Tuberculosis. Peace requires rescue

Tuberculosis - the plague, just our time. These diseases - tuberculosis and plague, really a lot in common. Basic social reasons, because of which might produce an outbreak of tuberculosis - the material and cultural poverty. Many people believe that tuberculosis - a disease "prison", that is suffering from an exceptionally prisoners. But this is outdated information. Tuberculosis has long gone beyond the walls of prisons and successfully conquer new territory.
Infected with tuberculosis is quite simple. The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. Tuberculosis), which causes tuberculosis and, unusually mobile and quite well adapted to the drugs and conditions. Tuberculosis Infection usually occurs by airborne droplets, the presence of bacteria in the saliva of the patient M. Tuberculosis. In most cases, tuberculosis primary infected organ - it is easy, however, any organ in the body may be infected. Lots infected body slowly beginning to get inflamed. Sometimes our body can overcome the infection itself, but without treatment is high risk of relapse and disease progression.
There is another form of tuberculosis - latent TB infection. In this case, the bacteria can live in the body for a long time, while remaining inactive. The infection just waiting for its time, so that when the immunity drops, for example due to illness or due to old age, to start their own business. The most effective treatment of latent TB.
HIV-positive patients, the risk of tuberculosis can be increased by 100%.
World Health Organization recommends that infants be immunized tuberculosis in regions of the world where tuberculosis is rampant especially. The effectiveness of such vaccinations each year decreased as tuberculosis is changing, he comes up with the times ... Today, the effectiveness of the vaccine - 50%.
Every year, tuberculosis increased resistance to various drugs. A major product - the total of four. That is what people would do, the bacteria become more robust and better adapt to any conditions.
The main reasons for developing tuberculosis: poverty, poverty, illiteracy, inadequate policy of public health facilities and illiterate government's actions. The most effective means to fight tuberculosis - social (not just advertising) and policies designed to eliminate health illiteracy in the country to educate the citizens of love for themselves and their children, to cultivate faith in the future and the Fatherland. In other cases, we risk getting bogged down not only in political conflicts, but also in social diseases, among which one of the main - tuberculosis.