KOMPAS.com – Tuberculosis or TBC pulmonary is a bacterial infection that attacks the lung organs.
This disease is easily transmitted from one patient to the surrounding people, but can be cured with the right treatment.
If left untreated, Pulmonary tuberculosis can lead to life-threatening complications of permanent lung damage.
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This disease is still a scourge because it remains in the top 10 causes of death in the world. Here are various symptoms of tuberculosis lungs and the causes that need to be known.
Launch Medical News Today, Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis can develop slowly.
Inevitably, at the beginning of being infected, many people do not realize that they have this disease.
There are several symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis to be aware of, among others:
- A severe cough that lasts for more than three weeks
- Chest pain
- The phlegm has blood
- Hard to breathe
- Weight loss for no apparent reason
- No appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Easily tired or often weak
- The body often has fever and chills
- The body sweats a lot, especially at night
People who have pulmonary tuberculosis are not always symptomatic. Sometimes there is a latent TB type disease.
People with latent TB cannot transmit the disease and do not feel the characteristics of latent TB because their immune system is strong.
However, the immune system is weakened, it is possible for latent TB to develop into active TB disease.
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Like other TB diseases, causes of tuberculosis lungs also come from bacterial infection Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Launch Healthline, not only attacking the lungs, bacteria tuberculosis can also spread to other organs via the bloodstream.
Among them are the lymph nodes, kidneys, brain, lining of the heart, to the bones.
Bacteria causes of pulmonary tuberculosis can be transmitted from one person to another through the air.
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This means that people can become infected with this disease after inhaling the air that is exhaled by a TB sufferer through:
- Cough
- Sneezing
- Laugh
- Sing
The germs that cause tuberculosis can stay in the air for several hours. People can catch this disease when they breathe air that contains these bacteria.
However, usually people only contract this disease if they are too close to sufferers or interact for a long time.
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Pulmonary tuberculosis is susceptible to being transmitted to people closest to or people who have a lot of interactions with sufferers.
Such as family members, co-workers, schoolmates, people living in prisons, lodges, dormitories, nursing homes, hospitals, or shelters.
A person is also more susceptible to pulmonary tuberculosis if he is over 60 years old, small children, smokers, people with autoimmune diseases, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, to people who are undergoing chemotherapy.
Do a health check if there are symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis or someone closest to you is affected by this disease.
These health problems can be detected through sputum tests, CT scans, PCR, and lung biopsy.
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