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    PRESENTATION ON

    TUBERCULOSIS
    (TB)
    PRESENTED BY -- MEENA ROSE TOPPO
    CHIEF NURSING SUPRITENDENT
    DEFENATION ON TUBERCULOSIS
    • TB IS SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH THE AIR.
    • TB IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA CALLED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. THE
    BACTERIA, OR TB GERMS, USUALLY ATTACK THE LUNGS. HOWEVER, TB GERMS CAN
    ATTACK ANY PART OF THE BODY SUCH AS THE KIDNEY, SPINE, OR BRAIN.
    • PULMONARY TB IS TB IN THE LUNGS.
    • EXTRAPULMONARY TB IS TB IN PLACES OTHER THAN THE LUNGS, SUCH AS THE
    KIDNEY, SPINE, OR BRAIN.
    • NOT EVERYONE INFECTED WITH TB GERMS BECOMES SICK.
    CAUSE OF DEATH DUE TO INFECTIOUS
    DISEASE (T B)
    • TB IS NOT A DISEASE OF THE PAST.

    • TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES STILL SUFFER FROM TB.

    • IN 2019, THERE WERE 8,976 CASES OF TB DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS
    THE LOWEST NUMBER ON RECORD.

    • TB IS A SERIOUS DISEASE THAT CAN CAUSE A PERSON TO BECOME VERY SICK IF NOT
    TREATED WITH MEDICINE.

    • TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT AND CURE TB.


    HOW TB SPREADS
    TB SPREADS
    THROUGH THE AIR

    TB SPREADS FROM
    PERSON TO PERSON
    WHEN SOMEONE WITH
    CONTAGIOUS TB COUGHS,
    SPEAKS, OR SINGS.

    5
    TB IS NOT SPREAD BY

    •SHARING •SHARING FOOD,


    DRINK, OR UTENSILS
    TOOTHBRUS
    HES

    •TOUCHING BED
    Shaking LINENS OR TOILETS
    someone’s
    hand
    TWO TB-RELATED CONDITIONS

    LATENT TB INFECTION (LTBI)


    • PEOPLE WITH LATENT TB INFECTION
    • DO NOT FEEL SICK, DO NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS, AND CANNOT SPREAD
    TB GERMS TO OTHERS.
    • CAN HAVE LATENT TB INFECTION FOR YEARS.
    • HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF TB GERMS IN THEIR BODIES THAT ARE
    ALIVE BUT INACTIVE.

    • LATENT TB INFECTION CAN DEVELOP INTO TB DISEASE.

    TB DISEASE
    • IF TB GERMS BECOME ACTIVE AND MULTIPLY,
    • LATENT TB INFECTION CAN TURN INTO TB DISEASE.
    NOT EVERYONE WHO IS INFECTED WITH TB
    BECOMES SICK
    Person with Person with
    Latent TB Infection TB Disease
    Has a small amount of TB germs in Has a large amount of active TB
    his/her body that are alive but inactive germs in his/her body

    Cannot spread TB germs to others May spread TB germs to others


    Does not feel sick, but may become May feel sick and may have symptoms
    sick if the germs become active in such as a cough, fever, and/or weight
    his/her body loss
    Usually has a positive TB skin test or Usually has a positive TB skin test or
    TB blood test result indicating TB TB blood test result indicating TB
    infection infection

    Should consider treatment for latent


    Needs treatment for TB disease
    TB infection to prevent TB disease
    POSSIBLE TB DISEASE SYMPTOMS

    NIGHT SWEATS CHILLS


    FEVER

    WEAKNESS
    WEIGHT NO APPETITE
    OR
    LOSS
    FATIGUE

    COUGH LASTING COUGHING UP


    LONGER THAN PAIN IN BLOOD OR
    3 WEEKS THE CHEST SPUTUM
    (PHLEGM FROM
    INSIDE THE LUNGS) 10

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