http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/
All this info that I learned from this single website was very interesting. It kind of made me think that I might have tuberculosis, and I started to become curious. Right now I want to go to the hospital and see I have tuberculosis. It's kind of sad that third world countries can't afford the medication and care to treat this disease, and because of this more and more people are being affected. Tuberculosis is an easily cureable disease and can be reduced dramatically. TB is an incredible disease. It's able to survive in a hosts body for years without anything. It can also become resistant to the drugs used to cure it. Tuberculosis is also an aerosol disease! It is transferred just by coughing or sneezing, just like the common cold. Its symptoms are amplified when inside a host with AIDS. Tuberculosis is truly the king of diseases.
RELATED LINKS- Global TB Control Report (2007) - Tuberculosis - Stop TB Partnership
For more information contact:
WHO Media centre Telephone: +41 22 791 2222 E-mail: mediainquiries@who.int
Glenn Thomas - Communication Officer Stop TB, WHO Mobile phone: +41 79 509 0677 E-mail: thomasg@who.int
For more information contact:
WHO Media centre Telephone: +41 22 791 2222 E-mail: mediainquiries@who.int
Glenn Thomas - Communication Officer Stop TB, WHO Mobile phone: +41 79 509 0677 E-mail: thomasg@who.int
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This article tells me a lot about TB because I could tell it was a reliable source just by knowing that it's from the WHO organization. There is even contact info and related links about this topic that could help me even more.
Some interesting things I found out about TB is that one out of every three people is infected with tuberculosis bacillus. Although they have TB, it is not active and is not very serious. I have also found out that tuberculosis is most severe in third world countries such as Africa and South-East Asia. Tuberculosis is cureable but the people living in these countries can not afford to pay for the drugs and medication required to treat TB. For every one person left untreated, 10 - 15 people are infected with TB every year. Even after infection, people may never experience the symptoms of tuberculosis because their immune system is able to isolate the disease. Tuberculosis could stay in someone's body for years until that person's immune system is weakened, making them more susceptible to getting sick. HIV and TB create a killer combination to the human body. Because HIV weakens a person's immune system, tuberculosis is able to make someone sick more easily. Many people die from untreated TB every year, especially in Africa and South-East Asia. Every second someone new is infected with tuberculosis, increasing the death rate caused by TB. Because TB is an aerosol disease, it is almost impossible to prevent from being infected, but it is very easy to be treated and cured for this sickness.
The two most major drugs used to treat TB are rifampicin and isoniazid. If not properly taken, drug resistant TB can be created. This results from ceasing to take the medicine after symptoms have decreased, taking the medicine from an unreliable source, or if doctors prescribe the wrong treatments. Drug resistant tuberculosis can be cured over time with chemotherapy.
All this info that I learned from this single website was very interesting. It kind of made me think that I might have tuberculosis, and I started to become curious. Right now I want to go to the hospital and see I have tuberculosis. It's kind of sad that third world countries can't afford the medication and care to treat this disease, and because of this more and more people are being affected. Tuberculosis is an easily cureable disease and can be reduced dramatically. TB is an incredible disease. It's able to survive in a hosts body for years without anything. It can also become resistant to the drugs used to cure it. Tuberculosis is also an aerosol disease! It is transferred just by coughing or sneezing, just like the common cold. Its symptoms are amplified when inside a host with AIDS. Tuberculosis is truly the king of diseases.
2 comments:
Tuberculosis has shown that it is one of the most lethal diseases in the world. It's sad that countries who are affected the most can't afford proper medication.
This is a great start, Philip. The WHO website is certainly an informative site. What other sites have you visited? What questions arose for you as you learned about the disease? Have any ideas come to mind for your project? (The answers to these questions are all great things to include in your blog!)
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