What does #tb mean?
TB is an extremely serious infectious disease that affects someone’s lungs and other parts of their body. TB is an abbreviation for ‘tuberculosis’.
How do you make TB?
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It’s spread when a person with active TB disease in their lungs coughs or sneezes and someone else inhales the expelled droplets, which contain TB bacteria.
Is TB a killer disease?
TB is the leading infectious disease killer in the world, claiming 1.5 million lives each year. Of the 10 million individuals who became ill with TB in 2018, approximately three million were “missed” by health systems and do not get the care they need, allowing the disease to continue to be transmitted.
What TB does to the body?
The general symptoms of TB disease include feelings of sickness or weakness, weight loss, fever, and night sweats. The symptoms of TB disease of the lungs also include coughing, chest pain, and the coughing up of blood. Symptoms of TB disease in other parts of the body depend on the area affected.
What animal does tuberculosis come from?
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is another mycobacterium that can cause TB disease in people. M. bovis is most commonly found in cattle and other animals such as bison, elk, and deer.