Kansas is the greatest appearance of tuberculosis recorded in the history of the U.S., according to local health officials.
January 24 to 24, 67 cases Active TB 60, including Wyandotte County and Zazpiak, according to Johnson County, Canas Department of Health and Environment.
There are also rough cases of 79 TV, including Wyandotte County 77 and two, in Johnson County. Wyandotte County Kansas City and Johnson County is located in the southwest of Kansas city.
Explosive cases were first reported in January 2024 by KDH. So far, two dead brushes have been killed, both of those who happened last year.
“Current city of Kansas, Kan. Tuberculosis (TB) is the largest documentation in U.S. today (since the 1950s, when the disease control and prevention centers began to be notified),” Kdhe said in a statement. “It’s still constant, which means there could be more cases.”
Multinucleat of giant cells in a light microographer in tuberculation lymph nodes.
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Health officials say that it is “very low” and the department of disease control and prevention centers for the general public.
TV is a disease caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, CDC. It is one of the most important infectious diseases killers, the Federal Health Agency says.
TB spreads in the air from one person to another. When TB coughing, speaking or sings, germs are expelled in the air – they can last for several hours – another person inhales and pollute.
Signs and symptoms Enter a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, blood or flesh, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, desire to eat, fever, cold and night sweats, according to CDC.
Some people infect with TV germs living in the body without causing diseases. This is known as Inactive TB or tb latent.
People with idle TB don’t feel bad, they don’t have symptoms and they can’t spread germs to other people, CDCK says. However, without receiving treatment, people with idle TB can develop active TB.
Last year, the US saw more than 8,700 cases of TB, according to CDC data. Although they have been TV cases Constantly declining from the middle of the 1990sThe rates were increased in 2021, 2022 and 2023, with a pre-pandemic level 2023.
There are Several treatment regimes According to the course of treatment, for the disease that can last from anywhere in nine months of the course of four months. Health care providers can take specific regimes for patients with medical conditions such as diabetes or HIV.
Vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is given to children, although it is usually recommended in the US because of low risk of infections with bacteria, the potential of vaccine interference with TV tests, CDC notes. BCG vaccine frequently leaves a scar The recipient was shot where he was given.
