What is T.B. and how searious this desease is?

Answer 1

Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated as TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints.

Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest and most common major infectious diseases today. In 2004, the prevalence (number of existing cases) of active TB disease was 14.6 million people with an incidence (number of new cases) of 8.9 million people and mortality (number of deaths) of 1.7 million people [1] mostly in developing countries. However, developing countries are not the only places with tuberculosis. There is a rising number of people in the developed world who contract tuberculosis because they have compromised immune systems, typically as a result of immunosuppressive drugs or HIV/AIDS. These people are at particular risk of tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis disease.

Most of those infected (90%) have asymptomatic latent TB infection (LTBI). There is a 10% lifetime chance that LTBI will progress to TB disease which, if left untreated, will kill more than 50% of its victims. TB is one of the top four infectious killing diseases in the world: TB kills 1.7 million, and malaria kills 2-3 million.

HIV/AIDS, the neglect of TB control programs, and immigration have caused a resurgence of tuberculosis. Multidrug-resistant strains of TB (MDR-TB) and Extreme Drug-Resistance in Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are emerging. The World Health Organization declared TB a global health emergency in 1993, and the Stop TB Partnership proposed a Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis which aims to save an additional 14 million lives between 2006 and 2015.

Answer 2

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria, commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints.

Though it was a serious disease earlier, the same can be cured if a ****-tail of medicines is taken for a period of six months with nutrious diet. In india, the Government provides the medicine freely and the Government Hospital can be approached for treatment. Medicines are also available on prescription but the same is costly. As per the UNO studies, the medicine should be taken for six months period which is mandatory and some of the Doctors are still advising to take the same for 9 months. This was a requirement in the earlier days when the current combination of the drugs were not available. It is totally treatable disease now.

Answer 3

TB is a disease which usually attacks the lungs, but it can affect almost any part of the body. A person with TB does not necessarily feel ill but the symptoms can include a cough that will not go away, feeling tired, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, night sweats and coughing up blood
Those with HIV are 100 times more likely to develop TB than other members of the population. Other people who are at risk from the disease include those with diabetes, the malnourished, alcoholics, and IV drug users.
Treating patients with drug resistant TB is beyond the pocket of many developing countries. The cost of treatment can rise from $2000 per patient with non-resistant TB to $250,000 for multi-drug resistant TB.
Researchers have calculated that 8-10 million people catch the disease every year, with two million dying from it. It causes more deaths world-wide than Aids and malaria combined.
Please see the webpages for more details on Tuberculosis.

Answer 4

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria that can attack any part of the body, but particularly the lungs.



The disease commonly known as tuberculosis (TB) is caused by one species of Mycobacteria, called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Other members of the Mycobacterium have been found to infect people with compromised immune systems such as AIDS or cancer patients on chemotherapy. These organisms (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare, Mycobacterium kansasii), ordinarily pose no risk to normal individuals.

Answer 5

Tuberculosis. It can kill you, quite easily. It's highly contagious as well. It IS treatable with antibiotics, but some strains of the disease do not respond to antibiotics at all.

Answer 6

Tuberculosis
It is serious. Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest and most common major infectious diseases today. In 2004 1.700.000 people died from it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

Answer 7

Tuberculosis. It is caused by a bacterium. How serious is depends on what country your in and how developed the country is

Answer 8

Tuberculosis. It's a chronic respiratory infection that could eventually kill you if not treated.

Answer 9

tuberculosis.

people used to die of it all the time. untreated, it can still cause death. fortunately, an antibiotic regimen, if followed closely, can clear it up without a problem.

Answer 10

tuberculosis a disease of the lungs
it was very serious
i dont think there are any more cases of tb