How to prevent tuberculosis?

        In recent years, the number of pulmonary tuberculosis infections in our country has continued to increase. Tuberculosis is the most common chronic infectious disease in our country. Most people do not know enough about its harm, so they pay less attention and are less vigilant. Because the school gathers people from different areas, the population is highly concentrated, and close contact, so the risk of contracting tuberculosis is greatly increased. For example, on August 19, 2017, a tuberculosis emergency occurred in the Fourth Middle School in Taojiang County, Hunan Province. A student in a certain class of the third grade of high school in this school did not pay attention to and ignored prevention. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis, many students Successive infections. As of November 24, 2017, the school had a total of 81 confirmed cases and 7 suspected cases. Therefore, it is very necessary to improve the awareness of tuberculosis, and prevention of tuberculosis cannot be ignored.

       1. What is tuberculosis?
 
  Pulmonary tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease that is caused by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through the respiratory tract to the human body and seriously harms human health, which is extremely harmful to individuals and families. If you don’t get a thorough treatment for tuberculosis, you will partly or completely lose your ability to work and may spread it to others.
 
   2. Symptoms of tuberculosis
 
   Most of the manifestations are cough, early dry cough, or a small amount of mucous sputum. As the disease progresses, a large amount of mucous sputum or skin sputum can be coughed up. There will be fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, and long-term low-grade fever. In severe cases, high fever may not go away, and may be accompanied by hemoptysis and chest pain.
 
   The transmission route of tuberculosis:
 
   When a tuberculosis patient coughs or sneezes through the air, the droplets containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be spread in the air and can stay for several hours. If it is inhaled by others, it can cause infection.
        3. How to prevent tuberculosis
 
        The infection rate of tuberculosis is affected by many factors, such as the severity of infectious patients, the amount of bacteria excreted, room ventilation, closeness of contacts, immunity of contacts, etc. Therefore, the following ways can prevent tuberculosis :
 
   1. Once infection is found, the source of infection should be notified and controlled immediately.
 
   2. Keep indoor air circulation, open windows frequently to keep fresh indoor air.
 
  3. Develop good hygiene habits, wash hands frequently, change clothes frequently, etc.
 
   4. Enhance physical fitness, improve immunity, exercise more, live a regular life, get enough sleep, pay attention to diet, etc.



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