Women and tuberculosis

According to WHO, tuberculosis is the most deadly infection in women, with nearly 1 billion women infected with tuberculosis each year with 2.5 million new cases and about 1 million deaths, part Many people who died from tuberculosis were at the age of childbearing and raising children.

Why are women of childbearing age and raising children more susceptible to TB than other ages and men?

Treatment for patients at Central Hospital of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (Photo: TTO ) - Changes in hormones: estrogen, progesterone and hormonal hormonal appearance make the organs serve the process Pregnancy prepares for childbirth and childbirth such as genital, pelvic, skin, muscle . enhances metabolism, infiltrates more water . along with lung organization: fibrous organizations The scar becomes softer, making TB bacteria easier to operate.

- One more person must be raised but inadequate eating due to morning sickness, lack of food and poverty.

- The mother's body reduces natural immunity to accept a strange body but half of the other.

- The struggle in pregnancy, childbirth and the time of raising children, must also be taken care of, taking on other responsibilities for family life.

The above reasons make TB in women easy to develop at any stage during pregnancy, postpartum and raising children. Not only that, they also have severe tuberculosis such as tuberculosis and tuberculosis with much damage. When they get sick, the children are also easily infected, even spread from the time they are fetuses, it is congenital TB, the treatment will be very difficult.

Some of the following principles need to be followed:

- When taking lungs or capturing other parts to detect tuberculosis lesions, it is necessary to cover lead cloth on the abdomen to avoid teratogenicity, birth defects, even fetal death in pregnant women in the first 3 months. X-rays are a very strong and malignant ray of young cells that need to be very careful.

- When treating mothers, anti-tuberculosis drugs that are toxic to the mother also cause toxicity to the child, especially streptomycin, which can cause deafness and should be replaced by ethambutol.

- There is no indication of absolute abortion but should be advised very well for mother and child.

Isolation for children is necessary when the mother has tuberculosis with tuberculosis in sputum. If the condition does not allow, at least the mother must wear a mask every time she is near, take care of the baby or breast-feeding . until the TB bacteria are negative.

- The child of a TB-infected mother must be carefully monitored to detect congenital TB and should receive early BCG injections to prevent TB infection.

- It is necessary to avoid the excessive fear that the autopsies to detect tuberculosis that affect the fetus when it is discovered that the mother's disease is too severe.

The above mentioned TB for women. However, women play an important role in the prevention of tuberculosis. 'Half of humanity' is considered an essential mesh in TB prevention, because they are active members of TB detection and transmission. They are a factor ensuring the DOTS strategy to win.

With the natural function of being a wife, a mother, a family head, they can advise even asking relatives with symptoms to suspect a medical examination; they can advise patients to follow the principles of treatment and control all happenings . Therefore, the National TB Control Program has collaborated with the Vietnam Women's Union to guarantee for the successful fight against tuberculosis.