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Understanding Tuberculosis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

This document discusses tuberculosis, including its causes, symptoms, transmission, treatment, and prevention. Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads through airborne droplets when someone with active TB coughs, sneezes or speaks. Common symptoms include fever, weight loss, chest pain, and persistent coughing. Treatment involves a standard 6 month course of 4 antibiotics. Prevention strategies address biological, social and economic factors like vaccines, legislation, healthcare funding, and economic development.

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Understanding Tuberculosis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

This document discusses tuberculosis, including its causes, symptoms, transmission, treatment, and prevention. Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads through airborne droplets when someone with active TB coughs, sneezes or speaks. Common symptoms include fever, weight loss, chest pain, and persistent coughing. Treatment involves a standard 6 month course of 4 antibiotics. Prevention strategies address biological, social and economic factors like vaccines, legislation, healthcare funding, and economic development.

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All about

Tuberculosis
The Causes of Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis symptoms

2 1

Fever Weight loss


Other of
The symptoms of tuberculosis

Chest Pain Shortness of Persistent Clubbing of


breath and cough fingers
wheezing
Tuberculosis Transmission
Tuberculosis infection: How does it spread?

Droplet Infection (air) People with


of 0.5 to 5.0 µm in active
diameter pulmonary TB
cough, sneeze,
speak, sing or
spit can expel
infectious
droplets

A single sneeze can release up to 40 000 droplets. Each of these droplets may
transmit the disease, since the infectious dose of tuberculosis is very low
Tuberculosis Transmission

Antibiotics not
1 Poor housing 5 available

2 Low protein diets Inaccessible


6 medical service

Immunosuppressive
3 Late diagnosis 7 drugs Substance
abuse or AIDS

4 Lack of vaccination
Tuberculosis Treatment
It is treated by standard 6 month course of 4 antibiotics.

1 3
Rifampicin Thiacetazone

Streptomycin Isoniazid

2 4
Tuberculosis Prevention

Biological Social Economical

● Reduce illegal
immigrants with
● The creation of signs of TB ● Increase medical
vaccine which is funding
BCG ● Legislation of
● Antibiotics staying in ● Improved
overcrowded economy, improve
house housing

● Regular checks
Thank You !

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