what+is+tuberculosis?

People in my community are affected by tuberculosis but who can get tuberculosis are babies, young people, Elders and everyone is affected by tuberculosis because it is an leading cause of death among people co-infected with HIV. So parents can die and the children will be homeless and scientists are involved by trying to stop the growth of tuberculosis and the kind of technology there are using is a TB detector to count as few as 20 bacteria in a sputum sample in a half an hour.the media is trying to steady progress made toward treating TB in tumor-leste, people are making a tuberculosis drug to improve your social skills,and it can make u less physical fit, TB can not affect your spritul well-being,it may even wrosen any emotional instability in some individuals if you have inactive TB and must take prednisone for an extended time,antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in (extensively) multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease usually in the lungs. other parts of the body can also be affected, for example lymph nodes, kidneys, bones, joints. Approximetely 1,300 cases are reported each year in New York State. Tb can be treated by taking a combination of antibiotics (usually 3-5 drugs) for a period of 6 to 8 months. the treatment has to be taken regularly for the prescribed duration. a good nutritious diet is helpful. a kerchief or a bit of cloth ot tissue be used while coughing and sputum should not be spit everywhere. instead the sputum should be collected in a container and buried or burn, the drugs the are mostly used for tuberculosis are isoniazid (INH), rifampin or rifabutin or rifapentine, pyrazinamide.
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__** Can tuberculosis spread **__ yes tuberculosis can spread if someone has TB in the lungs or throat it can pass on trough by singing, laughing or wood wind instruments can also spread the germs in an enclosed space, people near by can breath in these chemicals and become infected.

one of the ways that you can avoid getting infected is by getting vaccinated with a TB vacine,and the most obvious way to not become infected is to avoid people that have tuberculosis, you can also prevent your self from getting infected avoid places that are congested and do not have good living standards.
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__** What symptoms will u have if u have tuberculosis **__ It may take months from the time the infection initially gets into the lungs until symptoms develop. The usual symptoms that occur with an active TB infection are a generalized tiredness or weakness, weight loss, fever, and night sweats. If the infection in the lung worsens, then further symptoms can include coughing, chest pain, coughing up of sputum and/or blood, and shortness of breath. If the infection spreads beyond the lungs, the symptoms will depend upon the orgins involved.

__** what should you do to not get people infected **__ The most important way to keep from spreading TB is to take all of your medicine, exactly as your doctor or nurse. You should also keep all of your clinic appointments! Your doctor or nurse needs to see how you are doing. You may need another chest x-ray or a test of the phlegm you may cough up. These tests will show whether the medicine is working. They will also show whether you can sill give TB bacteria to others. be sure to tell the doctor about anything you think is wrong.

__** what types of tuberculosis are there **__ There are alot of types of tuberculosis the names are primary TB pneumonia, renal TB, TB mengitis, TB peritonitis, genitourinary TB, Gastrointestinal TB,Tuberculosis lymphadenitis,cuteanous TB,Uterus Ovarian TB and there much more then this so be careful who you trust cause you might end up with TB.

__** what time did TB began **__ tuberculosis was trace back to the ancient times, researcers have found skeletal remains of prehistoric people that are over 6000 years old that show signs of TB, it believed that it started in the time period known as the late middle ages.

__** what did the anicent people think of tuberculosis**__ the early people thought the diseases was sent because the gods were angry at people because of something there did but the doctors believed in something diffrent they blamed channalswithin the body, a theory that has echoesin other medical traditions

__** who was the scientist that discovered the cure for TB **__ The man who have discovered a cure for tuberculosis was a german scientist called Robert Koch in the 1800's


 * __ who was the person who invented a treatment for __** **__tuberculosis__** The most important discovery was made by the French Cakmette and Guerin who instituted the basis for the vaccine against tuberculosis by using a low virulence tb bacteria vaccine. The last step needed in the therapy of tuberculosis was made in the middle of the Second World War when chemotherapy was invented.

__** a job to help people with TB **__ scientists are developing a cure but it may take awhile to find how to subdue the virus without seriously hurting anyone are killing them.

__** what do people think of people with TB **__ kids can be mean if there dont know what the disease does to someone are the other kids wont even want to hang out with u if their knew that you have a disease because their will be afraid of u because their are scared that there might get the disease. this can affect u emotionally it can make u so mad or sad that u might want to kill yourself or someone that called u a name that makes u feel bad on the inside.

__** can you be quarantine if you have TB **__ if you have active tuberculosis then u will be quarantine cause your doctor can get infected and everyone who is exposed to TB and after 2 weeks will be quarantine.

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By Kevin, Eldon, and Garret