'World Tuberculosis Day'
World tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.3 million died from the disease, mostly in low and middle-income countries.[1]
It is generally accepted that Mycobacterium tuberculosis originated from other, more primitive organisms of the same genus Mycobacterium. ... Even if researchers theorise that humans first acquired it in Africa about 5,000 years ago, there is evidence that first tuberculosis infection happened about 9,000 years ago.
Tuberculosis was first discovered on March 24, 1882, Robert Koch announced his discovery that TB was caused by a bacteria in his presentation “Die Aetiologies der Tuberculous” at the Berlin Physiological Society conference. ... Today, we know TB is an airborne infectious disease, spread when a person with TB disease coughs, speaks, or sings.
In 1943, Selman Waksman discovered a compound that acted against M. tuberculosis, called streptomycin. The compound was first given to a human patient in November 1949 and the patient was cured.
Symptoms of Tuberculosis:
The symptoms of TB include a low-grade fever, night sweats, weakness or tiredness, and weight loss. If TB is in the lungs, the person may also cough, have chest pain, shortness of breath or might be coughing up blood. Other symptoms depend on the part of the body affected by the TB germs.
Tuberculosis diagnozises:
There are two kinds of tests that are used to detect TB bacteria in the body: the TB skin test (TST) and TB blood tests. ... Other tests, such as a chest x-ray and a sample of sputum, are needed to see whether the person has TB disease.
Cure for Tuberculosis:
• Isoniazid (INH), also called Dom-Isoniazid®, Isotamine®, or PMS-Isoniazid®. It comes as pills or syrup.
• Rifampin (RMP), also called Rifadin® or Rofact®. It comes as pills.
• Pyrazinamide (PZA), also called PMS-Pyrazinamide® or Tebrazid®. It comes as pills.
• Ethambutol (EMB), also called Etibi®. It comes as pills.
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