Nearly a quarter of the world's population is at risk of catching this dreaded disease

Pulmonary tuberculosis - one of the four serious problems today is no longer a hard-to-treat disease. But not so that it is less dangerous and the likelihood of us getting really high TB ​​is startling.

The time when tuberculosis was one of the "incurable diseases " (4 difficult conditions) was long gone, especially in the rich countries.
However, in other words, TB is also one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. It is estimated that only in 2015, 1.8 million people died of the disease.

Tuberculosis - a disease that causes 1.8 million deaths each year.

Unlike other bacteria, tuberculois can be infected without TB . But contrary to the current idea that only 10% of infected people will develop the disease, we are all at risk, because even after tens of years after the bacteria can still wait to attack the body if conditions are met. suitable.

And actually, about 20 years ago, it was estimated that one-third of the world's population is carrying TB. However, as time passed, the world population increased by 20%. Moreover, today's medicine has also made great strides, so it must be changed a bit.

To determine this change, scientists conducted a TB bacteriological study in 180 countries (99% of the world's population). More specifically, the team at Sheffield University and Rein Houben (UK) used data from WHO before 1990, combining data from the current survey.

Tuberculosis is still infecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

As a result, the number of people infected with TB is about 1.7 billion people - that is, nearly a quarter of the current world population. In terms of ratio, it may decrease, but the actual number is still high.

80% of these come from countries in Asia and Africa, and often focus on the elderly . Notably, nearly 100 million children are now infected with TB - a number that exceeds the total number of people in Germany.

Recently, humanity has officially eliminated the extremely dangerous smallpox worldwide. So to do the same thing with tuberculosis, experts say we need to target this 1.7 billion group. By doing this, humankind can accomplish the goal of TB reduction proposed by WHO in 2035, which aims to completely eliminate tuberculosis in 2050.

Say anything, TB is still an extremely dangerous disease.

Besides, Pete Dodd, who led the study, said that eliminating tuberculosis should be a priority, as it is still an extremely dangerous disease. It is still infecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide, causing 1.8 million deaths each year.
The study was published in Plos One Medicine.

To effectively prevent tuberculosis, BCG vaccination is needed for newborns.

1. All people with signs of TB need to be diagnosed early by having tests at a medical facility and treating them for treatment.
2. People need to eat enough food, exercise regularly to increase the body's resistance to diseases, including tuberculosis.
3. Family, relatives, friends need to encourage suspects to go to medical facilities to examine and treat tuberculosis.Remind patients to take medicine regularly according to the instructions of health workers, and well implement preventive measures when taking care of TB patients.

We can infect tuberculosis by breathing the same atmosphere with patients with tuberculosis ; due to frequent activities in polluted, dusty, dark places (perfect environment for tuberculosis); Or by eating dirty food.

To prevent TB infection, the most important thing you need to do is to eat healthy and nutritious, exercise regularly to increase resistance.

In addition, limit contact with infected people , and encourage people with signs of TB to go to the examination as soon as possible. Pulmonary tuberculosis is not too difficult to cure, but if it is long, the death rate will increase.

Infants should soon take BCG vaccination .