Tuberculosis is a disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis is transmitted through the air (via a spark sputum tuberculosis sufferers). When people with TB cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they sprinkled the tuberculosis germs into the air. A person can be exposed by inhaling the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis only a small number of tuberculosis germs. In children the source of infection is generally derived from adult patients with tuberculosis.

 
Many people in the world are infected with this disease, because most often, the dreaded disease and one-third of the total world population which is now almost infected with this disease. According to WHO estimates in 2007, there were 13.7 million chronic active cases, which have been seen primarily in developing countries and out of all there are 9.3 million new cases, and 1.8 million deaths in the report estimates.
Most cases of true tuberculosis infection seen in smokers, people who live below the poverty and misery, alcoholics and people with low immune systems.
The main symptoms of patients with tuberculosis are coughing up phlegm for 2 to 3 weeks or more. There are several symptoms that include fever continuous systematic, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, vaginal discharge, and feel tired most of the time. People who are infected have smelling mucus. Some additional lung infection that can be included, such as the pleura in tuberculosis pleurisy which the central nervous system are affected.
Tuberculosis treatment lasts a long time, 6-9 months, to give excellent results in patients. Some cases have side effects. In order to prevent them from occurring doctor monitorizes closely the evolution of patients by performing blood tests urine, and chest X-rays. kill the bacteria as a primary goal of treatment Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis treatment is really important, because patients lose the support of the immune system strong and urgently needed antibiotics to kill bacteria.

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