How To Transmission Tuberculosis, How To Prevent, To Symptoms

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YOGYAKARTA Tuberculosis or tuberculosis is a disease because of the Mycococterium tuberculosis bacteria. TB attacks the lungs, but can attack other organs such as the kidneys, lymph nodes, brain membranes, and even bones. The way of transmitting tuberculosis itself is quite diverse.

It should be noted that TB can indeed infect and infect other people. Even high TB cases in Indonesia. Even so, the transmission is not as easy as imagined. Even so, people need to anticipate transmission of TB. Here's how to transmit TB.

On the Healthline website, it is said that TB can spread through the air. The way TB is transmitted by air is when the patient's saliva is in the air suddenly inhaled by another healthy person, the bacteria can infect the person.

It should also be noted that bacteria that cause TB can survive in the air for hours. Even bacteria can last longer if they are in a humid and dark room. To avoid this transmission, TB sufferers are advised to keep wearing masks. In addition, try not to get too close to TB patients.

Transmission of TB can occur due to droplets, namely when a patient coughs, sneeps, or dies. TB patients are advised to pay attention to how he coughs, sneezing, and relieves him so as not to become a medium for transmitting bacteria to others.

Although TB bacteria can be transmitted from droplets, it should be noted that TB germs are not that easy to infect someone. Human lung immune cells are basically capable of killing bacteria that infect. However, if the immune condition is weak or because there are other medical conditions, the TB bacteria will easily infect someone.

Prevention of tuberculosis can be done with several preventive measures. This step is important so that bacteria do not infect others. Here's how to prevent tuberculosis.

Quoted from AI Care, people who are infected with TB do not always experience illness. Even so, there are some symptoms that appear when someone has TB, which is as follows.

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