Tuberculosis (TB or TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria Mikobakterium tuberculosis. These bacteria are bacillus bacteria so strongly that it takes a long time to treat it. These bacteria often infect the lungs organs compared to other parts of the human body.
TB disease can affect anyone (old, young, male, female, poor, or
rich) and anywhere. Each year, Indonesia increased by a quarter million new cases of TB and about 140,000 deaths occur annually due to TB. In fact, Indonesia is the largest third country with the problem of TB in the world.
Some ways that can be used for TB treatment are:
1. The use of BCG vaccine (Bacille Calmette-Guerin).
2. Treatment in patients with latent tuberculosis.
3. Treatment in patients with active tuberculosis with antibiotics (isoniazid, rifampin, etc.) for about 6 months.
and also by BCG immunization, how to injections in the upper arm (intrakutan)
TB symptoms:
TB patients often 1.Para cough. From this cough, inhaled TB germs to the lungs of children who are healthy.
2.TBC also be transmitted through milk. How to spread through the milk is not sterile (usually only heated to 60 degrees Celsius).
3.Increase lymph nodes especially on the side of the neck, lord, more than one and no pain.
4.Sometimes no gastrointestinal symptoms quiz: constant diarrhea reply treatment did not recover with diarrhea, lump in stomach or abdomen enlarged fluid filled.
