What is tuberculosis, the disease for which three positives have been confirmed in a school in Badajoz

November 5. Alarms go off quickly in Spain, at the CEIP ‘La Juventud’ center in Badajozafter a possible tuberculosis infection. Currently, after the patients have been analyzed by the Extremadura Health Servicethey have been confirmed to exist three cases and there is another person waiting to give positive.

“Until now, The results indicate that three of them have obtained a first positive result. Now, we are waiting for the results of complementary tests to confirm if they have the disease“, the Ministry of Health and Social Services told ‘Europa Press’.

Definition

Now welldowhat is tuberculosis? Well it’s about a bacterial disease that generally attacks the lungs. Of course, it can harm other parts of the body, including the kidneys, spine and brain.

It can be spread when a person with the disease coughs, sneezes or sings. All of this can cause tiny droplets containing microbes to be released into the air. Another person can then breathe in the droplets, and the microbes can enter your lungs.

two types

Tuberculosis is usually transmitted easily when people gather in crowds or if they live with many other people. With all this, It should be noted that not all people infected with the tuberculosis bacteria become ill.. For this reason, doctors distinguish between:

• latent tuberculosis. You are infected with tuberculosis, but the bacteria in your body are in an inactive state and do not present symptoms.
• active tuberculosis. This condition makes you sick and, in most cases, it can be spread to other people.

Symptoms

The signs and symptoms of active tuberculosis include cough that lasts three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or mucus, chest pain, or pain when breathing or coughing, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, sweating nighttime, loss of appetite, fever…

Although this condition can be treated with medications called antibioticsthere are some types of bacteria that no longer respond correctly to treatments.

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