Miliary disease + Secondary TB

Question 1

The disease that occurs when organisms drains through lymphatics and blood vessels to the different organs of the body resulting in small yellow-white consolidate lesion

Answer 1

Miliary disease

Question 2

The miliary diseases is prominent where?

Answer 2

Prominent in the liver, bone marrow, spleen, adrenals, meninges, kidneys, fallopian tubers, and epididymis

Question 3

Rich focus which organ

Answer 3

cortex of brain

Question 4

Simon focus which ogarns

Answer 4

healed site of primary inection at apex of lung

Question 5

Simmond focus which organ

Answer 5

Liver

Question 6

weigart focus which organ

Answer 6

intima of blood vessels

Question 7

Pott’s disease which organs

Answer 7

as tubercular involvement the vertebrae

Question 8

The second most common infectios cause of death in adults wordwide

Answer 8

Mycobacterium TB

Question 9

Explain the airbone transmission of secondary TB

Answer 9

Coughing and sneezing mainly through inhalation

Question 10

The secondary TB arises in previously what host?

Answer 10

the pattern of disease that arises in a previously sensitized host, it arises due to reactivation of dormant primary lesions or due to reinfection.

Question 11

The secondary TB forms cavitary foci of?

Answer 11

caseous necrosis

Question 12

in which patient is the risk of spread high for secondary tuberculosis

Answer 12

The risk of spread of infection to non-infected persons from individuals with cavitary tuberculosis is very high.

Question 13

The risk of spread of infection to non-infected persons from individuals with cavitary tuberculosis is very high. why?

Answer 13

because the patient now coughs sputum that contains bacilli, therefore patient should be isolated for 10-14 days from starting treatment.

Question 14

site of secondary TB

Answer 14

Site: Classically localized to the apex of one or both upper lobes

Question 15

Site: Classically localized to the apex of one or both upper lobes
why?

Answer 15

The reason is obscure but may relate to high oxygen tension in the apices.

Question 16

The regional lymph nodes are? in Secondary TB

Answer 16

The regional lymph nodes are less prominently involved early in the disease than they are in primary TB.

Question 17

complications of secondary TB

Answer 17

Complication : It may progress to Miliary Tuberculosis, which can rupture the macrophages and escape into the bloodstream via lymphatic vessels.