21/06/2023
*RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS*
*manetswa nemaproblems Aya here?*
✅Gararwa rinoramba kupera
✅Kukosora mosvipa ropa
✅Kazarirwa zvakanyanyisa
✅Chikosoro chinonoka kupera
✅Kurwadziwa muchest muchikosora
✅Kufemereka or kufemera pamusoro
✅Kubatwa neflue nguva nenguva
*Tuberculosis* (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from person to person through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
*Signs and symptoms of active TB include:*
🛑Coughing for three or more weeks
🛑Coughing up blood or mucus
🛑Chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing
🛑Unintentional weight loss
🛑Fatigue
🛑Fever
🛑Night sweats
🛑Chills
🛑Loss of appetite
*HIV and TB*
Since the 1980s, tuberculosis cases have increased dramatically because of the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV suppresses the immune system, making it difficult for the body to control TB bacteria. As a result, people with HIV are much more likely to get TB and to progress from latent to active disease than are people who aren't HIV positive
*Risk factors*
✅Using substances. IV drugs or excessive alcohol use weakens your immune system and makes you more vulnerable to tuberculosis.
*✅Using to***co.* To***co use greatly increases the risk of getting TB and dying of it.
*✅Working in health care.* Regular contact with people who are ill increases your chances of exposure to TB bacteria.
Wearing a mask and frequent hand-washing greatly reduce your risk.
*✅Living or working in a residential care facility.* People who live or work in prisons, homeless shelters, psychiatric hospitals or nursing homes are all at a higher risk of tuberculosis due to overcrowding and poor ventilation.
*✅Living with someone infected with TB.* Close contact with someone who has TB increases your risk.
*Weakened immune system*
A healthy immune system often successfully fights TB bacteria.
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