Articles in Home | Health Condition | Tuberculosis Title|Newest|Oldest What Are The Reasons For Ineffective Control Of Tuberculosis?  By : Krishan B Kumar The warning signal that if a person has a cough for more than 14 days, with fever, loss of appetite and weight, he must report to his physician for check-up and tests, for the inclusion/ exclusion of tuberculosis, is hardly followed, and, even the symptoms are not known to all. The longer the disease remains undiagnosed, the more difficult it becomes to eradicate the infection. Even when it remains asymptomatic for sometime in many of the cases, when it presents itself, there... What Is Tuberculous Meningitis?  By : Krishan B Kumar Meninges, i.e. thin layers/membranes (3 in number, named from outside to inside, (i) the dura mater, (ii) the arachnoid mater and (iii) the pia mater) covering the brain may also be involved as a result of tuberculosis, and the disease is called tuberculous meningitis. In this case, the infection spreads from the brain to the meninges. Initially, a slow-growing tuberculous lesion called 'tuberculoma' develops in the brain, adjacent to the meninges, which ruptures in the subar... Vaccination Of The Newborn And Tuberculosis  By : Krishan B Kumar Vaccine against tuberculosis, known as Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) discovered by two French scientists, Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin in 1922, has got its own limitations, and its efficacy is highly variable. Still the vaccine is recommended for administration to all newborn to protect them against pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The newborn should not be denied this vaccination. If it is ignored, and the child is faced with a serious tuberculous infectio... How Do Tubercle Bacilli Invade The Body?  By : When a person suffering from tuberculosis, coughs, sneezes, talks, especially loudly, laughs, spits sputum, etc., he throws out in the air tiny droplets of sputum laden with tubercle bacilli, when the patient has not covered his face with a piece of cloth or handkerchief. In this way, the air around the patient gets infected with enormous tubercle bacilli, grouped together in various tiny droplets of sputum. Any person, in close proximity of the patient is likely to inhale th... How To Establish The Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis?  By : As already explained, there are two entities of the disease, infection and clinical manifestations, i.e., when the disease is active. Hence, it is important to establish the activity of the disease, which is important for starting the treatment of tuberculosis. The treatment is a long one and needs a combination of 3-4 drugs in all the cases. The following tests help in establishing the activity of the disease. However, as one can see, all tests have their own limitations, an... The Guy On The Plane With TB - Tuberculosis  By : Maggie Z. Mathews You by now have heard the story of the irresponsible individual with terrible resistant tb who traveled around the globe by jet airplane perhaps infecting others. Just what is this resistant tb disease and why is it so dangerous. First of all this problem of spread of Tuberculosis by people who are infectious with tb is not a new phenomenon. It has happened before. Only now it is becoming more frequent and common with both the rise and spread of new hard to treat resistant... Tuberculosis (TB) Part 3  By : Dr. D.S. Merchant In addition, patients on pyrazinamide should have baseline or periodic serum uric acid determinations, and patients on long-term ethambutol therapy should have baseline or periodic visual acuity and red-green color perception testing. The latter can be performed with a standard test such as Inhihara test for color blindness. Tuberculosis (TB) Part II  By : Dr. D.S. Merchant Typical symptoms of pulmonary TB include a productive cough, fever, and weight loss. Occasionally, patients may presents with hemoptysis or chest pain. Other systemic symptoms include anorexia, fatigue, or night sweats. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Vs Tuberculosis  By : Dr. D.S. Merchant Sarcoidosis with a prevalence of 10/100,000, is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by non-caseating granulomas.ı It involves virtually any organ, lungs, thoracic lymph nodes, skin liver, central nervous system, eyes, kidneys and heart, and is more common in Afro-Americans. There is no sex predilection but some manifestations of the disease are more common is females. ² It begins in the third or fourth decade and tends to be rare in children and the elderly. Tuberculosis (TB) Part I  By : Dr. D.S. Merchant Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one infections disease killer worldwide. The World Health Care Organization estimates that 2 billion people have latent TB, while another 3 million people worldwide die each year due to TB. Dealing With Tuberculosis (TB)  By : Sharon Hopkins Tuberculosis (TB) is an illness related to the respiratory system. It is a disease caused by a germ mainly found in your lungs. It is a contagious disease which means you have to take extra precaution for the safety of other people. By the continuous sneezing, talking and coughing these air-borne germs can spread to other people. It can turn into a dangerous disease if proper care is not taken. Due to lack of symptoms, doctors have distinguished it into TB infection and Activ... Tuberculosis, a Cause for Concern?  By : Kristy Haugen Many believe that tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of the past. However, tuberculosis is still the leading killer of young adults worldwide. This makes tuberculosis hardly a disease of the past. In fact, tuberculosis has emerged once again as a serious public health dilemma in the U.S. How Is Tuberculosis Treated?  By : Gray Rollins Tuberculosis Treatment Tuberculosis, commonly referred to as TB, is an infection that affects the lungs and may also affect bones, joints, the circulatory system and central nervous system. This disease can be highly contagious if left untreated. In 1993, the World Health Organization declared TB to be a world health emergency because of the frequency of infection and the ease in which it spreads. It is estimated that nine billion new cases are reported each year. As w...

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