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Who is at risk for tuberculosis? Anyone who has come in contact with someone who has the infectious TB disease may be at risk for contracting the disease TB. With the recent media coverage of the lawyer from Atlanta that was
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Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by an airborne bacteria that can attach itself to any part of the body, but most often attacks the lungs. TB can be fatal. However, not everyone who catches it becomes sick or is contagious, unless
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Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection spread through the air from a sneeze or cough of an infected person. The main causative agent is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There are many risk factors that increase the
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You heard the guy in front of you on the train hacking and coughing and you are sure that you saw him spitting something vile into a handkerchief. A news report the same night mentioned that tuberculosis (TB) was reported in
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by Jane Allyson
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that has been around for thousands of years. Signs of tubercular decay have even been found in samples taken from the spinal columns of Egyptian mummies dating as far back as 2400 BC
Pulmonary
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by EMoore
Everyone is at risk for tuberculosis since it is an airborne disease. The causative organism, the mycobacterium tuberculosis' is forcefully sprayed out in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
It is possible that
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by Cindy Abbate
Tuberculosis is spread through the air by an infected person. By simply laughing or talking they can infect another person. The world is becoming a smaller place with travel times decreasing and travelers increasing the chances
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Tuberculosis is a worldwide public health problem and is closely associated with poverty, malnutrition, over crowding, substandard housing and inadequate health care. Tuberculosis was once regarded as a poor-man's disease but
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by Yvonne Wood
Although tuberculosis (TB) can be treated, there are some areas where this disease has become more prevalent.
There was a point in my life when I thought this disease was almost extinct because I had never been at risk or had
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by Paige Eury
There are several factors that place a person at risk of contracting tuberculosis. One is exposure. If one lives in a part of the world where tuberculosis is prevalent, often due to lack of good preventative medical programs
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Who is at risk for tuberculosis? Individuals at highest risk for contracting tuberculosis in the United States are those who are employed in the health care professions or related fields and the elderly. American military personnel
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by Tonya Barton
Tuberculosis, although declining in diagnosis, claims two million lives a year world wide. Commonly referred to as TB, Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial lung disease. The bacteria istelf is called Myobacterium Tuberculosis.
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by Nisha Danny
Tuberculosis is a common highly contagious disease. Any person who comes in contact with a person suffering from tuberculosis can contract the infection. Knowing the risk factors can go a long way in preventing this infection
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Tuberculosis: a disease that struck fear in the generation of our grandparents. A slow, wasting, coughing, weakness that had no cure and no hope before the 1950's. It meant quarantine in a sanitarium and certain death. It is
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