TB is short for "Tuberculosis". It is an infection... and breathing. Side effects associated with TB are: chronic cough (sometimes bloody); fever; chills; weight loss; fatigue or...
2 Answers · Health · 04/04/2009
One factor in the rising TB trend in both the developed and the developing.... Treating patients with drug resistant TB is beyond the pocket of many developing ...
2 Answers · Health · 15/06/2008
TB is transmitted by the inhalation of airborne... when individuals with pulmonary TB , (e.g., individuals with infection involving... The risk of transmission of TB from one individual to another is dependent upon the...
6 Answers · Health · 19/02/2007
TB is a highly infectious disease spread by close contact with an infected person it is carried...form that the man on the plane had was multi drug resistant which is the deadliest form of TB and they are unable to treat with TB medications or any medications that is why...
3 Answers · Health · 30/05/2007
The two TB test are part of the standard recommended 2-step... booster phenomena is why you receive two TB test. In someone who has been infected...
3 Answers · Health · 16/06/2008
TB skin tests should not be given to people that have a documented...positive tests and carry it with you when you are screened for TB . Even if you were treated for latent TB in the past...
5 Answers · Health · 08/11/2010
TB or Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria that...be acquired from it. As your story narrates, it is impossible for you to acquire TB by just having exposure to dirty water droplets from the pipes. It is possible though...
1 Answers · Health · 15/11/2008
TB tests are called PPD. A positive PPD can be a result to exposure to TB or other disease. People who grow up in a farm...which will destroy your immune system and if you have TB previously it'll take advantage of the weakened...
5 Answers · Health · 26/02/2008
TB can fortunately be treated quite thoroughly in the West. You won't die. You will have to endure considerable treatment. Once the TB becomes dormant, you will be a carrier for life, and you may experience a resurgence...
2 Answers · Health · 11/06/2008
If he has latent TB infection, no one can catch TB from him If you have active TB ...'s called "extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis," or XDR TB . It can't be cured by the two best first-line...
3 Answers · Health · 12/11/2011