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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease usually attacks the lungs can actually affect any other part of the body as well. TB is extremely contagious — one person is infected with Tuberculosis bacilli each second in the world! Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and has three stages: exposure, infection and the disease. Join this forum to discuss topics related to tuberculosis!

information about tuberculosis

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Hi, my relative is suffering from tuberculosis for last six months. I know that tuberculosis was very dangerous disease in the past similar like HIV is today. Something what I can’t understand is that you have to make efforts to find proper information about this serious disease. In the same...

by User avatar mendy25366

hiv tuberculosis

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I must tell you about my problem. I am desperate. My son is HIV positive. How did he get it or from whom it is not on me to think about. He should have been more careful. But he has lived with it for past three years, and we have to assimilate with his condition. But now he has HIV tuberculosis and...

by User avatar berni31042

how do you get tuberculosis

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My little sister has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. We both go to high school and have same friends and same habits, so I do not understand how she got it. I mean, when one of us is sick, the other is also sick, but this time is different. Anyway, she is in hospital right now and our Mom and Dad...

by User avatar cheri19437

coughing up boold, fever, constant sweating

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My 20 year old niece for 2 montth has been coughing up blood, has recurring fevers and is sweating so much that she constantly changing her clothes. Some people where she works came back from Mexico with a cough. She thought she had caught their "cold". But they got better but she did not....

by User avatar darbygirl25192

tuberculosis meningitis

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Hi, my very good friend called me today to tell me that she won’t come to the office today as her kid is not feeling well and that he gets meningitis. I know what meningitis is and I was really upset because of it. Later during the day I have called her and she told me that doctors suspect...

by User avatar cheri19437

I need to know what the best tuberculosis control is

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I need to know what the best tuberculosis control is. The thing is I have been diagnosed with tuberculosis infection almost a year ago and I was taking INH for about 8 months and my last tuberculosis control showed I am clear of the bacteria and am not in risk of getting active tuberculosis any...

by User avatar auberon25834

tuberculosis prevention

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Hi, my uncle is suffering from tuberculosis. It was diagnosed last week and right now he is in the hospital and his treatment has started. As he lived with his family are they in danger to get this disease too? I would like to know is tuberculosis very contagious disease and how it may be prevented.

by User avatar blayne19435

tuberculosis vaccine

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Hi, I am 36 years old and I will bear my baby next month. I would like to get information about vaccine against tuberculosis. I have heard that this vaccine is great protection from this severe disease but there are some countries which are vaccinating children soon after they are born while the...

by User avatar norrie19436

pulmonary tuberculosis

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Hi, my grandfather is 78 years old and he started to cough several weeks ago. As it was very cold outside at that time I thought it may be common cold. As he didn't stop with coughing and even it became worse I decided to take him to the doctor. They made him x-ray and several test and told me that...

by User avatar mendy25366

drug resistant tuberculosis

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Hello! Can you tell me something about drug resistant tuberculosis? My husband was diagnosed with tuberculosis 4 months ago and was prescribed first- line anti-TB drug but with no treatment results for he is actually now diagnosed also with drug resistant tuberculosis. So what is the next step and...

by User avatar caroljean26359