Sunday, November 4, 2012

are whooping cough and tuberculosis the same thing

are whooping cough and tuberculosis the same thing?

Respiratory Diseases - 5 Answers
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1 :
no
2 :
Whooping cough is pertussis not tuberculosis.
3 :
Whooping cough can be fixed by a steamy room. TB is fixed with months in the hospital quarantined ward. TB is highly contagious and deadly.
4 :
No they are not. Whooping cough is caused by a specific germ, Bordetella pertussis. It occurs throughout the world, often in epidemics. Although half of the cases occur before two years of age, persons of all ages are susceptible. One attack usually confers immunity for life. The disease is most contagious during its early phases, the germs being spread by the cough. Tuberculosis is known as a disease of the lungs, but it may attack almost any part of the body. Tuberculosis germs can ride into the body on specks of dust or in tiny droplets sprayed out by a person coughing or sneezing. They are fairly resistant to freezing, but less resistant to drying.
5 :
No whooping cough is caused by the organism Bordetella pertussis and Tuberculosis by another organism called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The farmer is a childhood disease whereas the latter is both childhood and adult

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