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March 24, 2020 - What happened that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222286) • United States 24 Mar 20

National Cocktail Day National Agriculture Day 1882 - The bacterium responsible for tuberculosis is discovered. 1958 - Elvis Presley is drafted into the U. S. Army. 1930 - Steve McQueen was born. He was an American actor,...

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October 19 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222286) • United States 19 Oct 19

Sweetest Day Dress Like a Dork Day 1943 - Streptomycin is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. It's the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. 1987 - Black Monday - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22%, 508...

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World Tuberculosis Day! ..

Mohit Arora @mohit459 (12564) • Haldwani, India 24 Mar 18

World Tuberculosis Day is observed on 24 March each year!.. It's was observed to spread the public awareness about the global disease Tuberculosis!. Several efforts have been made to end this epidemic disease!. The theme...

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global disease

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I've got cough a month, did I have to worry?

lutfi @kakah87 (394) • Semarang, Indonesia 28 Oct 17

Extreme weather make me fall sick, I've got cough almost a month. When I call my friend, he knew that I get cough because my voice has change. Then he suggest me to go to doctor immediately, he worry if I get tuberculosis. Did...

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Ahhhhh, late August already and soon many will be fighting the flu

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117199) • El Paso, Texas 24 Aug 17

I had to use this shot of Ally. A few minutes before I got this shot she was chasing that damn wabbit and as usual it won. Oh well, at least she had fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's that...

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My daughter was diagnosed of primary Koch's infection

Mae @junmae (1586) • Philippines 19 Apr 17

My daughter was recently diagnosed for primary Koch’s infection. She had suffered cough for more than 2 weeks. The Doctor said it was just an allergy so I just bought the medicine that he prescribed. She finished the 7 day...

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primary complex

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Cheated the own sister for the sake of money

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 15 Apr 17

Is money everything in one's life? What about the value of Relationships? Are relationships governed only by money? Is money stronger than a relationship between a brother and his own sister? Is it the only force to bind any kind...

relationships

money is the binding force between any

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He died of Tuberculosis!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 23 Jan 16

My great great grandfather (I believe that's the relation) died from complications of tuberculosis. He did not have to die that way though. According to what I have been told, he was made to get out of the fields. I think he was...

family history

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TB girl dies because GP told her 'she was probably pining for a boy'

Eucalyptus @Eucalyptus (151) 17 May 12

A young girl of 15 years old died here in the UK (Birmingham) of tuberculosis, and her doctor failed to recognise the signs despite her history of TB. When she visited him looking frail, thin, lifeless and exhausted, he asked her...

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Test to detect tuberculosis at the early stage.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 7 Aug 11

A test developed recently to detect tuberculosis seems to be effective in accurately tracing the disease early. It can thus potentially cut delays in diagnosis and treatment of the disease, reducing tuberculosis- related morbidity...

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TB stricken far flung areas

freymind @freymind (1351) • Philippines 5 May 11

Tuberculosis nowadays are very manageable and just a couple of drugs a daily for 6 months and it is even given for free by the government as long as you make sure that you take the drugs regularly you’re good to go. So why is...

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Reappearance of diseases claimed to be controlled or eradicated earlier.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 28 Mar 11

All diseases that were once claimed to be controlled if not eradicated totally are found to reappear again with more and more virulence. Examples are malaria, tuberculosis and so on. Do you think it as an underassessment or...

medical professionals

reappearance

tuberculosis

virulence

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tuberculosis any insight?

treychi @treychi (121) • Philippines 23 Jul 09

I just want to ask people who had TB and got the medication. I was supposed to work for a company and of course they need to have a pre-employment medical examination. After days, they told that I need to get apicolordotic xray....

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A friend just passed away.....

maean_19 @maean_19 (4656) • Philippines 8 Jan 09

She is not actually a long time friend. I just met her last year and she stays at my friend's house as nanny of my friend's 5 year old cousin. We get along well every time I go to my friend's house. Last December 29, she went home...

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How many die a year?

SteveSlaton @SteveSlaton (552) • United States 8 Nov 08

Worldwide, how many die a year from tuberculosis?

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How many are infected?

SteveSlaton @SteveSlaton (552) • United States 8 Nov 08

Worldwide, how many people are infected with the tuberculosis bacteria?

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Exposed to tuberculosis while at work.

lolalolacherrycola @lolalolacherrycola (899) • United States 30 Apr 08

I work as a Registered Nurse at a large inner city teaching hospital. On Friday I was taking care of a patient that had been "cleared" by the pulmonary team, meaning he no longer was on airborne isolation precautions for...

tuberculosis

workplace health risks

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Is tuberculosis common where you live?

desertdarlene @desertdarlene (8911) • United States 3 Apr 08

Tuberculosis is becoming more and more common in my area. We have a lot of immigrants from areas where the disease is common and a lot of people are being exposed to it. Luckily, it's fairly easy and cheap to treat where I live.

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How Common Is TB in the West?

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 29 Mar 08

TB - Tuberculosis, just how common is is in the 21st century in the West? Do you know someone who has had TB or has got TB? Have you ever had TB? Is it curable? What are the signs of TB? Is our modern lifestyle...

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What do you think about the AIDS campaigns?

Vucjak @Vucjak (242) • Macedonia 19 Dec 07

Well, I think we are bombarded with AIDS campaigns. Not that I don't think AIDS is a real threat, I do, I understand what AIDS does, but I think there is way more campaigns and money spent, than the victims of this disease. Why is...