Thursday, November 8, 2012

Formulate a plan of care to a patient with tuberculosis that vomits blood

Formulate a plan of care to a patient with tuberculosis that vomits blood.?

Respiratory Diseases - 4 Answers
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That person needs to be under a doctors care for their and everyone elses best interest. TB is a very dangerous condition, a communicable disease and not something for self or home treatment.
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place in semi fowlers or orthopneic position, oxygenate, and protect others to prevent contamination, proper disposal of the blood, respiratory secretions, and ask others to wear mask, because tb is an airborne. then promote comfort, and health education.
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Sounds like the TB hasn't been taken care of and it may be too late to do anything at this point beyond managing pain. Xray to see if both lungs are affected, I suspect they are. If they weren't then surgical removal of the diseased lung would be an option. Depending on how localized the TB is you could attempt to remove the deceased areas if the remaining is sufficient. I doubt it. Drugs could be an option depending on the type of TB they have. Again if they are at the point of coughing and vomiting blood I'm guessing they were treated and the drugs weren't effective. They are highly contagious and should wear a mask. And I assume everyone that cares for them and comes in direct contact with them should also take precautions. If they were in the Netherlands I would suggest they find someone to help them with euthanasia as slowly dying of TB would not be a very pleasant way to go and that's what it sounds like they are going to be doing.
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Hemoptysis is not vomiting blood. Its coughing out blood. Start IV fluids or fresh blood transfusion and give styptics. Take the patient to a hospital immediately. He may need FO Bronchoscopy if bleeding continues

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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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no
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Whooping cough is pertussis not tuberculosis.
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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.
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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.
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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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Thursday, November 1, 2012

I would like to know about tuberculosis

I would like to know about tuberculosis.?
Does anyone know if tuberculosis is still catching if it is dorment? If this is not catching, then why does my neighbor have to take medicine for it? Also, everyone in his house has to be checked for tubercusosis. If the others are not tested positive, but tested negative, then can I go near them? I'm just wondering how safe or unsafe it is, because I like the family but I don't want to catch it.
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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It's contagious stay away from people, and go to the doctor, it can kill you.
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Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly and common major infectious diseases today, infecting two billion people or one-third of the world's population. Nine million new cases of disease, resulting in two million deaths, occur annually, mostly in developing countries

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