I have read it in several books about the past and also in old newspaper clippings. I imagine it to be something similar to tuberculosis, but really I have no idea.
2006-12-08 10:59:49 · 7 answers · asked by ginarene71 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It is tuberculosis. People used to call it comsumption, b/c after suffering with it for a few years, people would waste away and become very weak and thin, as though they were being 'consumed' by the disease. In addition to affecting the lungs (the most obvious symptom) it also impacts the digestive system so people with it can become emaciated.
2006-12-08 11:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, TB. I work in a health department and we track it in the community. It use to be a very fatal disease but now there are medications to treat it.
2006-12-08 12:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES--YOU ARE RIGHT!!! T.B.-- MICROBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. IN THE OLD DAYS THE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS CHICK TO SAY "I HAVE CONSUMPTION"
2006-12-08 11:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by cytoman001 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is tuberculosis. i am completely sure
2006-12-08 11:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by angelica e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tuberculosis (tb)
2006-12-08 11:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is tubercolosis. It's an archaic name for the disease.
2006-12-08 11:01:44 · answer #6 · answered by Joy M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is tuberculosis. :D
2006-12-08 11:02:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋