tuberculosis
Chronic bacterial disease
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs, causing coughing, fever, weight loss, and if untreated, death.
Once called consumption because patients seemed to waste away, it remains a leading cause of death worldwide despite being largely curable with antibiotics.
Abbreviated TB: She tested positive for TB.
Facility for prolonged recovery
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
- fresh air cureHealing through outdoor exposure
Genus of tuberculosis bacteria
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- bacillusCylindrical bacterial cell
- scrofulaTuberculous cervical lymphadenitis
- granulomaInflammatory mass walling off foreign material
caseous necrosis · latent · extrapulmonary · cavitary · Koch's bacillus · Pott's disease · consumption · white plague
Transmissible between people
- airborneTraveling through air
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- inhalationTaking breath in
quarantine · isolation · sanatorium · infectious · contact tracing · ventilation · close contact · crowding
Respiratory chest organs
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- sputumExpelled lung mucus
- pleurisyInflamed lung membrane
- chest x-rayRadiographic image of torso
respiratory · infiltrate · bronchial · cavitation · consolidation · fibrosis · pneumothorax · apical
Excessive perspiration during sleep
- feverElevated body temperature
- weight lossReduction in body mass
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
pallor · wasting · emaciation · cachexia · malaise · anorexia · chills · chronic cough
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- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- streptomycinAminoglycoside antibiotic for TB
Administered immunity booster
- immunityProtected from harm
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
- screeningEvaluative selection process
Sudden eruption of trouble
- endemicNative to one area
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- mortalityState of eventual death
- prevalenceState of being widespread
epidemiology · pandemic · public health crisis · notification · global health · WHO
Internal lung inspection via tube
sanatorium
Facility for prolonged recovery
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
Doc Holliday · fresh air cure · heliotherapy · Victorian era · decline
mycobacterium
Genus of tuberculosis bacteria
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- bacillusCylindrical bacterial cell
- scrofulaTuberculous cervical lymphadenitis
granuloma · caseous necrosis · latent · extrapulmonary · cavitary · Koch's bacillus · Pott's disease · consumption · white plague · reactivation
contagious
Transmissible between people
inhalation · quarantine · isolation · sanatorium · infectious · contact tracing · ventilation · close contact · crowding
lungs
Respiratory chest organs
chest x-ray · respiratory · infiltrate · bronchial · cavitation · consolidation · fibrosis · pneumothorax · apical · dyspnea
night sweats
Excessive perspiration during sleep
- feverElevated body temperature
- weight lossReduction in body mass
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
weakness · pallor · wasting · emaciation · cachexia · malaise · anorexia · chills · chronic cough · low-grade fever
DOTS
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- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
vaccination
Administered immunity booster
- immunityProtected from harm
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- infection controlPreventing pathogen transmission
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
prevalence · epidemiology · pandemic · public health crisis · notification · global health · WHO
bronchoscopy
Internal lung inspection via tube
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tuberculosishealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · vitality · robust health · clean bill of health · remission
tuberculosisviral pneumonia
Infectious lung inflammation
influenza · COVID-19 · viral infection · RSV
- tuberculosis screeningExam for mycobacterial lung disease
- tuberculosis testDiagnostic for lung disease
- tuberculosis treatmentCare for bacterial lung disease
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