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TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any part of your body, but they usually attack the lungs. TB disease was once the leading cause of death in the United States.

In the 1940s, scientists discovered the first of several drugs now used to treat TB. As a result, TB slowly began to disappear in the United States. But TB has come back. After 1984, the number of TB cases reported in the United States began to increase. More than 25,000 cases were reported in 1993. But since then the number has steadily declined to about 14,500 cases in 2004.

TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.

People who are infected with TB do not feel sick, do not have any symptoms, and cannot spread TB. But they may develop TB disease at some time in the future. People with TB disease can be treated and cured if they seek medical help. Even better, people who have Latent TB Infection(LTBI) but are not yet sick can take medicine so that they will never develop TB disease.

This short guide answers common questions about TB. Please ask your doctor or nurse if you have other questions about TB infection or TB disease.

中文名稱叫 肺結核

更多的解釋在這裡 : Tuberculosis - wikipedia



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今天早上去到公司 聽到一個消息
有個外勞被送進了醫院....
得的就是這個病...
因為不是公民 所以住院會很貴
聽說是一天RM300...看起來是蠻嚴重的

外勞都需要做身體檢驗的
應該不會不知道有這種病
為何還沒被送回去我就不知道了

只是覺得自身的安全受到威脅
因為這病是會傳染的捏....
最近身邊的同事也很多在生病
世界上不是流感就是腦膜炎

今天聽到這種消息 真的有點愕然....