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Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spread via air. TB disease can spread from the infected part to other organs of the body via lymph nodes and bloodstream. TB is the condition of the lungs, and the infection is most likely to occur if you get exposed to someone with TB on a day-to-day basis. However, the bacteria stay latent after they invade the body. Thus, a small number of people infected with TB will ever have the active disease.<\/p>\n

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People exposed to TB never develop symptoms because the bacteria live in an inactive form in the body. But, when the immune system starts becoming weak, TB bacteria become active and can cause death of tissue in the organs they infect. Some of the typical tuberculosis symptoms include persistent severe cough lasting three weeks or longer, weakness or fatigue, fever, chills, and fatigue. TB disease could be fatal if the active disease left untreated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Causes of Tuberculosis:<\/span><\/h1>\n

Tuberculosis is contagious, but easily it doesn\u2019t catch a person. TB mainly caused by bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow growing and aerobic microbe. The condition spreads when a person with an active TB infection in his\/her lungs coughs or sneezes and someone inhales the expelled droplets, containing TB bacteria. The TB transfers only if someone infected spends prolonged periods with a healthy person.<\/span><\/p>\n

People with weak immune systems are at a high risk of developing active TB. For example, people suffering from HIV have compromised immune system, which makes harder for their body to control TB bacteria. It has been reported that people infected with both HIV and TB are around 20-30% more likely to develop active TB as compared to those who do not have HIV. In addition, usage of tobacco products also increases the risk of developing active TB. Around 20% of tuberculosis cases worldwide are related to smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Treatment of tuberculosis:<\/span><\/h1>\n

Tuberculosis can be cured if it is timely diagnosed and the correct medication is provided. TB can be easily treated with antibiotics, which can be given to anyone, including children, infants, pregnant women and people who have a weak immune system to fight TB bacteria. The standard period of a course of TB antibiotics is about six months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Antibiotics for tuberculosis treatment are prescribed keeping in mind the age, the overall health, the stage of TB (latent or active) and the location of infection. If a person has active TB (affecting the lungs and causing symptoms), then doctors recommend:<\/span><\/p>\n