(CNN)This is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium calledtuberculosis(also known as TB). Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually affects the lungs. It can also infect other parts of the body, such as the kidneys, spine, and brain.
About tuberculosis
Latent tuberculosis infection:
- People with latent tuberculosis infection show no signs of symptoms and do not feel sick ..
-A skin or blood test will show if a person is infected with bacteria.
-You cannot spread M. tuberculosis from an infected person to others.
-People with latent tuberculosis infection do not develop the disease because the bacteria remain dormant. In other cases, especially when people with weak immunity are involved, the bacteria can become active and cause tuberculosis.
-Treatment is needed to prevent infected people from developing active tuberculosis, but prophylactic treatment may not be an option in some cases.
-Without treatment, about 5-10% of people infected with latent tuberculosis infection will develop the disease.
--Symptoms of tuberculosis in the lungs include hemoptysis and chest pain.
-Other symptoms include weight loss, night sweats, fever, chills, and fatigue.
-M. tuberculosis can spread from infected to others.
-A skin or blood test will show if a person is infected with bacteria.
-Treatment usually involves a combination of medications taken for 6 months. People with weak immunity, such as
-HIVordiabetes,, are more prone to tuberculosis.
-Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death forpeople infected with HIV worldwide.
Facts
When a person infected with tuberculosis coughs, sneezes, talks, or sings, tuberculosis is in the air. Spreads to. Bacteria can stay in the air for hours.
Timeline
1865-French military doctor Jean-Antoine Villemin says that the disease goes from human to animal, or from animal to animal. Prove that it can be contagious.
1882-German doctor Robert Koch has identified the bacterial strain as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
1800s-Tuberculosis causes a quarter of all deaths in Europe in the 19th century. Celebrities who die of tuberculosis include John Keats, Frederick Chopin, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Anton Chekhov, and Franz Kafka.
1930-In Germany, more than 70 babies who received the BCG vaccine died from tuberculosis. It was later concluded that the vaccine was contaminated in the laboratory.
1944-Doctors H. Corwin Hinshaw, Karl H. Pfuetze, William H. Feldman have successfully treated patients with tuberculosis with streptomycin.
1995- WHO will start Directly Observed Treatment (DOTS). This is a treatment plan that includes five elements, including standardized records and reports.
May 26, 2011-Nearly 700 patients and 100 employees contacted employees of a hospital suffering from tuberculosis at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Later, he was exposed to tuberculosis.
2021-One study concludes that 4-month multidrug therapy for treating tuberculosis is as effective as 6-month therapy.