ANYONE CAN GET TUBERCULOSIS (TB); DON’T HIDE, ACT RIGHT
Reproduced from internet Whenever I doubt patient of chronic cough if I inquire whether he had any history of TB, he gets reluctant to answer. Many doctors face this situation and find difficulty in getting the information. TB has always been a taboo in our society and accepting having the disease brings on resistance from society. Even after rigorous efforts of World Health Organization (WHO) that memorializes each year World TB Day on March 24 to raise awareness about the consequence of tuberculosis (TB) on health, poor response from masses is observed. Due to social stigma, delayed reporting, not realizing that anyone can get it or for any other reason treatment is delayed, its outcome can be worst to deadly. Certainly despite significant efforts over the last years this deadly disease continues to claim over 4500 lives a day . Anyone Can Get TB TB disease spreads from person to person through air. It is thought that it is a disease of poor...