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Is TB curable in early stage?
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
Can tuberculosis be cured now?
There is no cure for TB This is false; TB is treatable. The most common treatment for a latent TB infection is the antibiotic isoniazid.
Can kissing cause tuberculosis?
Kissing, hugging, or shaking hands with a person who has TB doesn’t spread the disease. Likewise, sharing bed linens, clothes, or a toilet seat isn’t how the disease spreads either.
Can You recover from tuberculosis without treatment?
With treatment, most are able to make a full recovery. In addition, some may survive without treatment and may even fully recover from the disease. Without treatment, approximately half of those infected with active TB will eventually die within 5 years of the infection.
How to prevent tuberculosis naturally at home?
Here are some very effective home remedies to treat Tuberculosis (TB) and to prevent this disease. Take raw bananas and get the juice of these bananas. Take 1 cup of this juice in the morning and one cup in the evening. Following the remedy, you can save yourself from Tuberculosis (TB). The next remedy is to take a drumstick.
What was the survival rate for tuberculosis?
15\% with treatment: The death rate from plague is about 50\% without treatment. In the United States, with treatment, the death rate drops to about 15\%.
When did they find the cure for tuberculosis?
Jemma Ransom answered on 21 Mar 2011: If my memory of GCSE history is correct, the vaccine for tuberculosis was developed by a German scientist called Robert Koch in the 1880s. However the cure for TB really came about in the 1940s with the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.