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Tuberculosis or TB is an airborne disease that mainly affects the lungs and has the potential to be fatal. People with an impaired immune system such as newborn babies, pregnant women or women who have just delivered a baby, diabetics, cancer patients and HIV positive people are at the highest risk of suffering from this disease. However, this disease can be prevented and treated.
Here are a few ways to protect yourself from this bacterial infection.
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Here are a few ways to protect yourself from this bacterial infection.
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Although your body is already in possession of the bacteria leading to tuberculosis, your immune system is able to prevent you from becoming sick. Doctors have made a distinction between latent and active tuberculosis (TB). In case of latent TB, the bacteria in the body in a passive state and it causes no symptoms, and therefore it is not contagious. But, in the case of active TB, you would become sick and may even spread the disease to others. It can take place in the first few weeks or even af...more
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Tuberculosis is an airborne communicable disease that mainly affects the lungs. However, it can attack the other organs as well. A tuberculosis infection may be categorised as latent or clinically active. A person is said to be suffering from latent tuberculosis when he or she has been infected with the tuberculosis bacteria, but is protected from the germs by a strong immune system. People showing symptoms of the disease are said to be suffering from a clinically active form of tuberculosis and...more
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Although your body is already in possession of the bacteria leading to tuberculosis, your immune system is able to prevent you from becoming sick. Doctors have made a distinction between latent and active tuberculosis (TB). In case of latent TB, the bacteria in the body in a passive state and it causes no symptoms, and therefore it is not contagious. But, in the case of active TB, you would become sick and may even spread the disease to others. It can take place in the first few weeks or even af...more
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Tuberculosis is a highly infectious and potentially fatal disease which primarily affects the lungs. It is highly contagious and can infect other people via the tiny water droplets released by an infected person while coughing or sneezing.
There are two types of tuberculosis, that are pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis:
1. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a type of disease in which bacteria invade your lungs. It is possible that the bacteria in your lungs could kil...more
There are two types of tuberculosis, that are pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis:
1. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a type of disease in which bacteria invade your lungs. It is possible that the bacteria in your lungs could kil...more
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Although your body is already in possession of the bacteria leading to tuberculosis, your immune system is able to prevent you from becoming sick. Doctors have made a distinction between latent and active tuberculosis (TB). In case of latent TB, the bacteria in the body in a passive state and it causes no symptoms, and therefore it is not contagious. But, in the case of active TB, you would become sick and may even spread the disease to others. It can take place in the first few weeks or even af...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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क्षय रोग जिसे टीबी के नाम से भी जानते हैं, इसकी बिमारी ट्यूबरकल बेसिलाई नामक जीवाणु के द्वारा उत्पन्न होता है. इस बिमारी के प्रमुख लक्षणों में खाँसी का तीन हफ़्तों से ज़्यादा रहना, थूक का रंग परिवर्तित हो जाना या उसमें रक्त की आभा नजर आना, बुखार, थकान, सीने में दर्द, भूख में कमी, साँस लेते समय या खाँसते समय दर्द महसूस करना आदि शामिल हैं. टीबी एक संक्रामक रोग है. यानी ये तपेदिक रोगी के खाँसने या छींकने से इसके जीवाणु हवा में फैल जाते हैं और उसको स्वस्थ व्यक्ति श्वसन के जरिए ग्रहण कर लेता है. हलां...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonary diseases are some of the most commonly experienced health conditions all over the world. Millions of people suffer due to various causes including genetics, smoking, pollutants and infection. Now lungs are one of the most important and complex organs of the body. They are the apparatus through which oxygen enters and carbon dioxide gets expelled.
Lungs expand and contract on a constant basis to ensure that we can breathe properly. Let us find out more about lung or pulmonary d...more
Lungs expand and contract on a constant basis to ensure that we can breathe properly. Let us find out more about lung or pulmonary d...more
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HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are two life-threatening and common diseases in the world. The two diseases are very closely connected so much so that their occurrence is normally labeled as a co-epidemic. In most cases tuberculosis is found to be the most transmissible contagion in HIV-Immunocompromised victims, proving to be the cause of their death.
What is HIV?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known by its abbreviation HIV, is a virus that attacks the immune system, which i...more
What is HIV?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known by its abbreviation HIV, is a virus that attacks the immune system, which i...more
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