Tuberculosis Tuberculosis

Group: Kansas universityGroup: Kansas universityMaria Monzon, Lizeth Bautista, Maria Monzon, Lizeth Bautista,

Aransa Balderas Nancy Martinez Aransa Balderas Nancy Martinez

What is TB

• Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is caused by a bacteria called mycobacterium caused by a bacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. tuberculosis.

TB DIAGNOSIS

• The most commonly used diagnosis tool for TB is a simple skin test.

• A small amount of PPD Tuberculin is injected just below the skin of your forearm.

• if you have a hard ,raised red bump means you’re likely to have TB infection.

• The size of the bump determines weather the test results are significant.

• Long terms of prognosis for most treated patients with TB is generally good

• with appropriate treatment it can cure more than 90% of TB patients.

• Patients with TB require treatment with multiple drugs for several months.

• Most people improve after a few weeks of using special treatment which is drugs.

• But the TB bacteria are still active in their bodies

WAYS TO PREVENT TB

• Ways to prevent TB is to be spending a short period time with people who have TB

• Also examine every one in your family to make sure they don’t have TB

• get shots to prevent TB• Also if you are healthy and do exercise you

have less chase of getting any disease like TB.

WAYS TO PREVENT PART 2

• These are the way to prevent TB• Adequate• Exercise • Enough rest and sleep• Balanced diet• Avoidance of smoking and alcohol• Breathing fresh air• Also avoiding cough or sneezing directly at a

person

HOW DOES TB AFFECT THE CELL

• When a person breathes in the TB bacteria it goes in side their body

• Then the macrophages which is the blood cell surrounds the bacteria

• sometimes it could kill the TB bacteria but sometimes it can’t and the TB bacteria multiplies into more.

• To be continue in the next slide……

HOW DOES TB AFFECT THE CELL PART 2

• Then the bacteria uses the macrophages as a transportation and spreads more

• When the TB bacteria grows more it causes symptoms and then if it grows more through out the years the person might get active TB

TB MAP

REFERENCES

• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/8856.phpIS• http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/default.htm• http://www.onlymyhealth.com/what-prognosis-tuberculosis-12

977615764• http://tuberculosis.emedtv.com/tuberculosis/tuberculosis-

cure.html• http://www.everydayhealth.com/tuberculosis/how-does-it-

spread.aspx• http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tuberculosis/DS00372/

DSECTION=symptoms• http://www.ehow.com/how_2050796_prevent-getting-

tb.html• http://www.info.gov.hk/tb_chest/contents/c1212.htm• The map I got from google images

The websites we got information about TB