Thursday, February 28, 2013

what is the rationale of chills in tuberculosis

what is the rationale of chills in tuberculosis?
tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases - 1 Answers
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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?

Respiratory Diseases - 3 Answers
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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?

Respiratory Diseases - 1 Answers
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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?

Respiratory Diseases - 2 Answers
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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?

Medicine - 4 Answers
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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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