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Why is it necessary to use strong disinfectants in areas exposed to tuberculosis patients?
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Tuberculosis is highly contagious, airborne, and occurs mostly in the lungs, meaning it causes lots of coughing. Coughing itself helps spread the disease, and it's incredibly damaging, and fatal to infants, so preventing its spread is incredibly important.
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Why do Ax Men have tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is a common occupational disease among lumberjacks or Ax Men due to prolonged exposure to dust, smoke, and other particles while working in the forestry industry. Inhaling these particles can lead to the development of tuberculosis over time if proper safety measures are not taken.
Can tb be prevented through immunization?
Tuberculosis is totally preventable, simply by avoiding contact with those who have been exposed to the disease. The are also a number of medications that can be prescribed for those who have inadvertently been exposed to tuberculosis.
To catch tuberculosis a person must?
To get tuberculosis, a person must be exposed to the air exhaled by an infected person for an extended period of time in a confined area.
How tuberculosis prevented?
I don't think that you can prevent this disease so to speak, the only way would be to not get exposed to it in the first place. So if you know someone that has TB avoid contact. This is partly true, and partly false. Having been exposed to tuberculosis and having inhaled tuberculosis germs, one can prevent tuberculosis; meaning tuberculosis disease, or TB by taking preventive medicine, primarily isoniazid or INH supplemented by vitamin B6. The course of treatment is typically 6 months. As the previous person commented, if you never get exposed to TB in the first place, there would be nothing to prevent. Persons that breathe in TB germs and do not have active tuberculosis disease have latent tuberculosis infection, or LTBI. The preventive meds, or INH would be prescribed to persons with LTBI in order to prevent them from developing tuberculosis disease, or TB.
Why does a transfusion reaction not occur the first time a rh positive patient is exposed to rh negative blood?
the transfusion reaction doesn't occur the first time an Rh+ patient is exposed to Rh- blood because the Rh+ patients body hasn't created the antibodies needed to attack the Rh- blood that it comes in contact with. the second time the Rh+ patients body comes in contact with Rh- blood, it will have the antibodies necessary to fight against Rh- blood.
What was the oriental sun treatment?
The oriental sun treatment, also known as heliotherapy, was a therapeutic practice in which patients were exposed to sunlight to improve health and well-being. It was believed that sunlight had healing properties and could help treat various conditions such as tuberculosis, rickets, and depression. However, it fell out of favor due to concerns about sun damage and the development of more effective medical treatments.
How should patients be prepared for a breast self-examination?
Before beginning a monthly BSE, a woman's breasts should be completely exposed.
What would happen if a dialysis patients blood was exposed to plain water instead of dialysis solution?
you will probably die but im not sure
When might it be necessary to use a biohazard bag to collect evidence?
To collect something exposed to biological fluids
Do you have tuberculosis if you have a positive PPD test?
it means you were exposed to the virus, you need to have a chest x-ray to confirm a TB test. If the virus is active a sputum sample is needed to confirm a diagnosis of TB
How can drug resistance be avoided in case of TB?
I don't think that you can prevent this disease so to speak, the only way would be to not get exposed to it in the first place. So if you know someone that has TB avoid contact. This is partly true, and partly false. Having been exposed to tuberculosis and having inhaled tuberculosis germs, one can prevent tuberculosis; meaning tuberculosis disease, or TB by taking preventive medicine, primarily isoniazid or INH supplemented by vitamin B6. The course of treatment is typically 6 months. As the previous person commented, if you never get exposed to TB in the first place, there would be nothing to prevent. Persons that breathe in TB germs and do not have active tuberculosis disease have latent tuberculosis infection, or LTBI. The preventive meds, or INH would be prescribed to persons with LTBI in order to prevent them from developing tuberculosis disease, or TB.
How did Louis Pasteur help to improve the survival of hospital patients?
Louis Pasteur helped improved the survival of hospital patients by establishing the germ theory of illnesses, which led to increased emphasis on cleanliness. He also pioneered the use of vaccines (artificially weakened germs) to prevent diseases to which patients might be exposed.
