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Aerosolized Capreomycin for Inhibition of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by nih.gov Posted Sun 27 Feb 2011 7:00pm Description of Invention: is technology involves the methods of reformulation of Capreomycin for the aerosol treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a devastating lung disease that is highly infectious and easily transmitted, especially in areas of overcrowding such as prisons. Furthermore, underdeveloped countries with large Read on »
Tuberculosis Facts And Treatments by Shilah C. Azib Posted Fri 26 Feb 2010 12:48pm affect your lung directly, due to which lung swells painfully making breathing uneasy. As Tuberculosis infects lungs directly, it is also known as Pulmonary TB, which is usual form... easily all over body infecting other body parts. This Tuberculosis is known as extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis. In extreme stage, nervous system gets affected leaving your body Read on »
Clubbed! by Dr. Indian Medic .. Patient Expert Posted Sun 18 Jan 2009 1:54am Severe pneumonia, Pulmonary tuberculosis, or Chronic bronchiectasis. CXR - showed a totally whitewashed right lung. Consolidtion? Tumor? (Didn’t have my trusty Sony Digicam Read on »
Allergy by yam Posted Wed 23 Jun 2010 10:20pm My kids were sickly babies. Almost every month, we would visit their doctor for treatment. They were often afflicted with cough and cold, bronchitis and asthma, or primary complex or Pulmonary Tuberculosis in children. And the perpetrators were cigarette smoke, dust and other allergy-causing air pollutants. Our refrigerator would virtually turn Read on »
Novel Anti-Mycobacterial Compositions and Their Use for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Related Diseases by nih.gov Posted Sun 27 Feb 2011 7:00pm of these are M. tuberculosis, which causes pulmonary tuberculosis, and M. leprae, which causes leprosy. Tuberculosis is a major worldwide problem, especially among HIV-infected and other Read on »
Home Treatments for Tuberculosis by Yusuf Posted Sat 21 Mar 2009 12:00am . How is tuberculosis transmitted? The tuberculosis germ is carried on droplets in the air, and can enter the body through the airway. A person with active pulmonary tuberculosis can spread the disease by coughing or sneezing. The process of catching tuberculosis involves two stages: first, a person has to become infected; second, the infection has Read on »
Other or different types of tuberculosis by auntie_biotic Posted Sat 13 Dec 2008 3:21pm When people including doctors are writing about tuberculosis they usually begin: “ Tuberculosis is spread by......... ” or “ Tuberculosis symptoms are........”. This is wrong. Most people are usually speaking of ONE type of tuberculosis in fact PULMONARY (Lung) TUBERCULOSIS. It is easier to think of tuberculosis in a similar way to cancer. ... Read on »
World Diabetes Day (Why It's So Important) by Penny .. Patient Expert Posted Fri 14 Nov 2008 7:06am with type 1 diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis. His diabetes is not under control. Most of the time his blood sugars range from 300 – 500 mg/dl (16.5 – 27.5 mmol/L). He usually gets Read on »
Renal TB by Matt S. Posted Sat 29 Aug 2009 12:00am TB is classically thought of as a pulmonary disease--and in general, this is true, as pulmonary TB is by far the most common (and often very severe) manifestation...-pulmonary TB in most series according to this 2001 JASN review . The name "renal tuberculosis" is a little misleading, since TB infection can actually cause renal problems Read on »
The Marshall Protocol and other fairy tales by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:45pm 1 Comment of last century, the AMA specifically excluded pulmonary TB from the list of TB infections that ultraviolet light helps. They did so because many of the early pioneers of solariums reported that acutely high doses of sunlight caused some patients with severe pulmonary TB to bleed to death. Thus, these pioneers developed very conservative sun exposure regimes Read on »