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Controlling the spread of tuberculosis infection can prevent tuberculous spondylitis and arthritis. Patients who have a positive PPD test (but not active tuberculosis) may decrease their risk by properly taking medicines to prevent tuberculosis. To effectively treat tuberculosis, patients must take their medications exactly as prescribed. [2]
Films about tuberculosis, an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but can also affect other parts of the body. Subcategories
Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. [1] Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis . [ 1 ] Around 10% of latent infections progress to active disease that, if left untreated, kill about half of those affected. [ 1 ]
Tuberculosis spreads through the air from one person to another. Someone with an active infection can put the germs into the air when they cough, speak, or sing. Those germs can hang out in the ...
Tuberculous pericarditis is a condition that accounts for 1-2% of presentations of tuberculosis outside of the lungs. [2] It is found in people of all ages and typically affects males more frequently than females. [4] Tuberculosis is also one of the leading causes of effusive pericarditis worldwide. [6]
Told in both French and Inuktitut, the film is about an Inuk man who is sent to Quebec for tuberculosis treatment. The film was shot in Iqaluit , Nunavut and Quebec City . It received positive reviews and won four Genie Awards , including Best Direction for Pilon, and the Special Grand Prize of the Jury of the Montreal World Film Festival .
In addition to tuberculosis, other possible causes of gibbus deformity include pathological diseases, hereditary and congenital conditions, and physical trauma to the spine that results in injury. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Gibbus deformity may result from the sail vertebrae associated with cretinism (the childhood form of hypothyroidism ...
Pain Hustlers is based on a journalistic account of opioid profiteering. The screenplay was written by Wells Tower, but the plot of the movie is heavily based on The Pain Hustlers, an exposé by ...