MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.

Detailed explanation-2: -People with TB disease need to take several medicines when they start treatment. After taking TB medicine for several weeks, a doctor will be able to tell TB patients when they are no longer able to spread TB germs to others. Most people with TB disease will need to take TB medicine for at least 6 months to be cured.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people who have latent TB infection never develop TB disease. In these people, the TB bacteria remain inactive for a lifetime without causing disease. But in other people, especially people who have a weak immune system, the bacteria become active, multiply, and cause TB disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -In most healthy people the immune system is able to destroy the bacteria that cause TB. However, in some cases the bacteria infect the body but don’t cause any symptoms (latent TB), or the infection begins to cause symptoms within weeks or months (active TB).

Detailed explanation-5: -Kissing, hugging, or shaking hands with a person who has TB doesn’t spread the disease. Likewise, sharing bed linens, clothes, or a toilet seat isn’t how the disease spreads either.