Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Usually bacteria attacks lungs but TB bacteria can attack any parts of the body such as brain, kidney, and spine. It can spread through the lymph node and blood stream to any organ. Usually it is seen in the lungs. If it is not treated accordingly, it can be deadly. One of the leading causes of death in the United States was tuberculosis. Everyone who infected with TB bacteria not get sick. There are two TB conditions stand. They are latent TB infection and TB disease. In latent TB infection, people do not get sick but TB bacteria can live in you. People with latent TB infection cannot spread the bacteria to others nor are they infectious. If the bacteria is active and multiply, the person has TB disease. If a person has TB disease, their immune system cannot stop the bacteria become active. People with TB disease get sick and they are able to spread the bacteria to others. Symptoms The symptoms of TB include bad cough which last for 3 weeks or more, chest pain, coughing with blood or sputum, weakness or tiredness, weight loss, no desire for food, chills, fever, and night sweats. Mode of transmission The bacteria which cause tuberculosis are spread through the air. The bacteria can goes in the air when someone with TB coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings. If someone exposed to a TB patient are more chance to have the infection. Complications Tuberculosis needed to be treated otherwise it can be deadly. It can affect lungs and all other parts ... ... middle of paper ... ...ditional data collection. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) Advance the elimination of tuberculosis is the mission of the association in the U.S through the collective coordinated action of the officials of local, state and regional government. NTCA Objectives • Establish and contribute a shared voice for TB Controllers to go forward and promote a TB control and activities for elimination in the United States. • Agencies, organizations and committees on concerns and actions affecting control of TB at local and states levels. • Perform with organizations to improve TB control and removal at local, state, and territorial levels. • Helps agencies and organizations to the advancement of control and elimination of TB at local, state, and territorial levels. • Promote for positions and laws to lead control of TB in local, state, territorial levels.
The lungs are the organs responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and the blood via the bronchial tree. Tuberculosis (TB) is a granulomatous disease which primarily infects the lungs but can spread to other vital organs. It is caused by bacteria called Myobacterium tuberculosis and if went untreated, can be fatal. TB is spread through the air when a person who is infected coughs or sneezes and a person nearby breathes the air. People who have been diagnosed with HIV are at a higher risk of contracting TB since their immune systems are weaker. Other risk factors include having diabetes, use of alcohol and drugs. In this paper I will discuss the normal functions and anatomy of the lungs and how TB effects these functions.
Its epidemiological importance is illustrated by World Health Organization Prevention of Tuberculosis includes better living conditions, proper nutrition, and positive health practices” (Fogel, 2015, p.530). Positive health practices include covering nose and mouth when coughing and frequent hand washing. Bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccine tends to be given in other countries. Tuberculosis is known as one of the main causes of mortality in the world. This communicable disease is a serious public health conundrum. “The disease still puts a strain on public health, being only second to HIV/AIDS in causing high mortality rates” (Matteelli, Roggi, & Carvalho, 2014, p.
An estimated one third of the world 's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2012 there were 9,975 cases of TB reported and of those cases 28% where Hispanic or Latino. This respiratory disease is the most common in the lungs (World Health Organization, 2014). The brain which causes tuberculosis meningitis, genitourinary TB, gastrointestinal TB, tuberculosis lymphadenitis, cutaneous TB, uterus ovarian TB and Osteo- articular skeletal bone and joints are also parts of the body that are affected (Article base, 2008). Symptoms of TB are chills, fever, night sweats, hemoptysis, cough lasting more than 3 weeks, chest pains, and weight loss (Tuberculosis, 2014). Transmission of TB is through a sneeze, a cough, speaking, or singing in which the person has the
Tuberculosis is a contagious airborne disease that affects the lungs of humans and some animals i.e. cattle. If tuberculosis is left untreated and allowed to spread, it can then also affect the brain, kidneys, spine or other organ systems. As tuberculosis strikes the lungs a hole can develop which can cause an accumulation of air or fluid between the chest wall and lungs. This causes one of many tuberculosis symptoms: chest pain, and shortness of breath. (See fig.2) Infections can erode a blood vessel and the patient can bleed to death, or they can slowly suffocate as lungs become filled with tubercles.4
Tuberculosis as (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is slow growing bacteria that thrive in areas of the body that are rich in blood and oxygen, such as the lungs. Tuberculosis develops when Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria are inhaled into the lungs. The infection usually stays in the lungs, but the bacteria can travel through the bloodstream to other parts of the body.
TB, tuberculosis spreads when a person is affected by this disease such as coughs or sneezes and the air is inhaled by another. A person with tuberculosis will suffer the following 5 stages:
TB is a disease that can cause a serious illness and can damage a person's
Throughout many years tuberculosis has atrociously affected the lives of many people. Many have suffered a horrible death due to this horrid disease. Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease due to mycobacterium tuberculosis, which initiated about one hundred fifty million years ago. Skeletal abnormalities typical for tuberculosis were found in Egyptian mummies back in 2400 BC. In ancient Greece the Greeks seemed very familiar with tuberculosis only they called it Phtisis. Many years later a disease that was called “ scrofula” was described to be a certain form of tuberculosis. It was referred to as “king’s evil” in England and France, and they believed it could be cured by a royal touch. This practice was put to an end in the year 1714.
In the modern day, Tuberculosis is almost exclusively a threat to third-world and developing nations. It is hard, as members of a modern, industrialized nation, to understand TB's force and its worldwide ramifications without having done research of some sort on the disease. As Americans, the people of this country are almost absolved from feeling any affects of the disease whatsoever. It was not always this way.
Tuberculosis is a bacteria infection that affects many people over the world. Treatment for the disease helps people but it is limited. Vaccination is sought but, like treatment, is limited. Because of these limitations Tuberculosis spreads and kills easily. Tuberculosis can be cured by constant drug therapy.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a transmittable and often severe airborne disease, an infection caused by a bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). TB usually affects the lungs, but it also can affect any other organ of the body. It is usually treatable with a scheduled routine of medicine taken for 6 months to 2 years, the length of treatment is conditional on the type and severity of the infection ( WHO. October 2015). This usually happens when a person breathes in the contaminated air, in which inhaled TB bacteria make their way to the lungs. The immune system cannot stop the bacteria from growing and spreading after the initial infection.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been present in the human population for thousands of years; fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies from 2400 BCE show definite pathological signs of tubercular decay. Called "consumption," tuberculosis was recognized as the leading cause of mortality by 1650. Using a new staining technique, Robert Koch identified the bacterium responsible for causing consumption in 1882. While scientists finally had a target for fighting the disease, they did not have the means to treat patients; the spread of infection was controlled only by attempting to isolate patients. At the turn of the twentieth century, more than 80% of the population in the United States was infected before age 20, and tuberculosis was still the leading cause of death. The production of antibiotics in the 1940’s allowed physicians to begin effectively treating patients, leading to huge drops in the death rate of the disease. Tuberculosis is still a major cause of mortality in young adults worldwide, but is less of a problem in developed countries.
TB, or Tuberculosis, is a chronic or acute contagious disease caused by a bacterial infection. TB is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease, accounting for over a quarter of avoidable deaths among adults. It can affect several organs of the human body, including the brain, the kidneys and the bones, but it predominately manifests itself in the lungs where it is called "Pulmonary Tuberculosis".
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