Tuberculosis is a disease that has been around for many years and has frequently plagued the world population. Treatment is extensive and costly, and detection is difficult, so the progression and spread of TB is rapid and dangerous. Recently, there has been a resurgence in Europe of tuberculosis resulting in increased alarm among the medical community.
TB is an infection of the lungs by Mycobacterium causing severe tissue damage. The resultant coughing to expel the bacteria enables rapid transmission. Because of this, patients suffer long and painful degeneration of the lungs and quite frequently pass along this bacteria in an airborne form.
Treatment of tuberculosis is a process including 6 months of powerful antibiotic usage, but many of these series are not completed by patients. The result is that drug resistant forms of the infection are now spreading at an alarming rate. Without isolation and treatment, TB can pose a significant threat currently resulting in an estimated 1.7 million people per year.
Protect yourself from contracting tuberculosis by keeping immune systems healthy and remaining clear of infected persons.
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