Dirty, filthy and unhygienic environment caused TB.
2007-03-14 19:46:08
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answered by Cakebread 4
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Tuberculosis is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (and occasionally other variants of Mycobacterium). It usually involves the lungs, but other organs of the body can also be involved.
Description of Tuberculosis
Today, tuberculosis (TB) tends to be concentrated among inner city dwellers, ethnic minorities and recent immigrants from areas of the world where the disease is still common. Alcoholics, who are often malnourished, are at high risk of developing the disease, as are people infected with HIV. It can occur anywhere, and no one is exempt from the threat of infection.
TB is caused by a germ that is transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets. Usually this infection is passed on as a result of very close contact, so family members of an infected person are endangered if the person continues to live in the same household and has not undergone proper treatment. (The family should take the precaution of seeing a doctor and getting a skin test.)
If an individual with active TB coughs or sneezes without covering the mouth and nose, droplets containing the tuberculosis germs are sprayed into the air and may be inhaled by anyone near the person. A tissue should always be used to cover the nose and mouth when coughing, sneezing or spitting, and hands should be washed promptly.
The vast majority of people who have TB germs in their bodies do not have an active case of the disease. Even if the disease is active, the disease is quite advanced. TB in children often occurs with childhood diseases. A simple skin test is available to detect individuals who have been or are infected with the TB germ. Those who have been infected will have a reaction where the skin becomes swollen. Once infected, most persons will generally test positive for the rest of their lives.
A positive reaction to the tuberculin test does not mean the person is ill or contagious to others. It means that the germs causing tuberculosis have been or are present in the body, and unless other symptoms are evident, the germs are probably not active. Their doctor may want to treat them to eliminate the germs so that a more serious case of active TB can be prevented.
2007-03-14 03:30:57
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answered by Anonymous
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Tuberculosis (TB)is a lung disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.It is spread by inhalation of infected droplets of patients and is highly contagious.It can be treated by a long dosage of antimicrobial agents but it's best not to get it 'cos it can destroy the body a long time before it is properly diagnosed.Prevention by vaccination with BCG( a non virulent injection of the bovine TB) has long been used to keep it at bay.
2007-03-14 02:57:03
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answered by nekky 1
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Tuberculosis can be caused from AIDS, immunodeficencies, pnemoconiosis, which has only been found in the coal miners, malnutrion, and alcoholism. Transmission is by droplet nuclei produced when infected persons cough or sneeze.
2007-03-17 10:41:55
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answered by Anonymous
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tuberculosis is an air-borne infection.it is caused by 2 bacterial species(Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis).spread via air droplets(cough,sneeze,talk) and inhaled by others.a specific immune response created by macrophage(an immune cell that by chance carries the bacteria to all parts of the body) and the host is now prone to infection.so dont be in crowds too much.take care.
2007-03-14 03:14:41
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answered by Anonymous
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TB is spread through the air by a person suffering from TB. A single patient can infect 10 or more people in a year.
2007-03-14 02:52:59
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-12-19 05:08:12
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answered by ? 4
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TB is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis.
the mode of spread of the infection is through droplet infection.
2007-03-14 06:36:24
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answered by ☆| raji |☆ says let's make life beautiful! 6
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caused by a bacteria MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
can be acquired by
air borne droplet infection
previously also by drinking contaminated milk of cattle but now this mode is less common
2007-03-14 10:02:32
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answered by accelerate 1
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It can be caught when living in an unclean living environment and can be spread when one person has it to others very quickly.
2007-03-14 02:56:28
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answered by devilgal031948 4
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