RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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Traveling or living in areas where tuberculosis is higher
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weakened immune system
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Lack of medical care
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Use of substances such as tobacco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Smoking damages the lungs and impacts the body’s immune system, making smokers more susceptible to TB infection. The occurrence of TB has been shown to be linked to altered immune response and multiple defects in immune cells such as macrophages, monocytes and CD4 lymphocytes (4).
Detailed explanation-2: -Smoking increases the risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB), increases the risk of recurrent TB and impairs the response to treatment of the disease. Despite evidence showing these harmful links between tobacco and TB, many Ukrainian patients continue to smoke.
Detailed explanation-3: -Apart from diabetes and HIV co-infection, there are many risk factors associated with TB infection and disease such as age, sex, malnutrition (biological factors), tobacco smoking, alcoholism (behavioural factors), poverty, overcrowding and poor housing (socio-economic factors)2, 3, 4.
Detailed explanation-4: -Close contacts of a person with infectious TB disease. Persons who have immigrated from areas of the world with high rates of TB. Children less than 5 years of age who have a positive TB test. More items