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Tuberculosis : symptoms causes and treatment...

Tuberculosis : Symptoms , causes and treatment....
 
What is tuberculosis 
Tuberculosis is highly infectious disease which is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. There are other species of mycobacterium which causes different types of diseases in human and other organism. It's mainly affect lungs and other organs of the human body. Tuberculosis can be fatal if it is not treated on time . Appearance of early symptoms will help in the diagnosis of the disease. It is estimated by WHO that around 10 million of the people will die due to tuberculosis.
Need to know more about the symptoms,causes and treatment then 3MEDS has bring about this article for you .3 MEDS is a best health care provider in India.

What are the types of Tuberculosis
There are two types of tuberculosis are there and as follows
TB infection (latent TB)
It is a type of infections in which bacteria is present in the body and lungs but not develops the symptoms. There immune system contain many fighting cells which helps to fight TB bacilli . However the people who are having this infection can trasnmitt this disease /infeection to others. As per the CDC data it is found that 13 million people have latent TB infection.

TB disease (active TB)
It is a condition when TB bacteria are multiplying in the lungs and replicate . This is the active case of TB. This stage is occure when our immune system are weekend . The risk of TB infection are high in the following situations
When person have low and weekend immune system
Older adults and young children
People who have not received the proper treatment when they have acute TB .

What are the symptoms of Tuberclosis

Latent TB
In this condition people will not  show any symptoms ,how ever a blood test will help in the diagnosis of TB bacilli. X-rays and  will not show anything. But in this condition symptoms are very mild or not present.

Active TB
Person who have  active TB shows following symptoms
Cough
Fatigue
Fever
Chest pain 
Loss of appetite


 If these symptoms are seen then immidietly you should concern with the docter ,with the help of docter and 3MEDS .we can treat this disease early and 3MEDS is a best online pharmacy in India.

What causes the Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a disease which is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis . TB can spread though via droplets present in the air ,while talking with the infected person.  When a person have pulmonary tuberculosis it can spread this disease via coughing,sneezing and laugh etc.
As per the research it is found that only a person who is having active TB can transmitt and spread this disease  to others ,and others can't transmitt the infections who have taken properly antibiotics or medicines for appropriate period of time.

How to diagnose Tuberculosis
As there is two types of TB are present ,Latent and active Tuberculosis . In latent tuberculosis there is no symptoms are there therefore the diagnose of this latent phase TB is very difficult . However active TB can diagnose easily by appearance of many symptoms . For the diagnosis docter will first examine the condition of the patient and after that with the help of family history and other symptoms will help in the diagnosis.
There are certain tests available for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
 TB skin test
TB blood test.

Although above tests will not able to tell whether the person have active or latent TB bacilli. Thefore other test such as chest x-ray and CT scan test etc are reliable source for  diagnosis. Sputum test is help in the diagnosis of tuberculosis bacilli and it is a primary and cheaper test . Sputum test can be done by acid fast staining method  .

What are the treatment available for tuberculosis
If symptoms will appear in early stage then with the  help of antibiotics it is treatble. The treatment is varying from latent TB to active TB.  latent TB treatment  may involve taking an antibiotic once a week for 12 weeks or every day for 9 months. 
Treatment for active TB may include taking medicines for upto 6-9 month. As this is a active pahse of tuberculosis and tuberculosis bacteria are present in the lungs and respiratory system. The treatment may be fail if the tubercular bacilli has got adapted or resistance to the perticular antibiotics.

Conclusion
Tuberculosis is highly infectious disease which is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. There are two types of Tuberculosis such as latent and active TB are there . This disease can be easily transmitt through the. Infected person . For the treatment if this disease certain DOTS and other centers are available . Tuberculosis is curable if appearance of early symptoms and diagnosis is easier.
Stay safe and stay healthy !!!!!!!

_ Waheedunnisa chaudri
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