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Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis

 The bacterium tubercle bacillus causes tuberculosis (TB), a contagious, airborne infection that destroys body tissue. Pulmonary TB occurs when M. tuberculosis primarily attacks the lungs. However, it can spread from there to other organs. Pulmonary TB is curable with an early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment. Pulmonary TB, also referred to as consumption, spread widely as a plague during the 18th and 19th centuries in North America and Europe. After the invention of antibiotics like streptomycin and particularly isoniazid, along side improved living standards, doctors were better ready to treat and control the spread of TB. Since that point , TB has been in decline in most industrialized nations. However, TB remains in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source, with an estimated 95 percent of TB diagnoses as well as TB-related deaths occur in developing countries. That said, it’s important to protect yourself against TB. Over 9.6 million people have a lively sort of the disease, consistent with the American Lung Association (ALA). If left untreated, the disease can cause life-threatening complications like permanent lung damage. Being exposed to M. tuberculosis doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get sick. Among the 2.5 billion people who carry the germ, most have latent TB.  

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