Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a very serious disease and if not treated properally it can become fatal. Tuberculosis (TB) has two catagories because not everyone with TB bacteria becomes sick. Latent TB Infection and TB Disease are the two catagories. The bacteria that dwells within the lungs is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it is spread through the air with speech or sneezes and coughs. The bacteria cannot be spread through kissing or sharing of food. Latent TB Infection is when the body has breathed in TB bacteria but is not effected, you neither have symptoms or feel strange. The body fights the bacteria out of the lungs without it becoming noticable, it is not possible to spread the bacteria but it is possible to go from having Latent TB Infection to TB Disease. TB Disease is when Tuberculosis becomes active and can be serious and sometimes fatal. TB testing helps to understand if you contain the bacteria in your body, for Latent TB Infection treatment it reduces the probability that the Latent TB will turn into TB Disease. Treating TB Disease can take up to 9 months, just take the medicine prescribed to you, and take it the right way. 

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