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Disease Forms - Bacterial Tuberculosis Flashcards

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What is Tuberculosis?

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Myobacterium Tuberculosis - a contagious disease infecting the lungs.

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How is it transmitted?

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Airborne - microdroplets; coughing, sneezing, speaking.

Tubercle Bacilli can remain suspended in the air for long periods of time and carried by air currents.

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What are its symptoms?

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Sickness/weakness, fever, weight loss, coughing chest pain and coughing up blood.

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How can the disease be contained/managed?

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Treatment and avoid transmission.

Latent TB can turn active (contagious) at unpredictable times.

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