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What- What is Tuberculosis (TB)? A question that most of us are wondering about. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis‚ known as TB‚ is a disease transmitted from person to person that transmits us bacteria through air. It as a really dangerous and deadly disease. there almost no chance for you to live if you get the diseases unless you try to to cure it in the beginning. What- What are the symptoms of the disease ? Pain in the chest No apetite Fever Chills Sweating at night Coughing that lasts
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects the lungs. It can start out like a normal flu‚ with coughing being the number one symptom. After a while‚ the virus attacks the lungs with more vehemence‚ causing internal bleeding. This internal bleeding is visible when the infected coughs. If left untreated‚ the infected will literally cough themselves to death. Today I will talk about the history of Tuberculosis in the United States. During my speech I will discuss Consumption in the early 19th
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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Christy Lilly Grand Canyon University - NRS 427V Jen Costello June 6‚ 2015 Epidemiology of Tuberculosis World travel has become more commonplace and people are no longer destined to remain on a single continent. Travel’s ease and affordability have made the spread of disease easier. One of those diseases that is spread worldwide is tuberculosis (TB). Description of Tuberculosis Since ancient times tuberculosis has been present‚ it was also known as Consumption. Despite
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stop Tuberculosis‚ but we must act now. The challenge now is for people to work together in putting the plan into action‚ in order to stop one of the oldest and most lethal diseases known to humanity. This plan tells the world exactly what we need to do in order to defeat this global killer.” (Dr. Marcos Espinal) ________ www.quotesea.com/quotes/with/tuberculosis Tuberculosis has been present in humans since antiquity. The earliest unambiguous detection of “mycobacterium tuberculosis” is in
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fatal like cancer‚ stroke and tuberculosis. The interventions of health care are needed in order to decrease the mortality and morbidity rate. Greater effort in maintaining health must be practiced to live a healthier and longer life. Tuberculosis is still a great challenge to humankind‚ because since then‚ there have been many drugs that are available at an affordable price‚ prevention is not that costly‚ but there are still people who are dying because of tuberculosis. The Philippines ranks ninth
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Disease in the News – Tuberculosis HCS/245 June 25‚ 2013 Tynan Weed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ TB (tubercle bacillus) or MTB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) is a widespread‚ and in numerous cases fatal‚ communicable disease produced by a variety of forms of mycobacteria. The disease is distributed within the air when individuals who are infected with active TB infection sneeze‚ cough‚ or pass on breathing fluids throughout the air. Generally infections are asymptomatic‚ meaning they feel
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UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MSc PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES‚ POLICIES AND ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH MODULE UNIT CODE: PUB017-6 ACTION PLAN ELIMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS FROM PAKISTAN LECTURER: DR HALA EVANS Student Number: 1228034 Table of contents Content page Background
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Epidemiology Report of Tuberculosis Tania Castillo Tania Castillo Epidemiology Report of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease that is highly in development countries. This disease is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ an acid-fast aerobic bacillus‚ which is prevalent in tropical areas across the globe. For instance‚ the majority of the cases occur in malnourish individuals‚ immigrants and elderly persons. Most of the person’s who has the disease
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Once known as “The White Plague”‚ tuberculosis existed as a massively feared infection with mysterious patient-frightening treatments that established itself as one of the most important issues during the Victorian era. Typically confined in sanatoriums during the early 1800’s‚ patients usually received little help or treatment and therefore died quickly yet painfully. For years‚ few options existed as the only possibilities involved either years in bed or the surgical removal of lung tissues. While
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