While tuberculosis may be easy to contract, it is also simple to prevent. Prevention is paramount to avoiding the complications that could result. Symptoms include a persistent cough, weight loss, fatigue, fever and night sweats. Supplements that can help with relief include turmeric, astragalus, ...
2. What are TB symptoms? The main suspicious symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis include coughing and expectoration for more than 2 weeks or blood-tinged sputum. Other symptoms may include chest pain, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, l...
This study takes a household perspective to investigate receipt of appropriate care and affordability of services for different socio- economic groups with TB symptoms in rural China.Tuohong ZhangShenglan TangGao JunMargaret Whitehead
Elderly individuals with TB may not display typical signs and symptoms of TB infection because they may not have a good immune response. Active TB infection in this age group may manifest as non-resolving pneumonitis. Chest pain in patients with TB can also result from tuberculous acute pericar...
CAPE TOWN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- South African Deputy President David Mabuza on Friday urged South Africans with tuberculosis (TB) symptoms to get tested as the country is waging a war against TB. "If you have symptoms, go and get tested, get treated and tell those in your environment th...
HIV-positive TB presumptive cases, defined as those presenting at the health care facility of MDH's catchment area with at least one of the following TB symptoms: cough, night sweats, weight loss, fever, regardless of duration and who consented to participate, were enrolled in the TOSSE study...
and it is hard to administer isoniazid on a large scale to adults who do not have any symptoms. Taking isoniazid daily for six months is difficult in respect of adherence, and as a result many individuals who could bene...
The current TB approach in Cambodia is insufficient. Natalie Lorent and her team developed an "active case finding strategy", whereby communityhealth workersvisit people at home to actively detect TB symptoms and collect sputum (mucus and saliva) for analysis in local laboratories. They made use ...
The first safety test is used to ensure that there are no signs of TB symptoms, that animals gain weight and that upon autopsy, they do not reveal any sign of TB infection. In our observation period of time (42 days), all animals gained weight regardless of the BCG applied at a 1.5...
tuberculosis could develop latent TB infection (LTBI), which is described as the lack of TB symptoms, yet having a 5–10% chance of developing active TB. This poses a significant problem as LTBI individuals are potential future active TB cases, especially in countries that have high HIV ...