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Author: Tiffany Introduction: Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can affect multiple organs throughout the body
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Tuberculosis is the most common .

The clinical course is mostly chronic, manifested as low-grade fever in the afternoon, night sweats, fatigue, weight loss and other systemic symptoms
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Most patients have a good prognosis after anti-tuberculosis treatment, but due to the increasingly serious problem of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, some patients may need repeated treatment
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that seriously endangers the health of patients.
If it can be diagnosed early and treated with standardized treatment, most patients can be cured and the prognosis is good.
If the diagnosis and treatment of severely ill tuberculosis is delayed, it can lead to death
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To prevent or prevent the spread of this disease, it is very important to find the route of transmission of this kind of pathogenic bacteria in order to cut off the spread of pathogens
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However, the medical and scientific circles do not have a comprehensive understanding of the transmission mode of this disease.
Recently, scientists have discovered another transmission mode, which is expected to bring effective methods to control and treat this disease
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This Tuesday, a new study released at an important conference showed that breathing is enough to spread a kind of bacteria, which is the "killer" that causes tuberculosis.
This has forced the medical community to focus on how to contain and treat coughs for decades.
The strategy started to rethink
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The research team at the University of Cape Town in South Africa used state-of-the-art equipment to measure the pathogenic factor-Mycobacterium (Mtb) in 39 tuberculosis patients
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Let me first introduce what this bacteria is
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
tuberculosis), commonly known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the pathogen that causes tuberculosis
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It can invade all organs of the body, but tuberculosis is the most common
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Tuberculosis is still an important infectious disease
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According to WHO, about 8 million new cases occur every year, and at least 3 million people die from the disease
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Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the mortality rate was 200-300 people per 100,000, ranking first among the causes of deaths from various diseases.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the people’s living standards have improved and the sanitation status has improved.
In particular, mass prevention and treatment have been carried out.
Children are generally vaccinated against BCG and tuberculosis.
Morbidity and mortality have been greatly reduced
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However, it should be noted that the incidence of AIDS, drug abuse, immunosuppressant application, alcoholism, poverty and other reasons in some areas of the world is on the rise again
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In this unfolding study, scientists observed the aerosols released by these tuberculosis patients during normal breathing, deep breathing, and coughing.
They found that after five minutes, the three gas particles produced in different situations will be It produces Mycobacterium tuberculosis that contains this high risk of disease
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This group of researchers explained: Although the Mycobacterium tuberculosis produced by coughing is three times that produced by breathing, because people breathe all day long, exhalation alone is enough to cause 90% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the air.
It threatens people's health and lives invisibly
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In the historical development of mankind, tuberculosis is the world’s largest “killer of infectious diseases”, causing an average of 1.
5 million deaths worldwide each year.
This number has been the highest among all diseases until now.
In recent years, its death toll has only been surpassed by the new crown epidemic
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This picture is an electronic scan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a chronic cough caused by this bacterium.
It is a sign of tuberculosis.
So far, scientists' research on this disease has mainly focused on infected people who show symptoms.
However, similar to the situation of the new crown, some TB patients are asymptomatic
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Ryan Dinkele, the leader of the study, said: “The current tuberculosis treatment methods used by the medical community are only for tuberculosis patients who are seriously ill and are eager to seek treatment.
Not all tuberculosis patients.
In our latest discovery, we Recognize the limitations of these current treatment methods, because we know from research that this pathogenic bacteria can enter the air through daily breathing, but some patients will not have obvious symptoms, if these are asymptomatic It is very dangerous for patients to undergo isolation treatment and unknowingly let them live in the same space and community as normal people
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It can be seen from this that these findings explain many of us that it is difficult to find answers for a long period of time The current method of treating this disease can no longer play a very effective and long-term role in suppressing the spread of tuberculosis, because there is another more common way of transmission of pathogenic bacteria! If you do not realize this , Then the medical field’s treatment of tuberculosis will be ineffective, because it cannot prevent tuberculosis from spreading more widely
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” Dinkele added: “Another effective and feasible method is to identify and screen for tuberculosis as soon as possible.
Patients, rather than waiting for them to come; however, if the patients are asymptomatic and unknowingly spread pathogenic bacteria into the air, this will bring greater challenges to our work
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" This research also gave the scientific community another new revelation, that is: Traditionally, sputum was used to diagnose tuberculosis, but now, aerosols should be used as a marker to diagnose tuberculosis infection
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According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about a quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis bacteria, but only 5% to 15% of them are sick.
Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries.

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Dinkele pointed out: “Controlling this disease requires not only the identification and screening of potential early spreaders, but also measures to improve our air safety issues.
Think about the harmful Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is released into the air by patients through breathing.
How to solve it
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" Dinkele also said: "In this regard, all walks of life can actively take measures to make appropriate improvements, such as: increasing air circulation, filtering and disinfection in buildings, to better protect uninfected people.
However, the cost of these changes may be high
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Therefore, for poorer countries, this is undoubtedly a big obstacle to making these changes
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"Reference: https://medicalxpress.
com/news/2021 -10-tuberculosis-bacteria.
html Note: This article aims to introduce the progress of medical research and cannot be used as a reference for treatment options
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