Description According to the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention‚ Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria normally infects the lung but can invade any organ such as the spine‚ kidney and brain. If the infection is not appropriately treated the person can die (CDC‚ 2012). There are two TB related conditions: latent TB infection and TB disease. TB is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people
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Tuberculosis (TB): A Worldwide Epidemic Iliana Roller Gateway Community College DMI 222 – Advanced Radiographic Pathology One third of the world’s population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB) making this disease one of the most serious global health problems existing today. TB is especially dangerous for people that have weaken immune systems and is one of the top leading causes of death worldwide; ranking alongside the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (World Health Organization (WHO)
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the world call Tuberculosis (TB). The goal is to prevent the disease and prevent the spread of the disease from the teaching that the community health nurse will provide. An individual can die if TB is left untreated. Active Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. This respiratory disease that in most common in the lungs. (World Health Organization‚ 2014). Other parts of the body are affected by TB is the brain which causes tuberculosis
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in attaining the control over the communicable diseases‚ compared to the other parts of the world since 1940s‚ communicable diseases are still leading cause of death in the United States.(Maurer &Smith‚ 2012). Tuberculosis(TB) is a air bourn infectious disease which is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. People who are living in poor socioeconomic background and who are living in medically underserved communities are more prone to this deadly
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tuberculosis‚ or TB. Many centuries have passed since Hippocrates‚ and TB has been a major scourge to humans as well as other species. In the early 20th Century‚ TB was called “consumption” or “White Plague”‚ which was rated as the number one killer of Canadians. For many centuries‚ the “White Plague” continued to be a menace due to individual’s lack of understanding of the disease and the improper medical equipment and medicines to help fight it. However‚ the understanding of TB combined with the
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Tuberculosis (TB) causes 1.4 million deaths every year (Dash‚ 2013). Misuse of anti-tuberculosis drugs and late detection and/or diagnosis has contributed to the emergence of drug-resistant TB (Dash‚ 2013). Drug resistant tuberculosis is referred to as either multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)‚ or extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB)‚ both of which create obstacles for successful treatment (Lehne‚ 2013). Lehne (2013) defines MDR-TB as a TB that does not respond to either isoniazide or rifampin. XDR-TB is defined
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Tuberculosis…………………………………………………………………….5 4 NAMIBIAN STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THE SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS…...7 5CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS………………………....9 6 RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN TB CONTROL……………9 7 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN RELATION TO TB CONTROL…………………10 8 SUMMARY………………………………………………………………………………………………11 9 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………………………..12 1 INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis‚ a preventative and curable disease remain the main cause of human
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What- What is Tuberculosis (TB)? A question that most of us are wondering about. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis‚ known as TB‚ is a disease transmitted from person to person that transmits us bacteria through air. It as a really dangerous and deadly disease. there almost no chance for you to live if you get the diseases unless you try to to cure it in the beginning. What- What are the symptoms of the disease ? Pain in the chest No apetite Fever Chills Sweating at night Coughing that lasts
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Wireless Network Plan Deployment Scenario The Infrastructure deployment scenario is recommended for Apex Designs’ Conference Center. Deployment Scenario Reasoning The Infrastructure deployment scenario will allow for wireless access points (WAPs) to be connected to the existing wired network allowing employees with wireless devices the ability to access the company’s network. This is a commonly used method of enhancing an existing wired network while adding the benefit of mobility to employees
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communicable disease that affects a person’s lungs. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium. Untreated TB can be fatal‚ in the past TB was the leading cause of death in the United States. There are two TB related conditions that exit: latent TB infection and Active TB infection. TB can be transmitted to others when an infected person coughs or sneezes. According to the “Center for Disease Control” (2010)‚ "TB disease is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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