Tuberculosis

SYMPTONS

• Cough, possibly with bloody mucus
• Weight loss
• Fever, Chills
• Loss of appetite
• Pain in chest, short of breath

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PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Elderly
• Infants
• People with a low immune system, for example
• due to AIDS, diabetes, or medicines that weakens
• the immune system

YOUR RISK OF GETTING TUBERCULOSIS

• If you are around people who have Tuberculosis.
• Living in crowded or unclean living conditions.

TUBERCULOSIS BACTERIA

*FACTS*

• Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide.
• In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB.
• In 2012, 530,000 children became ill with TB and 74,000 HIV-negative children died of TB
• The TB death rate dropped 45% between 1990 and 2012.
• Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS

• Amikacin
• Ethionamide
• Moxifloxacin
• Para-aminosalicylic acid
• Streptomycin

TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS

• Isoniazid
• Rifampin
• Pyrazinamide
• Ethambutol

bibliography

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0001000/
• http://www.webmd.com/lung/understanding-tuberculosis-basics