Having said COVID-19, let's move on to the infectious diseases that affect the health of our lungs and prevent us from breathing freely. It's not just COVID-19, but tuberculosis!

Ticking off The 26th World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, 2021, The World Health Organization has launched a campaign this year with The theme: The clock is ticking.

Our propaganda theme is: End the TB epidemic, breathe freely and healthily.

The moral theme

In 2020, we will fight COVID-19 together and achieve great strategic results, but we need to continue to work hard to breathe free and healthy!

We need to step up our efforts to eliminate the social damage caused by these diseases. We need to work against the clock to end tuberculosis, move toward a healthy China, and build a community of shared future for human health.

As soon as possible to achieve fresh and comfortable breathing and healthy and relaxed life!

Tuberculosis is a common chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

In addition to hair and nails, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can affect any other part of the body, such as lymph nodes, bones, joints, skin, etc., but the most common site of infection is the lungs, known as tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide! Five countries -- India, Indonesia, China, the Philippines and Pakistan -- accounted for 56 percent of the 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide, according to the report.

01 Characteristics of Disease

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious chronic respiratory disease, mainly transmitted by respiratory droplets.

02 Vulnerable population

People with low resistance, such as children, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with chronic diseases.

03 Symptoms of Infection

Feelings of fatigue, gratuitless weight loss, long time cough or expectoration, chest tightness, night sweat, etc.

How is it treated?

1. Location of treatment

Tuberculosis patient should be in seat tuberculosis points hospital or tuberculosis prevention and treatment place to accept standard examination and treatment.

2. Treatment cycle

First cure tuberculosis standard cure time is 6 months commonly, retuning cure tuberculosis is 8 months commonly.

3. Treatment methods

Chemical medicament is treated (abridges change cure) it is the most basic method that treats tuberculosis, fight tuberculosis medicament to have more than 20 kinds of much.

At present, the commonly used anti-tuberculosis drugs include isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide and streptomycin, which are also free therapeutic drugs provided by the country. These drugs have the strongest anti-tuberculosis effect with relatively few adverse reactions.

Question response

Q: Can tuberculosis be cured?

If the vast majority can be diagnosed early, take medicine on time, correct and regular treatment, usually can be cured at the end of the course of treatment.

Q: If you get the BCG vaccine, you won't get tuberculosis?

It is important to understand that vaccination does not mean entering a safe realm, but only preventing and reducing the risk of disease.