MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -People living with diabetes who are also infected with TB are more likely to develop TB disease and become sick with TB. Someone with untreated latent TB infection and diabetes is more likely to develop TB disease than someone without diabetes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. Not everyone infected with TB bacteria becomes sick. As a result, two TB-related conditions exist: latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rising rates of obesity combined with a genetic predisposition for Type 2 diabetes has caused a slow steady rise in the condition in Mexico over the last 40 years. Now roughly 14 percent of adults in this country of 120 million are living with what can be a devastating and even fatal health condition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mexico has a higher TB rate than does the United States, some 27 cases/100 000 population versus 6.8/100 000. Low socioeconomic status, crowded living conditions, and limited access to health care increase the risk for TB transmission on both sides of the border.