Tuberculosis symptoms - Life with tuberculosis - Children with tuberculosis 
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Tuberculosis is a disease that primarily affects the respiratory system. It causes widespread loss of human lives and affects people of all age groups. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for causing this deadly disease. The bacteria specifically target the lungs. If left untreated for long time, tuberculosis can affect vital organs too. This leads to tremendous weight loss and muscle wastage in the affected person. More...
The World Health Organization has stated that each year almost 100,000 children gets affected with tuberculosis and eventually die. Child deaths due to tuberculosis are more apparent in low income groups, especially in underdeveloped countries. In some rare cases, tuberculosis may also affect the children of North America.More...
How Contagious Is Tuberculosis ?
To kill the bacteria that cause tuberculosis is a time consuming process. Therefore, it is mandatory to start the treatment at the earliest. The drug combinations that are required to treat tuberculosis are namely ethambutol, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin and streptomycin.More...
Tuberculosis, or TB, as it is commonly termed as is an infectious disease. The prime target of this disease is the lungs. Sometimes, it might get spread to other body parts also such as joints, bladder, spine and the brain.More...
Long Term Effects Of Tuberculosis
The initial stages of TB sometimes go unnoticed as the symptoms are not very apparent. During the initial stages the bacteria remains in a latent from not causing much problems however as the stages progresses and the bacteria becomes active it might lead to serious complications.More...
TB is very serious kind of bacterial infection which can be fatal. It invariably affects the lungs and the respiratory tracts. The bacteria responsible for causing TB are known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This kind of bacterium is generally present in the atmospheric air. It is highly contagious. These are released in very small droplets in the air and can be transmitted through breathing the infected air.More...