Tips for Preventing Transmission of TB Disease

Tips for Preventing Transmission of TB Disease

Tuberculosis (with Mycobacterium tuberculosis active) belongs to the highly contagious disease. World Health Organization, WHO (World Health Organization) states that one third of the world's population has been infected with this disease bacteria. Actually, the number is just an overview disease bacteria have active TB only, whereas patients with latent TB bacteria (inactivated) is not counted. In fact it could be, more numerous and at times may enlarge a part of a third earlier.

Various attempts have been made health activists and the government. Ranging from prevention to treatment. The goal is that the number of tuberculosis patients did not continue to increase every year and the number of deaths due to TB disease can be reduced.

All the efforts and programs of any party will not be successful selamapencegahan transmission of tuberculosis is not done by any person. There are a few tips to prevent transmission of tuberculosis. These tips can be seen below.

1.      Do not stay long in an enclosed space with people who suffer from tuberculosis (active) until the person is completely otherwise been recovered. You can be with him freely after a minimum of two weeks from the time he was declared completely cured by a doctor.

2.      Always use protector that can inhibit and reduce the entry of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis into the body, such as a mask.

3.      Cover your mouth when you cough.

4.      Do not spit.

5.      If you live with someone who has active TB disease, help, assist, and give always a motivation for him because usually people with tuberculosis feel themselves useless, sensitive, and often plagued by boredom in consuming drugs a lot in a relatively long period of time.

6.      Always check your baby or babies who are in sekelilig you get a vaccine or TB disease. The vaccine is given to infants aged 1 month. Name vaccine is BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin).

That is among the tips to prevent transmission of tuberculosis. Make sure your body to keep it healthy and fit at any time. Because as powerful and sophisticated as any tips to prevent transmission of TB disease will not be useful, if your body is not healthy and fit.