How to avoid getting TB? Bashny.Net

Transmitted like the common cold

1. TB is actually quite contagious, is transmitted in the same way that respiratory viruses are airborne. Then it all depends on how close contact with the patient (and the TB – open or closed), and from the condition of your body. If it is weak, the risk of getting sick after contact with the infection increases.





Where people, there and infection

2. Tuberculosis can be picked up anywhere, it's not an exaggeration. Including in transport. Including in the Elevator. Including at work, in the store, on the station. Simply put, in any public place. Risk of infection through the handrails on the bus or subway, which traditionally afraid of this, if a person with TB sneezes on them and then it will touch the passenger with a weak immune system, then wipe with the same hand, for example, the nose.





Wash hands not only before eating

3. And what in such situation to do? Being cooped up and afraid of every sneeze? There are some measures that can lower both the risk of TB and the development of this disease. The latter deals with vaccination – it does not provide 100 percent protection, but provides protection against severe forms of tuberculosis. Needless to say, once the risk of infection appears in public places should at least wash their hands after their visit, and moreover, the same transport is better not to touch your eyes, mouth and rubbing the nose.

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