Tuberculosis

Now that you have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) disease, let us talk about some of the medications, known as anti-tuberculosis medications, the doctor is likely to prescribe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are ten different drugs that can be used to treat TB, with the “first-line anti-TB” medications being: isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), etherambutol (EMB), and pyrazinamide (PZA) (CDC, 2016). These are taken in pill form, by mouth. The two phases

What is Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis, TB for short, is an ancient disease that has been around even before the first recorded disease in the history. This disease can be found in Egyptian mummies from 4000 BC. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or tubercle bacillus ("Centers for disease," 2011). Tuberculosis is primarily a disease of the lungs, but the TB bacterium can also travel through blood stream and attack any part of the body like kidney, spine and brain (Hamann, 1994). According

Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease that can harm any organ of the body, especially the lungs. Every year about over a million people die due to tuberculosis and even more are infected. A person in contact with an infected individual can easily put themselves at risks of getting TB. Due to the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis infections began to increase more rapidly. A person with HIV has a weak immune system which is not able to fight infections

The Disease Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been around for thousands of years. In fact, one of the earliest cases of tuberculosis, known as TB, or often referred to as the White Plague, because of the pale skin of the Caucasians who wasted away from it, was found in a young man from Germany about 7,000 years ago. Scientists believe tuberculosis was probably an extremely common disease in Ancient Egypt, and throughout the centuries

Even though the idea of tuberculosis being hereditarily was present, tuberculosis was still agreed to be an infectious disease at this time. Tuberculosis, as many other bacterial infections, needs a host. The bacterium is not found outside of the animal’s body. The main way that tuberculosis, and many other bacteria-caused diseases spread is through sputum. It is estimated that “a fairly well advanced consumptive spits out from one and a half to four and a third billion bacilli in twenty-four hours”

What is Tuberculosis (TB)? Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When active, the bacteria usually attack the lung tissue. It can also spread to other organs in other areas of the body, such as the brain, the spine, and the kidneys. If not treated, TB can cause severe respiratory distress and may lead to death. How can I get Tuberculosis? TB is transferred from person to person trough air. When a person with active TB sneezes, sings

Pneumonia and Tuberculosis Pneumonia and tuberculosis have been plaguing the citizens of the world for centuries causing millions of deaths. This occurred until the creation and use of antibiotics become more widely available. These two respiratory infections have many differences, which include their etiology, incidence and prevalence, and many similarities in their objective and subject indicators, medical interventions, course, rehabilitation and effects. To explore the

Tuberculosis, also identified as TB, has been around for countless years. In the past, however, the disease was not known, which made it untreatable in most healthcare settings. The evolution of time made it possible to easily detect and manage tuberculosis before people were adversely affected by it. It is a disease that often affects an individual’s lungs, but it can also affect other body parts. The spine, kidneys, bones, and even the lymph nodes may sometimes be affected by the disease. The spread

Infectious Disease: Tuberculosis Typically, when one hears of the word “war,” their minds may drift to the World Wars I and II, the Vietnam War, Korea War, or the Persian Gulf War. However, not many think of the war that the human immune system is engaged in, right now--at this very instant inside the anatomy. Daily, the body’s immune system fights pathogens, bacteria, and other foreign substances. Yet there are times when our immune system fails—be it genetics, age, or health. When this occurs,

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common ancient infectious disease (Tiwari et al., 2005). It is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. Tb) which is an aerobic, intracellular pathogen inhabits in oxygen rich regions of the lungs. According to World Health Organization 9 million people affected with TB infection in 2013 and about 1.5 million patients died from this disease. Worldwide predictions for tuberculosis control are challenged by the development of drug-resistant strains, especially those