Tuberculosis9


 * Jessica Brown

Summary:** Tuberculosis is a disease that attacks the lungs. Sometimes Tuberculosis can get so bad that it can travel outside of the lungs and spread to other parts of the body. My Comic Life is a scene with a patient at the doctors explaining what her symptoms are. As she explains what is wrong, you will learn about the symptoms, acquisition, prevention, diagnosis, and treatments of Tuberculosis.


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 * Outline:**

I. Overview A) How it develops a) Develops when Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria are inhaled b) The infection usually stays in the lungs (1) Sometimes the bacteria travels through the blood stream to other parts of the body II. Pathology A) Primary infection a) The first infection may be to mild that they don’t know they have the disease b) If you have latent tuberculosis then it cant be spread (1) You don’t show any symptoms B) Active infection a) When the disease becomes active it is highly contagious (1) If it becomes active then you show the symptoms of the disease III. Symptoms A) Active Tuberculosis Symptoms a) A cough with thick and sometimes bloody mucus (1) Lasts for more than two weeks b) Fever with chills and night sweats c) Fatigue d) Loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss e) Shortness of breath and chest pain B) Latent Tuberculosis a) Don’t show any symptoms (1) You can get a TB skin test reaction and it will show positive or negative IV. Acquisition A) Inhaled a) TB is a bacteria that is in the air and when it is inhaled it infects you b) If a person sneezes or coughs on you who have the disease you can catch it. V. Diagnosis A) Most doctors can tell if you have the disease and use your mucus to see if any bacteria grow on it a) The bacteria grow slowly so it may take a few weeks to find out. B) There is a test for Latent Tuberculosis to find out if a person has TB VI. Treatment A) The doctors will give you antibiotics depending on the type of TB to cure it a) The medicine needs to be taken everyday for six-eight months. VII. Only about two or three people die each year from TB A) Even though there is a vaccine for it VIII. Prevention A) No spending time in stuffy, enclosed rooms with anyone who has active TB until that person has been treated for at least 2 weeks B) Wear a facemask around people who have the disease so you don’t catch it. C) If a person you live with has TB, convince them to get treatment for it.

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