supply stores. You cannot get TB through physical contact, so shaking hands, touching household items, and anything that normal household assistance entails should not be a worry. The bacteria cannot survive more than a few hours outside the body, so clothes and such can be washed without worry. for more info, check out http://www.cdc.gov/tb/faqs/qa_TBDisease.htm#Active6
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You have already received some excellent advice regarding preventing TB exposure. If you came in contact with someone with TB and did not know it until after the contact occurred, there are some steps you can take. First, you would want to have a TB Skin Test to see if you show a positive or negative reaction. Secondly, see your primary care physician or the local health department. They will evaluate your situation and prescribe some medications you can take - most of the time for about 6 months



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Saturday, September 24, 2011

which organ is not affected by tuberculosis

which organ is not affected by tuberculosis?

Respiratory Diseases - 4 Answers
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stomach? I don't know?
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iff this bacteria gets into the blood,any organ can be infected,esp,intestines,abdomen,kidneys, liver,bones,lymphs,even brain......
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the wurlitzer
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they all are your dead



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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

1900 & tuberculosis: Why would a parent die and his 5 children & spouse not

1900 & tuberculosis: Why would a parent die and his 5 children & spouse not?
Was it typical for the disease to only affect 1 person within a household? (The year 1900) (I'm trying to understand how TB affected households in the early 1900s. I have seen situations where only 1 person in the house would die from TB and was wondering why it didn't affect the other members of the family)
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what is 1900? tuberculosis affects a person when his body resistance lowers ie weakens. if u have resistance in ur body u will not be affected if in the early stages TB has a very good treatment and its curable in late stages also. may be he was having some other problem also and combined effect is death
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You can be exposed to TB and not get it. You can get it and not ever have symptoms (just be a carrier) or have symptoms years later. You can get it and have non-typical symptoms, and so die of it years later with out the doctors of the time ever realizing that you had it. You can have symptoms, but your body can fight it off and you can go into remission. There are too many variables too predict accurately, but it does seem very unlikely that the entire rest of the family would never get it at all, as it is a bacteria transmitted through the air. You also are overlooking the possibility that he was misdiagnosed. Diagnostics back then weren't great, especially if it were a poor family. He could have had lung cancer, lymphoma, a fungal infection, or any number of other diseases that they just didn't know about then


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Friday, September 16, 2011

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I HAVE TUBERCULOSIS

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I HAVE TUBERCULOSIS?
Ok, so my stomach is reallyyyy weak and I have a fever of 104F at the moment, I've also lost weight, and i've been coughing up blood? If you dont think so then what the fuck do i have? kbaithx
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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Your fever is too high, go to the hospital as soon as possible. They can help figure this out for you. Hope you feel better!
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It is possible, but many things can cause those symptoms. Tuberculosis is the classic cause of blood in your sputum, fever, and weight loss. However, it is not the only cause. Depending on where you are, you could also have contracted an inhaled fungal disease such as Histoplasmosis, which also presents with these same symptoms. 104F is a really high fever, I'd highly suggest going to the ER



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Monday, September 12, 2011

What do you mean by DL in this examination of a chest XRAY "Bilateral old pulmonary tuberculosis with left DL

What do you mean by DL in this examination of a chest XRAY "Bilateral old pulmonary tuberculosis with left DL"?

Respiratory Diseases - 2 Answers
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I am not sure but having a guess Dense Lobe ?? D..... ????? Lobe
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about it you can get information from here http://webmd20.notlong.com/AA54mci



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Thursday, September 8, 2011

What is tuberculosis

What is tuberculosis?
I needa know what tuberculosis is. Like what it does to you. Make your answer concise I don't want long answers about the history about it or anything. just what it does to you. and how its spread.
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
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Its a lung disease. You typically start coughing. They also have TB shots to see if you have been exposed. They do tb testing for most public health jobs or volunteer work.
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google tuberculosis. Or wikipedia it. Do your own homework.
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It is an infection in the lungs that causes them to loose capacity of air they take in. The capacity drops, which means you stop breathing. It is an airborne virus. Coughing, fever, aches and pains (severe).
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TB is most commonly a lung disease. it is a bacteria (an acid-fast mycobacterium if you need to know that -- scientific name is Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that, when left untreated, can kill lung tissue and leave a cavity. it is spread by respiratory droplets (coughing, sneezing, etc) and its pretty seriously contagious. again, if left untreated, it can spread by your blood stream to other organs and your chest cavity and rarely can cause a brain abscess. it is hard to treat, because it is very resistant to medications. for that reason, it is usually treated with a combination of 2-4 drugs.
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It's airborne and attacks your lungs. It's a very slow growing bacteria and can float in the air for up to 11 hours, making it easy for someone else to get. If you have it you will need to be on medications for up to a year. And in most states, if you don't take your medicine, you can be put in jail or on house arrest for that year. Each day a nurse with the health department and a police officer will come to your house and make you take the medicine. It is reportable to the state health department. The CDC tracks it all over the world. That enough info or to much? Merry Christmas.
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I can't believe how lazy you're



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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Is kissing with tuberculosis can contaminate you

Is kissing with tuberculosis can contaminate you?

Infectious Diseases - 7 Answers
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omg Yes!!!!
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Yes tuberculosis spread with droplets. Get treated as if you have TB then you are compromising others around you. Spartan
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only the kiss of death . It happends to be a very contagious disease,take some silver water and get alot of sun
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kissing a tubrculous patient can only contaminate you if he is known to have an open pulmonary TB shedded in his sputum otherwise if not or if he is under treatment , don`t worry it`s ok
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A lot depends on the person who has it. Is it active or dormant? If it is active, where it is at in the body? If it is active and in the lungs it is HIGHLY contagious and ANY ONE who comes in contact with the person can be infected as it is spread through the air that the person shares with others. I really think that if this was the case that the doctor and Health Dept. ( who is required to be notified by the doctor) would take measures to keep the person isolated from the public. My husband's was in his kidney so therefore he wasn't contagious. He had tested positive all his life but it wasn't active but lay dormant. When he was diagnosed, it had became active and he began to pass blood in his urine. He contacted it from his mother. His mother had it in her lung when she had been pregnant with him. When he was an infant she was hospitalized for years and had her lung removed. I don't think they take such drastric measures today as the medical field has continued to find new and improved treatments.
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Hmmm... I'm not sure exactly what you are getting at. Are you asking: 1) If you have TB, would it be bad to kiss someone else 2) If someone else has TB, would it be bad to kiss them 3) Some other combo of kissing Also, you don't differentiate if the kisser/ kiss-ee has latent tuberculosis infection, active tuberculosis, or has been treated in the past for tuberculosis. Now, many people (15 million, to be exact) in the US are "infected" with TB. However, this number comes with a variety of levels of infectivity. If someone has been exposed to TB (ie. breathes a few of the bacteria in) and is able to control the infection and wall off those bacteria in their lung, they are considered "latently infected". They have a postive skin test for TB (called a PPD). They have a 10% life-time risk of those pesky bacteria breaking free in the lungs to wreak havoc and cause illness. However, while those bacteria are walled-off, this person cannot transmit tuberculosis, regardless of kissing. If this person has "active TB", this means that those bacteria are dividing and growing in the lung tissue, causing symptoms of fever, chills, weight loss, and cough. With each cough, thousands of those bacteria are expelled to hang in the air to breathed in by a new host. If you are within kissing range of this person, you are, too, at risk of breathing the organism in. This may result in either "latent" (non-infectious) or "active" TB. Also, if a person has active TB and is being treated (usually by the health department), they are infectious for varying amounts of time- give or take 2 months on average. I would avoid being in kissing range. In addition, if they are kissing, they do not have on their mask and every cough expells those bacteria into your airspace. Long story short- I am not sure who in the scenario has TB and what flavor of TB it is, but if you or someone you know has been told that they have "active" TB, don't start a make-out marathon. Also, visit your physician for a skin test and an X-ray.
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Yes,unfortunately Mycobacterium tuberculosis(agent of tuberculosis) is a bacteria which one of it is enough for transmitted from infected person to others(infectious dose=1) and because bacteria is avilable in the airways of infected person(as a result of continious coughing),it can be transmitted by kissing and if your afraid about this subject you can take an tuberculin test



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