Wednesday, March 20, 2013

my aunt suffers from tuberculosis, spit blood and very thin. the doctor says her left lung shrinks already

my aunt suffers from tuberculosis, spit blood and very thin. the doctor says her left lung shrinks already.?
she is drug resistant. we find ways to treat her, but she's getting thinner & thinner everyday. she's still under medication.
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My condolences to you.
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What do you expect us to do? Say sorry and mourn about her? Of course, it's sad but it just happens sometimes. Does she have difficulty breathing or anything? Or maybe you could talk to a doctor about it. -Kait.
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Your aunt could also have End Stage Renal Disease. Check around for specialists in that area... It is possible to only have TB; However, there is usually an underlying cause that would prevent her from responding to usual treatment. PLEASE consider getting a second/third opinion... especially about the ESRD - End Stage Renal Disease

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

how many types of tuberculosis are there

how many types of tuberculosis are there?

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pulmonary tuberculosis intestinal tuberculosis skin tuberculosis lymph node tuberculosis basically TB can be divide into two groups :- pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

any one suffer from TB (Tuberculosis) whilst pregnant

any one suffer from TB (Tuberculosis) whilst pregnant?
how did u cope through pregnancy with Tuberculosis?
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Is this a hypothetical question proposed for use such as at Medical Licensing Exam? If not; then such a question at least ought to be asked by the woman or woman's family affected to a Licensed Medical professional. It is entirely wreck less for any other reason besides these two (above) to post such a question on Yahoo! Answers

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Friday, March 8, 2013

Is Tuberculosis vector borne

Is Tuberculosis vector borne?
If not what has TB got to do with vector borne?
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nothing...........needs no vector to infect someone
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there is one type could be transmitted from animal called the bovine type the other way is man to man via droplet infection

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Monday, March 4, 2013

why combination therapy is given in tuberculosis

why combination therapy is given in tuberculosis?

Respiratory Diseases - 2 Answers
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Tubercle bacilli will become resistant to any single drug. So multiple drugs are used to treat tuberculosis
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Yeah, it's mostly to ensure that if the bacillus develops a resistance than the other will do the job. Therapy for TB is long term and the mycobacterium have a chance to become resistant to one but not to both. Sometimes up to four antibiotics are used for months. God bless

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Does anyone have a link to a good diagram of M. tuberculosis structure

Does anyone have a link to a good diagram of M. tuberculosis structure?
Its for a presentation , i need a great pic ty for the pic, but id like one of the whole bacterium
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This isn't bad

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

what is the rationale of chills in tuberculosis

what is the rationale of chills in tuberculosis?
tuberculosis
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When you are infected with a bacteria. (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) Your body will secrete substances called cytokines that activate other cells and processes in the body. A particular one called TNF-alpha causes you to get a fever. It causes your hypothalmus to "Set" your normal temperature higher than normal, say 99.4 instead of 98.6. This new "set" on your internal thermostat means your body will defend itself against a change to this temperature, just like it would defend against a normal temperature. If it gets cold in a room and you chill, its because the area your in is causing your body to loose more heat than it can replace so you "feel cold". If you have a fever, and your normal temperature is "Set" higher, then you will get "chills" easier. Somone with a normal temperature will think 72 degress is fine because their temperature is 98.6. The person with a fever will think 72 degrees is cold because their temperature is 99.5 or better. Hope this helps

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

what are the symptoms for tuberculosis

what are the symptoms for tuberculosis?

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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/tuberculosis/page3_em.htm The best way to know is to go to your local health dept to get a skin test for it....they are free. Good Luck
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Tuberculosis Symptoms You may not notice any symptoms of illness until the disease is quite advanced. Even then the symptomsâ€“loss of weight, loss of energy, poor appetite, fever, a productive cough, and night sweatsâ€“might easily be blamed on another disease. * Only about 10% of people infected with M tuberculosis ever develop tuberculosis disease. Many of those who suffer TB do so in the first few years following infection, but the bacillus may lie dormant in the body for decades. * Although most initial infections have no symptoms and people overcome them, they may develop fever, dry cough, and chest x-ray abnormalities. o This is called primary pulmonary tuberculosis. o Pulmonary tuberculosis frequently goes away by itself, but in 50-60% of cases the disease can return. * Tuberculous pleuritis may occur in 10% of people who have the lung disease from tuberculosis. o The pleural disease occurs from the rupture of a diseased area into the pleural space, the space between your lung and the lining of the abdominal cavity. o These people have a nonproductive cough, chest pain, and fever. The disease may go away and then come back at a later date. * In a minority of people with weakened immune systems, TB bacteria may spread through their blood to various parts of their body. o This is called miliary tuberculosis and produces fever, weakness, loss of appetite, and weight loss. o Cough and difficulty breathing are less common. * Generally, return of dormant tuberculosis infection occurs in the upper lungs. o Common cough with a progressive increase in production of mucus o Coughing up blood o Other symptoms include the following: + Fever + Loss of appetite + Weight loss + Night sweats * About 15% of people may develop tuberculosis in an organ other than their lungs. About 25% of these people usually had known TB with inadequate treatment. The most common sites include the following: o Lymph nodes o Genitourinary tract o Bone and joint sites o Meninges o The lining covering the outside of the gastrointestinal tract
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The most common are night sweats, chronic cough(more than 3 weeks), fatigue, and unexplained weight loss. Diagnosis is done several ways. One is a skin test by which they inject a small amount of liquid between the layers of skin and it forms a bubble which recedes in a matter of hours. The person who is injected must then go back and have the site of injection looked at. If it is red and hard that means you have been exposed to TB and your body have antibodies to it. The follow up is then to have a chest x-ray done. Sometimes cultures of the sputum are also performs. However, there is now a new blood test called a Quantiferon Gold assay study that can be done and will not only tell if a has been exposed to TB but if they have latent TB that was not detectable on x-ray

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

What is tuberculosis

What is tuberculosis?
Please explain what tuberculosis is in detail and in your own words please. thanks
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TB is a lung infection caused by bacteria (Mycobacterim tuberculosis). It can affect other parts of the body, but usually results in a chronic cough that can be associated with bloody sputum. About one-third of the world's population has been infected with TB, although most are not active forms of the disease. If left untreated, an active form of the disease can lead to death. It is mostly spread to others by respiratory droplets

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

If you have non active Tuberculosis or non active Hepatitis C, will they allow you into Abu Dhabi on visa

If you have non active Tuberculosis or non active Hepatitis C, will they allow you into Abu Dhabi on visa?

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100913102433AA1mOKe

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

is there anything wrong with someone who is on tuberculosis treatment to sleep with his /her wife if is able

is there anything wrong with someone who is on tuberculosis treatment to sleep with his /her wife if is able?

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As long as the patient is up to date with his tuberculosis treatment he/she should be non-contageous. It is therefore OK to sleep with his/her partner. However it would be a good idea to check with your doctor to make sure the disease is under control. Also the partner and everyone else in the house should be checked for possible exposure to the disease

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Friday, February 8, 2013

how can you detect tuberculosis with a sputum sample

how can you detect tuberculosis with a sputum sample?

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The sputum is sent to a lab where it is tested for TB.
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Normally, person who is suffering with Pulmonary tuberculosis will have their sputum sample checked to confirm the diagnosis along with other clinical manifestations and radigraphs.(x-ray) In the laboratory, the sample will be cultured and put through a technique called Ziehl-Neelsen method. This technique has been used for many years to explore a special character of the TB bacterium that is "Acid-fast bacterium".(AFB). This is identified when the bacterium retains the primary stain(red/pink) which cannot be removed by any decolorizing agent. This is a very specific character of the Mycobacterium species hence applicable to Mycobacterium tuberculi too. So, sputum sample plays a major role for confirming diagnosis in conjunction with other clinical presentation of the victim. Hope, this helps

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Monday, February 4, 2013

what will be the next big medical challenge; diabetes, tuberculosis or something else

what will be the next big medical challenge; diabetes, tuberculosis or something else?

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All of those are current big challenges. Though with the obesity numbers going up in the US, I am sure that diabetes is going to be an even larger concern. TB is more or less nipped in the US until more resistant strains hit us harder.
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After all this, it will be genetic diseases such as FOP, Alzheimer's, Huntington's etc etc.
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Mental illness is, I think, the Mount Everest.
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Sorry, those are both challenges right now, curing DM is quite a challenge, and one we're not ready to meet, but treatment is well-worn ground. I think the next big vista that's going to open up in medicine is genomic medicine, tailoring treatment to a patient's unique DNA profile to try to maximize effectiveness and minimize side effects, we do know for several drugs that they tend to be more or less effective in people with certain genes, and are more likely to have certain side effects when given to people with a certain known gene forms as well. As genetic tests get quicker, more accurate, and cheaper, this information can be used to better tailor treatments to individual patients

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Friday, February 1, 2013

If [when] antibiotic resistent tuberculosis wiped out one third of European population

If [when] antibiotic resistent tuberculosis wiped out one third of European population?
would that finally prove evolution to those who deny it? miss Dementia> well after denying to take a swineflu shot, i seem to be a damn tough build, as well, 'cause i did survive that pandemic, too. i AM concerned of tuberculosis, though.
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Evolution is already proven beyond any plausible refute. You could invent a time machine and collect a sample of every single transitional form in history, and it *still* wouldn't convince someone who is determined to deny reality because it conflicts with their religious beliefs.
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In their last gasping, hacking, spewing breath, they would deny it.
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LALALALALALALALALALALALA!! I CANT HEAR YOU!! LALALALALALALALALA!!
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If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a really good Christmas. It doesn't take an epidemic to prove evolution. We see it every day. If people don't want to accept that fact, then that's their loss.
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evolution is real.....help the cause...don't give treatment for you grandmother with that tumor on her back....medicine is just holding evolution back....she was about to grow wings! =D
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I hope a day like that never comes, to be honest. And if it comes, then what? The closed-minded always remain closed-minded till they THEMSELVES realize the flaws in their thinking. I'm figuring even after such a tragedy they would still deny the role of Evolution in nature. The avian flu and its various strains didn't change their perspective on Evolution, now, did they? Edit: I have to say I'm bemused by all the TDs Paul has gotten. He said nothing wrong.
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Even creationists have been forced to accept what they are pleased to call micro-evolution, because it so self evidently must happen. That they can't then logically go on to deny macro-evolution seems to have escaped them.
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Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution...IS A NUMBSKULL
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The next great pandemic is more likely to be a flu strain like the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic that killed more people than WW1. A mutant strain of an old bug that people and science have not developed a resistance to. Evolution at work making our world a better place ( for those who survive anyway :-)
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Of course not (and I don't deny it). Jim, http://www.BibleSelecter.com
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I didn't look at the other responses yet, but I did hear the shrieking of "micro evolution" clear in the other room. Oh, it proves that 2/3 of the European population is tougher than some little TB bacteria. Don't leave that part out. RAWR!!! Edit: I did better than get the shot - I caught the actual H1N1 "swine flu". LOL! I've had seasonal influenza that was much worse but I understand for some people it's incredible dangerous. I think most of it was simple fear mongering though. The CDC says it's still a pandemic, too. I'm now immune though, so I'm not too worried.
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Miss Dementia rocks!! I love it. And she could be right. We - who did survive the plague of communism - we'll survive most everything. And who can be so thick to disapprove the Darwin theory. Isn't this cute monkey tail some indication of it? http://www.iceagenow.com/baby_with_a_tail_in_India.jpg

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Are there cures for Tuberculosis

Are there cures for Tuberculosis?
If so, What are the the cures? This is for a report.
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There is no cure for tb, you can only treat it, once you've been exposed you're ppd (the test they do to check for tb) will always come up positive. they then do a chest x-ray to see if you have active tb.
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TB is like HIV. Once a person has it it's impossible to get rid of. However, it can be suppressed, so it's not active and contagious. Check out the link below:
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yes there is a cure for TB ....it is an infection ....... there are many regimen to treat TB the one i can think of is the 'quadruple therapy ' which consist from 1.refampicin 2.INH 3.streptomycin or ethambutol 4.pyrizinamide this treatment is for 6 months the first two months you use 4 drugs and for the last 4 months you drop no.3 and 4 hope that helps
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Yes, there is a cure if its detected on time. The two antibiotics most commonly used are rifampicin and isoniazid. The treatment last around 6 months to 12 months to entirely eliminate mycobacteria from the body. This is only if its detected on time, because once its very advance it can be a dangerous disease that without the continous treatment can cause death. If the patient follow the treatment as the doctor says there's no problem for him/her to be completly cured. As a note: People with HIV are more common of getting this disease.
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Yes, tuberculosis can be cured. Treatment therapy is lengthy and normally antibiotics are taken for 6 to 12 months to completely destroy the bacteria. The exact drugs and length of treatment depend on age, overall health, the results of susceptibility tests and whether the TB is active or just TB infection. If the TB is active, the usual meds used are isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide. These can be changed during the course of treatment if any become ineffective. There is also a combined med, Rifater, which is a combination of isoniazid, rifampin & pyrazinamide and completely destroys the bacteria. Another is rifapentine (Priftin) which is taken once weekly for the last 4 months of therapy. The multidrug-resistant strains of TB (MDR-TB) currently around are due to incompletion of drug therapy. Because of the lengthy treatment, people often stop taking their meds. It's extremely important to complete all drug therapies for the full course of treatment.
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Tuberculosis can be completely cured provide you follow the doctor's advice strictly. Nutritious diet , rest, drugs , vitamins and periodical check up. Avoiding alcohol, smoking , betel nuts etc. Now the duration of treatment is only six months and that too combinations of tablets to be taken orally only

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Is it true that Tuberculosis TB can cause infertility? Found nothing on the web

Is it true that Tuberculosis TB can cause infertility? Found nothing on the web.?
There are three elderly members of our neighbor's family, all are over 80, who had TB as children. The 2 girls and 1 boy were in TB hospitals in Norway for quite a while. All three are infertile. Their other 6 brothers anfd sisters did not have TB and they all had at least 1 child. This is very interesting to us. TB is making a come-back in Europe. Many from Eastern Europe and non-Western immigrants are bringing this into Scandinavia nad Europe. Any info or experience with this out there?
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TB is not just limited to the lungs. TB can spread to other organs, including your fallopian tubes. If the infection is active then it causes scar tissue which can cause tubular infertility. See this link, the article is long so you read it! http://www.drmalpani.com/tuberculosis-and-infertility.htm But any infection that can cause damage and scar tissue(which all do) Will have consequences in the organ they affected impairing its function so in this case if it is in the reproductive organs the end result is infertility.
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Disseminated tuberculosis can infect any organ of the body including inside the abdominal cavity, the ovaries and fallopian tubes. thus the infertility. Rapid weight loss associated with TB may also interrupt ovulation, thus causing infertility. Regards, David Schultz, M.D. Richmond, Va
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It does so only when it infects the genital tract . This is called genital TB. While the initial exposure to the tubercle bacillus is through the lungs ( because the bacillus is inhaled), most of us can fight off the infection, as a result of which it remains silent in the body, causing no harm. However, sometimes these latent bacilli can get reactivated, and then spread throughout the body through the blood stream. They can then get deposited in any part of the body, casuing a TB infection of that part. It is only when it lodges and infects the genital tract, that TB can cause infertility . In the man it causes tuberculous epididymo-orchitis, blocking the passage, as a result of which the man becomes azoospermic ( no sperm enter the semen because the tract is blocked). In the woman, it cause tuberculous endomteritis ( infection of the uterus) and salpingitis ( infection of the tubes). This infection can often be silent, and may not cause any symptoms or signs at all

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

what is the disease vector of Tuberculosis

what is the disease vector of Tuberculosis?
mycobacterium tuberculosis
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There is no vector for the spread of tuberculosis. It is primarily spread person to person or more rarely through unpasteurized milk. See more on TB here: http://www.examiner.com/x-7707-Infectious-Disease-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Doctor-in-training-may-have-exposed-hundreds-to-TB-a-closer-look

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

where can i get full case studies on tuberculosis

where can i get full case studies on tuberculosis?

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Here are a couple ... http://www.maphtc.iupui.edu/html/CD_Training/Tuberculosis/TB_Material/TB%20Case%20Scenario%203.pdf http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/tbhiv_course/case_study.cfm http://nursingcrib.com/pulmonary-tuberculosis-ptb-case-study/ http://books.google.com/books?id=NXRXj1AbncUC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=tuberculosis+case+study&source=bl&ots=ZJRBAtNBlp&sig=_PWRy4zHjXQ-qe1pk5e8B4BnU5o&hl=en&ei=fhEtStjDF5eMtgPklN3mCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

what is mycobacterium tuberculosis

what is mycobacterium tuberculosis?
what causes it and how can it cured
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Ohh Finally a good one. M.tuberculosis is is a contagious disease. Like the common cold, it spreads through the air. Only people who are sick with TB in their lungs are infectious. When infectious people cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air. A person needs only to inhale a small number of these to be infected. Left untreated, each person with active TB disease will infect on average between 10 and 15 people every year. But people infected with TB bacilli will not necessarily become sick with the disease. The immune system "walls off" the TB bacilli which, protected by a thick waxy coat, can lie dormant for years. When someone's immune system is weakened, the chances of becoming sick are greater. It has also become resitent to the main drug used to treat it in almost all countries. However drugs arent so much responsible ans poorly superviesd, administered or monitored conditions. you can find out much more on the page in "references" It may also be intereting to note that the genome sequence for this particular disease has been mapped. this may help drastically in developing a more permanent solution.
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Sounds bad. Probably from getting sneezed on. Nothing a good diet and rest won't cure!
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the chap who gives you TB(tuberculosis)
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mycobacterium tuberculosis is the microorganism causing the disease called tuberculosis. antitubercular drugs include isoniazid, ethambutol and rifampicin

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Is there a cure for tuberculosis

Is there a cure for tuberculosis???????????
My best friends sister has tuberculosis and i was wondering if it is deadly, curable or can be treated.thanks everybody for your help this means so much to me and my friend.lots of love to everyone
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Most TB is curable. It is a bacterial infection and treated with antibiotics. You may need to be on medication for a long period of time (up to a year). There are several different strains of TB and cultures will be performed to determine the type and the best antibiotic to treat it. If it is very long standing systemic (throughout the body) TB a cure is much less likely.
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There is a cure for tuberculosis. The drugs are: Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide and depending on how resistant the bacteria are, other doctors may add ethambutol and streptomycin into the regimen. But basically, the first 3 drugs are used initially. The treatment lasts for about 6-12 months depending on how severe her condition is. For the correct dosage, ur friend's sister must go see a doctor for the prescription.
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Yes, it is usually curable, but can be deadly if it is not properly treated. Proper treatment usually means using up to three or four different antibiotic drugs at the same time. The duration of treatment varies but is usually at least six months. It is very important that your friend sticks closely to the treatment regime her doctor has prescribed. If her TB is only partly trteated, then this can give rise to forms of the infection that are resistant to some or many of the anti-TB drugs.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is most often found in the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can spread to other parts of the body (extrapulmonary TB). TB in the lungs is easily spread to other people through coughing or laughing. Treatment is often successful, though the process is long. Treatment time averages between 6 and 9 months. Tuberculosis is either latent (dormant) or active. Latent TB means that you have the TB-causing bacteria in your body, but you cannot spread the disease to others. However, you can still develop active TB. Active TB means the infection is spreading in your body and, if your lungs are infected, you can spread the disease to others. What causes tuberculosis? Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, slow-growing bacteria that thrive in areas of the body that are rich in blood and oxygen, such as the lungs. How is TB treated? Doctors generally use a combination of 4 antibiotics to treat active TB, whether it occurs in the lungs or elsewhere. Medications for active TB must be taken for at least 6 months. Almost all people who take their medications as directed are cured. If tests continue to show positive results, treatment is extended for 8 to 9 months. One antibiotic taken for 9 months is the usual treatment for latent TB. This prevents the infection from becoming active and reduces the risk of complications. If you miss doses of medication or you stop treatment too soon, your treatment may go on longer or you may have to start over. This can also cause the infection to get worse or lead to antibiotic-resistant infections that are much harder to treat. A health professional may have to watch you take your medications. This may mean daily visits to a doctor's office or public health facility, or you may have home visits. A cure for TB requires you to take all doses of the antibiotics. Direct observational treatment ensures that people follow medication instructions, which is helpful because of the long treatment course for TB. Cure rates for TB have greatly improved because of this treatment practice. If active TB is not treated, it can damage the lungs or other organs and can possibly cause death. Click below link for more information. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Tuberculosis-TB-Topic-Overview Hope this helps. Good luck to you and your friend and her sister

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Where was tuberculosis discovered

Where was tuberculosis discovered?
As in, what country?
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outside america im thinking
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In a Lung.
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I believe it was the lungs.
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First recorded in Greece.....see below. Tuberculosis has been present in humans since antiquity. The earliest unambiguous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is in the remains of bison dated 17,000 years before the present.[48] However, whether tuberculosis originated in cattle and then transferred to humans, or diverged from a common ancestor, is currently unclear.[49] Skeletal remains show prehistoric humans (4000 BC) had TB, and tubercular decay has been found in the spines of mummies from 3000-2400 BC.[50] Phthisis is a Greek term for tuberculosis; around 460 BC, Hippocrates identified phthisis as the most widespread disease of the times involving coughing up blood and fever, which was almost always fatal.[51] Genetic studies suggest that TB was present in South America for about 2,000 years.[52] In South America, the earliest evidence of tuberculosis is associated with the Paracas-Caverna culture. Before the Industrial Revolution, tuberculosis may sometimes have been regarded as vampirism. When one member of a family died from it, the other members that were infected would lose their health slowly. People believed that this was caused by the original victim draining the life from the other family members. Furthermore, people who had TB exhibited symptoms similar to what people considered to be vampire traits. People with TB often have symptoms such as red, swollen eyes (which also creates a sensitivity to bright light), pale skin and coughing blood, suggesting the idea that the only way for the afflicted to replenish this loss of blood was by sucking blood.[54] Another folk belief attributed it to being forced, nightly, to attend fairy revels, so that the victim wasted away owing to lack of rest; this belief was commonest when a strong connection was seen between the fairies and the dead.[55] Similarly, but less commonly, it was attributed to the victims being "hagridden"â€”being transformed into horses by witches (hags) to travel to their nightly meetings, again resulting in a lack of rest.[55]
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Cholera came to Florence in 1854 during the Asiatic Cholera Pandemic of 1846-63.Pacini became very interested in the disease. Immediately following the death of cholera patients, he performed an autopsy and with his microscope, conducted histological examinations of the intestinal mucosa. During such studies, Pacini first discovered a comma-shaped bacillus which he described as a Vibrio. He published a paper in 1854 entitled, "Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera" in which he described the organism and its relation to the disease. His microscopic slides of the organism were clearly labeled, identifying the date and nature of his investigations
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Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus in 1882. I think he was German

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

i had tuberculosis when i was a baby, will it ever go away

i had tuberculosis when i was a baby, will it ever go away?
i am 23 now and i want to know if having tb when i was little will cause any real problems in my future?
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I don't know whether you will continue to have it or not. However if you ever get tested again... try this remedy... it works, no B.S. Cut up some small radishes add lemon and salt for taste and eat it up. You're TB will be gone

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