Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Primus Department of Internal Medicine
Stopping the spread of TB
1. Infected patients should always cover their mouth sneezing or coughing.
2. Patients with latent infection- i.e. when there are no signs of active medication – the person should take medication to prevent the disease to become active.
3. People with a risk of getting the disease should go for preventive checkups.
Protect your friends and family
If you have active Tuberculosis, keep your germs to yourself. It normally takes a few weeks of treatment with medications before you're not contagious help keep your friends and family from getting sick:
Stay home
Ventilate the room.
Cover your mouth
Wear a mask.
Finish your entire course of medication
The last step is the most vital step one can take to protect yourself and others from tuberculosis. If you stop treatment early or skip doses, the TB bacteria will have an opportunity to develop their mutant variety that will allow them to survive the most potent TB drugs. This will result in the developing of drug resistant strains. The resulting drug-resistant strains are much more difficult t and deadly o treat.
When people do not take their TB medications as recommended, the infection may become much more difficult to treat. The TB bacteria may become resistant to treatment, and sometimes, the drugs no longer help treat the infection.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Primus Hospital Super Speciality Hospital
Chandragupta Marg Chanakyapuri, New Delhi- 110021
For appointments : +91 9999920206, 6620 6630, 6620 6640
For Emergency : +91 11 6620 6620
Fax : +91 116620 6650, 2611 2633
Email : info@primushospital.com
Website : www.primushospital.com
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BEST TREATMENT FOR JOINT PAINS AND JOINT REPLACEMENT
BEST TREATMENT FOR SPINE
BEST IVF TREATMENT
BEST HOSPITAL FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
BEST HOSPITA FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND ENT DISORDERS
BEST HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
BEST HOSPITAL FOR GASTROENTEROLOGIST AND HEPATOBILLARY SCIENCES
Pulmonary tuberculosis also known as TB is a highly contagious infection that attacks the lungs It can also affect other parts of the body. The infection can spread through the air when an infected person who has an active TB infection sneeze, cough, or otherwise transmit their saliva through the air. Pulmonary tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
When a person comes in contact with the tuberculosis, the bacteria in the lungs multiply and cause pneumonia along with chest pain, coughing up blood, and a prolonged cough. In addition to this , the lymph nodes near the heart and lungs become enlarged. If the immune system is unable to fight TB, the disease returns to an active state with pneumonia and damage to bones, kidneys, and the meninges that line the spinal cord and brain. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-
tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. The World Health Organization recommends that infants receive a vaccine called BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin). BCG is fairly effective in protecting small children from severe TB complications.
When a person comes in contact with the tuberculosis, the bacteria in the lungs multiply and cause pneumonia along with chest pain, coughing up blood, and a prolonged cough. In addition to this , the lymph nodes near the heart and lungs become enlarged. If the immune system is unable to fight TB, the disease returns to an active state with pneumonia and damage to bones, kidneys, and the meninges that line the spinal cord and brain. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-
tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. The World Health Organization recommends that infants receive a vaccine called BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin). BCG is fairly effective in protecting small children from severe TB complications.
Stopping the spread of TB
1. Infected patients should always cover their mouth sneezing or coughing.
2. Patients with latent infection- i.e. when there are no signs of active medication – the person should take medication to prevent the disease to become active.
3. People with a risk of getting the disease should go for preventive checkups.
Protect your friends and family
If you have active Tuberculosis, keep your germs to yourself. It normally takes a few weeks of treatment with medications before you're not contagious help keep your friends and family from getting sick:
Stay home
Ventilate the room.
Cover your mouth
Wear a mask.
Finish your entire course of medication
The last step is the most vital step one can take to protect yourself and others from tuberculosis. If you stop treatment early or skip doses, the TB bacteria will have an opportunity to develop their mutant variety that will allow them to survive the most potent TB drugs. This will result in the developing of drug resistant strains. The resulting drug-resistant strains are much more difficult t and deadly o treat.
When people do not take their TB medications as recommended, the infection may become much more difficult to treat. The TB bacteria may become resistant to treatment, and sometimes, the drugs no longer help treat the infection.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Primus Hospital Super Speciality Hospital
Chandragupta Marg Chanakyapuri, New Delhi- 110021
For appointments : +91 9999920206, 6620 6630, 6620 6640
For Emergency : +91 11 6620 6620
Fax : +91 116620 6650, 2611 2633
Email : info@primushospital.com
Website : www.primushospital.com
PRIMUS SUPER SPECIALTY IS PROVIDING EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE FOLLOWING
BEST TREATMENT FOR JOINT PAINS AND JOINT REPLACEMENT
BEST TREATMENT FOR SPINE
BEST IVF TREATMENT
BEST HOSPITAL FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
BEST HOSPITA FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND ENT DISORDERS
BEST HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
BEST HOSPITAL FOR GASTROENTEROLOGIST AND HEPATOBILLARY SCIENCES
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