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What food is better for the tb patient?
A healthy diet is vital for anyone who has TB; foods should include plenty of vegetables and fruits, lean protein, and unsaturates fats.
What is the recommended food for a TB patient?
A TB or tuberculosis patient needs to have a balanced diet and enough rest and exercise. Depending on the present weight and height of the patient, the usual prescribed food is high in calorie and protein to increase muscle mass (as there is much wasting in a severe TB patient). Adequate servings of fruits and vegetables are also recommended so as to increase the immune system.
Is TB meningitis is one of the leading cause of child mortality in the Philippines?
Yes
Can you kiss your wife who is a TB patient?
No
For most cases of tb the recommended length of drug therapy is?
For most cases of TB, the recommended length of drug therapy is 6 to 9 months.
How disease like tuberculosis and pneumonia transmit from and infected person to an healthy person?
For tuberculosis: it is transmitted by droplets, i.e. coughing or sneezing. For pneumonia: viral pneumonia, again, droplets. Bacterial pneumonia, normal body bacteria from the skin and mucous membranes, travel to the lungs and cause infection in the presence of fluid in the lungs, like there would be if you were congested. In all instances, having a suppressed immune system can increase the chances of getting the disease/illness.
What is brain tuberculosis called?
Yes, it is. Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious, airborne disease that typically affects the lungs. TB is caused by a bacterium. If the infection is not treated quickly, the bacteria can travel through the bloodstream to infect other organs and tissues. Sometimes, the bacteria will travel to the meninges, which are the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Infected meninges can result in a life-threatening condition known as meningeal tuberculosis. Meningeal tuberculosis is also known as tubercular meningitis or TB meningitis.
Can you kiss your wife who is a abdominal TB patient?
Yes, one can contract TB from inhaling the infected particles from someone who has TB, so therefore kissing someone with TB will definitely give you the disease.
What are the deadliest diseases?
Heart disease, cancer, whooping cough,TB ,malaria, HIV/AIDS, meningitis and tetanus are some of the deadliest diseases.
How contagious is tuberculous meningitis?
It is very contagious and is usually spread through intimate contact, kissing, drinking from the same bottle or glass. sharing towels keeping tooth brushes in close contact etc.
Can a fully cured TB patient be suspected to have latent TB?
Yes, it is possible that a person previously diagnosed with active TB and was completely cured be suspected to haveÊlatent TB. Aside from the medicine that cured the patient of active TB, there is also a high chance that the body's immune system has controlled the infection but unable to completely remove it from the body. Hence, the infection remains in the body, lying in an inactive or latent state.
Can a patient get TB from a cadaver ligament used in ACL reconstruction surgery?
very unlikely
