Until now Tuberculosis disease or better known as TB is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. TB disease can affect anyone, from old age to youth, from male - male and female, rich or poor, and the disease can attack us anywhere.
TB disease is still the world's attention due to infectious disease and no country is free from tuberculosis, including Indonesia. Because Indonesia is the third largest country worldwide to the problem of tuberculosis. The death rate caused by the bacteria that causes tuberculosis mycobacterium tuberculosis that is too high and it is possible if the number be increased annually or less. Here's a little explanation about the disease tuberculosis.
Recently reported that Nine people have contracted tuberculosis while 34 others have developed asymptomatic forms of the disease after coming into contact last year with an Asian student living in Tokyo, the metropolitan government has revealed.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Social Welfare and Public Health Bureau, the man in his 20s, who Came to Japan in April 2015, is living in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, where he Attends a Japanese language school.
One Japanese teacher and Several other foreign nationals, students at the same school, are Among Reviews those who have developed symptoms, Yoshiyuki Sugishita, an official with the bureau, of toll The Japan Times on Wednesday.
"The disease has spread since the first patient Began developing symptoms," Sugishita said, adding that it Remained unclear how and when the man contracted the disease.
Metropolitan Government Officials believe that the student had ignored the symptoms Initially. This, combined with the long periods of time spent in the school's confined space, Contributed to the spread of the disease Among the students and teacher.
Sugishita said the man, Whose identity has been withheld due to privacy concerns, has shown symptoms of the disease, Including A Nagging cough, since September but, unaware of his condition, continued to Attend classes.
He was Diagnosed with tuberculosis in November when an abnormality in his chest was discovered through an X-ray test.
Of Reviews those who Came into contact with the man at the language school, five contracted tuberculosis while 29 were asymptomatic.
Tuberculosis bacteria are usually spread via the air when Reviews those with an active form of the disease in their lungs cough, spit, sneeze or speak.
The man has been sharing a living space, and three of the residents also developed Similar symptoms, Including a dry cough, while infections in two other residents were confirmed via blood tests.
The bacteria apparently spread Also at the man's workplace in Saitama Prefecture, where he works part-time. One person there was found to have an active form of the disease.
The blood tests latent infections confirmed in 34 of 146 people who had contact with the Asian student and underwent medical tests. All have been undergoing treatment to Prevent further development of the disease or are under observation, Officials said.
According to the bureau, the Asian student has finished his treatment and his condition has improved.
Sugishita warned that the infection may have spread to others who have not had health checkups, but said that most of Reviews those in close contact with the student had received medical care.
"There is no ongoing risk of further transmission from Reviews those already Diagnosed with infections as they have already had treatment," said Sugishita.
Officials said 10 to 20 percent of tuberculosis cases see symptoms develop between about six and 24 months after infection. Patients with latent forms of tuberculosis are not at risk of spreading the disease.
Although tuberculosis is commonly thought of as a disease of modern medicine has conquered, the metropolitan government the data show that 2,533 new cases were discovered in 2014 in Tokyo alone. The same year, 216 people Died from the disease in the capital.
What it is Tuberculosis?
The name Tuberculosis comes from kara Tubercles which means small, hard lumps. Because the TB disease occurs when the immune system ridging build a wall around the TB bacteria in the lungs (pulmonary TB). Disease Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and deadly disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes infection of the respiratory tract and more affects nearly 90% gets lung - the lung compared with other organs in the human body. Because it is no active TB in the lungs - lungs (pulmonary TB) or TB are infectious up to the spine, kidney and brain (extrapulmonary TB) which are commonly found in patients with HIV. If the Outer pulmonary TB cases occur all have happened if that person had suffered from tuberculosis but not treated to infect other parts of the body.
TB Patient Characteristics:
Patients who develop TB disease is common to feel the fever is not very high but it lasted long enough and often mnegeluarkan sweat at night. So we can anticipate TB disease is early, here are some symptoms you should know:
- A cough that - constantly and phlegm for three weeks even more
- cough accompanied by phlegm and blood (coughing up blood)
- Appetite is reduced, resulting in weight loss
- The Agency often feel weak and lethargic
- Fever and chills that can be felt by more than one month
- Frequent sweating every night for no apparent reason
- Shortness of breath or chest pain
How to Treat tuberculosis Naturally
1. Honey
We may have read the history of medical science that first, Ibn Sina has been using honey for first aid in treating lung disease (tuberculosis). So did the western scientists, among them are doctors who taught at the University Kuyaif in Ukraine. In the 1980s they believe that honey is a panacea Crippled lung disease (tuberculosis), sore throat, and inflammation of the lung tissue. Treatment with honey really has shown positive results were amazing, especially to cure lung disease (tuberculosis) in first aid. How honey can cure disease? On the other hand, scientists have not managed to find out the content of a substance in honey that can kill the TB microbes.
2. Skin mangosteen
The skin of the mangosteen contains xanthones antioxidant compounds whose levels far exceed the antioxidant content of antioxidants such as vitamins C and E.
As antioxidants in general as an antioxidant xanthones has properties that remove toxins from the body, causing various diseases.
From the results of the study revealed that the potent substances xanthones in mangosteen peel is the best antioxidant that can kill and inhibit the growth of bacteria that cause TB disease that grows on lungs and can improve patient endurance so that the patient endurance have increased and capable counteract free radicals.
