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How does a person without drinking and smoking habit suffer from tb?
TB is a bacterial infection, therefore drinking and smoking has little to do with acquiring a bacterial infection
What secondary bacterial infections can a person get with a common cold?
Colds make the upper respiratory system less resistant to bacterial infection. Secondary bacterial infection may lead to middle ear infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinus infection, or strep throat.
Is orbital cellulitis contagious?
Orbital cellulitis is not contagious, as it is typically caused by a bacterial infection that spreads from nearby sinuses or tissues. It is not transmitted from person to person like a viral infection.
Is lymphadenitis contagious?
Lymphadenitis itself is not contagious. It is typically caused by an infection such as a bacterial or viral infection that can be contagious, but the swelling of the lymph nodes is not spread directly from person to person.
How will you know if its fungal or bacterial?
Sometimes looking at an infection, if it is on the surface, a person can tell; otherwise clinical tests have to be done.
Does the cough and mucus from chronic bronchitis go away?
In most cases of chronic bronchitis, the condition is characterized by episodes of acute bronchitis followed by periods of remission. During the periods of remission, the symptoms should disappear.
What is a contagious bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs?
Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that typically affects the lungs. It is transmitted through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Symptoms can include coughing, weight loss, fever, and fatigue.
When a person has an acute bacterial infection such as meningitis or appendicitis which type of leukocyte increases in number?
Polymorphonucleur neutrophils or polymorphonucleur leukocytes.
What is the difference between sadness and and clinical or chronic depression?
Sadness is a cause of a certain effect that will go away once the person heals, chronic depression has no cause, the person is depressed for no reason and it's not easy to heal.
Why is organism identification important?
So it can be properly treated; for example, if you think someone has a bacterial infection, you would treat that person with antibiotics. If that person actually has a viral infection, they should be receiving anti-virals, not antibiotics. Antibiotics have not affect on viruses.
Which is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs?
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It can be treated with antibiotics but can be serious if left untreated.
What are the reasons why a person has a fever?
A person has fever generally due to infection. In an infection, whether bacterial or viral, the body's "homostat" is reset in order to try to kill off the invading organism as well as speed up all the bodies' reactions, including defensive ones to try to kill off the organism. It is also the effect of chemicals released by the bodies' defensive immunce cells, such as interleukins, that are involved in the immune response.
