Beware of Pulmonary Tuberculosis as early as possible
Explanations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that is common, and in many cases lethal. The disease is caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other body parts. Tuberculosis is spread through the air when a person with active TB infection cough, sneeze, or spit granules spread them over the air. Infection generally asimtomatikdan latent TB. However, only one in ten latent infections progressing to active disease. If tuberculosis is not treated then more than 50% of people infected could die. https://id.wikipedia.org
Cause
The disease is spread through microscopic droplets that are released through the air when someone coughs, clean, spitting, laughing or even singing.
Although the disease is contagious, it is much more likely to be infected with tuberculosis from someone who live with or work with those who are susceptible to TB disease. Most people with active TB who've had appropriate drug treatment for at least two weeks is usually no longer contagious.
Disease symptoms
Symptoms usually occur in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is the sweat that comes out at night for no apparent reason and experience some of the symptoms above. But to find out more about the person must immediately dieperiksakan in order to find out more about what happened. To make a diagnosis of this disease is carried out research with mealkukan microscopic sputum examination and also rotgen.
How Tuberculosis Lung Disease
- Take medication regularly, usually need to consume the drug for 6 months continuously.
- Make a habit of closing the mouth when sneezing or coughing.
- If Spitting, expected in a place exposed to sunlight or a place that is filled with soapy water or carbol
- Drying bed the patient regularly.
- Keep the house ventilation is adequate. open a window to air circulation smoothly.
- Perform BCG immunization in infants
- Increase consumption of nutritious foods to increase endurance.
- Use safety / personal protective equipment when direct contact with TB patients
Treatment of Diseases
Patients with this disease need regular treatment and sustainable. This treatment requires a time ranging from six months to nine months or even more. This disease can be cured if the patient regularly taking medications that doctors prescribe and improve her endurance with a fairly good nutrition.
While undergoing the treatment process and to keep up with a better then expected active role of patients to check up blood, sputum, urine and X-ray or x-rays every 3 months. The drug-obtan are generally given is Isoniazid and rifampin as a basic treatment for patients with tuberculosis, but because of the possibility of resistance to both drugs the doctor may decide to give additional drugs such as pyrazinamide and streptomycin sulfate or ethambutol HCL as a single entity known 'Triple Drug '.