TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Ever had a cold sweat at night without activity? Or decreased appetite, weight loss, bad feeling, weakness, fever is not too high in a long time?
Cough doesn’t stop for more than 2 weeks? Sometimes influenza comes and goes? If these symptoms appear, you should be vigilant, they could be early symptoms TBCTuberculosis.
Disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
must know, TBC it is a disease that is easily transmitted, through the medium of liquid (droplets) from coughing or sneezing sufferers.
“To confirm TB or not, it is better to test in a laboratory,” suggested the CEO of the CITO Clinical Laboratory, Dr. Dyah Anggraeni MKes SPPk in his statement, quoted Tuesday (29/3/2022).
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Other possible symptoms TBC is shortness of breath. Breath sounds are weak and accompanied by shortness of breath.
This occurs due to partial blockage of the bronchi (the tubes leading to the lungs) due to compression of the enlarged lymph nodes.
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In fact, including if there is fluid in the pleural cavity (wrapping the lungs), which can be accompanied by complaints of chest pain.
He explained, WHO in 2020 noted that there were 30 countries that accounted for 86% of cases TBC new.
Eight countries account for two-thirds of the total cases.
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