TB Quiz
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| How does TB spread | Through the air from one person to another. When a person with active TB disease coughs, sneezes or sings.
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| How is TB not spread | by shaking hands, sharing food or drink, touching bed linens or toilet seats, sharing toothbrushes or kissing
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| s/s for Latent TB Infection | none
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| s/s for TB Disease | a bad cough for three weeks or longer, chest pain, hemoptysis, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, decrease appitite, chills, fever, and night sweats
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| Name the two TB related conditions? | Latent TB infection and TB disease
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| Do people with TB feel sick? | latent infection = no,
disease = yes
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| Who can spread TB? | latent infection = no,
disease = yes
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| Results of skin or blood test for TB | latent infection = usually positive,
disease = usually positive
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| Chest x-ray and sputum smear results | latent = normal and negative,
disease = abnormal and positive
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| What does TB stand for? | tuberculosis
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| Name the bacterium that causes TB? | Mycobacterium turberculosis
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| Where does the TB bacterium attack? | usually lungs, but can attack any part of the body....kidney spine or brain
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| Does everyone infected with TB get sick? | no
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| What % of people infected get sick? | 5% - 10%
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| How long does it take for an infected person to get sick? | Some develope TB disease within weeks and others years.
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| Why does it take some people longer to develop TB disease? | Increased risk for developing TB disease for persons whose immune systems are weak.
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| What are the two catagories for people at high risk for devloping TB disease? | People who have been recently infected with TB bacteria. People with a medical condition that weakens the immune system.
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| Who are the people most likely to be recently infected with TB bacteria? | Close contacts of a person with TB disease,
Persons who have immigrated from areas of the world with high rates of TB
Children less than 5 years old who have a positive TB test
Groups such as homeless persons,Injection drug users and people with HIV
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| What conditions weaken your immune system making you a higher risk for developing TB disease? | HIV,
Substance abuse,
Diabetes,
Severe kidney disease,
Low body weight,
Organ transplants,
Head and neck Cancer,and
Corticosteroids
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| Treatment for Latent TB infections | Isoniazid (INH),
Rifampin (RIF)
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| Treatment for TB Disease | Isoniazid (INH),
Rifampin (RIF),
Ethambutol (EMB), and
Pyrazinamide (PZA)
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| Name the two phases for treating TB Disease. | Initial phase = 2 months
Continuation phase = 4 to 7 months
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| TB that is resistant to drugs | is harder and more expensive to treat
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