AZMEX SPECIAL 21-4-18

AZMEX SPECIAL 21 APR 2018

504 new cases of tuberculosis detected
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By: Fernanda Acosta | 04/21/2018 7:37
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/21042018/1332187-Detectan-504-nuevos-casos-de-tuberculosis.html

MEXICALI, Baja California (GH)

Baja California ranks first in terms of morbidity in tuberculosis (TB), which places this disease as one of the main public health problems in the state.

Morbidity refers to the number of people affected during the same season by the disease.
During 2017, 2 thousand 50 new cases were registered in the State, while 504 were registered during the first quarter of 2018.

One thousand 588 of the cases of last year corresponded to the pulmonary presentation of tuberculosis, whose type is the most transmissible of all, representing 80 percent of the total.

Consequence of the condition, in the same period 218 people died.
Tuberculosis mainly affects the population between 20 and 49 years of age, mainly males.

For every woman who gets sick, two men get it, said Jonathan Figueroa, state manager of Microbacteriosis in the Health Sector.
People who have deficiencies in the immune system, such as those with HIV, diabetes, and drug users are more vulnerable to contracting it.

When detected in a timely manner, complications in the health of the infected person can be avoided, and the possibility of death from this cause can be ruled out.

Currently, 75 percent of those who are detected successfully complete the treatment that lasts for six months.
Who carries it and is not treated, can infect up to five people in their environment.
"The diagnosis is free, being a priority disease, it is not necessary to have Seguro Popular to have access to a smear test.
It is done in all health centers and there is enough input for cases that arise during the year. "
Finally, the specialist invited those who are already diagnosed to ask the people around them to have a medical exam.

To those who suspect, he asked them to destigmatize the disease.
"Once we put an end to the stigma that they do not want to be known to have tuberculosis, we will be able to reach the diagnosis sooner and interrupt their chain of transmission."


WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS?

• It is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• It can be prevented and cured, if it is treated in a timely manner.
• It is spread by having contact with droplets of saliva from a person with tuberculosis.
• Severe forms of tuberculosis can be prevented with the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine.
• If you know someone with a cough of more than a month, you may have tuberculosis.
• It is necessary for the person to go to the doctor's office to undergo studies and receive treatment if he or she suffers from this disease.
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