Research Paper Final Draft

Andrew C. Pascual
Monday, May16, 2011
Period 3
Research Paper
Sweet TB

Have you ever had loss of energy, cough, loss of weight, or night sweats? Once a person is infected, he or she risks developing active tuberculosis, and that risk can remain throughout life. An estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2009. The highest number of deaths was in the Africa Region. Tuberculosis is a very strong infection, get help if you have these following conditions, loss of weight, loss of energy, poor appetite, fever, a productive cough, shortness of breath.
According to these conditions in ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’, these harmful conditions are indeed dangerous and may need seeking of a health professional, TB will eat away cells that are active causing the immune system to shut down. Which will eventually kill you slowly, in a matter of days. According to researched data on tuberculosis, ’Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ an estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2009. The highest number of deaths was in all throughout the United States. Many were killed by this plaque, and by not getting treatment of this disease, it may result in activating old infection. Making the micro-bacteria active.
Usually a person has to be close to that certain someone with TB disease for a long period of time. TB can usually spread in between family members, close friends, and people who work or live together. According to ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ as what doctors say. It will not spread if your walking past an infected patient, the only way it will spread would be sitting in the same room together, and of course living with the diseased or infected patient. TB is the most dangerous caused of death throughout the world.
Most people who are infected do not develop TB disease because of their body's defenses protect them. Meaning it's not as strong as the TB infection, according to ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ the disease is a whole different process. In order to get the disease your immune system must absolutely shut down, so that the disease will become active,and is not as easy to become infected by TB, or tuberculosis. An infectious disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues. the lungs, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium. Together we can fight off this terrible disease.
People with TB disease must complete a course of 6 months or even more. 41 million TB patients have been successfully treated in DOTS programs, and up to 6 million lives saved since 1995. 5 million more lives could be saved between now and 2015 by fully funding and implementing “The Global Plan” to stop TB 2011-2015. Hopefully tuberculosis will eventually come to an end, and finally this plaque will no longer be an active disease upon humans. May we live in harmony.



















References

"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. N.p., 17 May 2011. Web. 17 May 2011. .