24/03/2025
Today is WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY..
What did you know about the infection called TUBERCULOSIS?🤷
Tuberculosis is one of the Top infectious disease killers worldwide..
In 2022, TB is reported to be the cause of over 1.5million death globally.
Tuberculosis is a Airborne disease that is transmitted through the breathing in of infected Air by a virus called MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.
It attacks the lungs causing inflammation which brings about persistent coughing and further leads to lungs tissues damage leading to coughing out of blood or blood stained mucus, and further spreads to attack other body organs.
It is actually possible to be infected with Tuberculosis and yet not feel sick, showing no symptoms of TB, reason is that there two types of TB
Type 1: Latent TB, which the immune system attacks and causing the bacteria to be inactive in the body but yet remains alive in the lungs.
This type can be detected through TB skin test or chest X-ray. This type can end up becoming type 2 "Active TB" if the immune system becomes weakens due to health conditions such a Diabetes, malnutrition, severe stress, Aging etc.
Type 2: Active TB, in this type the bacteria multiply rapidly and overcome the immune system and spread through the lungs causing severe damage to the lungs with symptoms of coughing, night sweats, fever, weight loss, coughing of blood or blood stained mucus.
TB is Preventable and curable.
📌 BCG vaccine is giving at birth to prevent TB
📌 Use of Nose mask in high risk area, e.g hospital, market and overcrowded place.
📌 Keep rooms ventilated.
📌 To cure TB, it is treatable with a 6month course or use of antibiotics which is usually a combination of group of antibiotics.
For any Persistent cough and respiratory discomfort, visit hospital for early diagnosis and treatment.
TB is curable if detected early and treated!
Stay safe, stay protected..
Share this to safe a soul from Tuberculosis today..
