India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs

[prestige]

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Well dude, it does not affect here in the Philippines unlike India's improper sanitation is present. Most likely it will possibly develop. The mycobacteria will mutate in serious cases if the patient fail to comply with TB drugs regimen and makes harder to treat. It will prone to form a multi drug resistance unless if there's proper compliance, TB of course can be treated.

[chris_bern]

sa kamahal man gud sa tambal ang mga virus ug bacteria dali lang mag mutate kay ang mga pasyente kung dili makalimot muinom ug tambal on time sa ila sakit dili makapalit ug tambal due to financial reasons..

[Romeojin]

well the likelihood that it will occur on our country is high. considering we are top ten in the world in TB cases and TB related deaths i think we have more cases than India basing from this graph.



The problem is people are medicating themselves with antibiotics (sometimes they do miss their medications as pointed out) rather than looking for doctors or going to TB center. Which makes this disease resistant to many drugs.

If you had TB or you know someone with TB go to the TB center. thats why we establish those centers and made a law about this cause TB is really a tricky disease.

[prestige]

well the likelihood that it will occur on our country is high. considering we are top ten in the world in TB cases and TB related deaths i think we have more cases than India basing from this graph.

The problem is people are medicating themselves with antibiotics (sometimes they do miss their medications as pointed out) rather than looking for doctors or going to TB center. Which makes this disease resistant to many drugs.

If you had TB or you know someone with TB go to the TB center. thats why we establish those centers and made a law about this cause TB is really a tricky disease.

http://www.who.int/tb/publications/2.../en/index.html


Top 10 countries with TB patients:

India
China
Indonesia
Nigeria
South Africa
Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Pakistan
Philippines
Democratic Republic of the Congo


India ranked number one among the top ten countries with most TB patients while Philippines on the 9th place according to WHO.

[Romeojin]

^^ thanks for the info. i was looking for that.

[prestige]

Welcome dude.

[mets]

yehey number nine ta! atleast wa tawn ta sa top 1..hehe...murag tanan sa listahan third world country gikan..haskang luoya....

[æRLO]

you mean mga pharmaceutical companies gahimo ana nga virus??..kaw way kalag gud ana nila..mas maayo pa man nuon ng mga programmer maghimo ug virus sa computer unya sila ra sad maghimo ug anti virus ana, pero kana, ang kinabuhi sa tawo ilang gihimong pangwarta...sa man na wui!!!

Some factoids with regard to TB in the Philippines.

"An estimated 200,000 to 600,000 Filipinos have active TB"

"Another alarming fact: An estimated 80 percent of Filipinos have latent TB."

"Each person with active TB can spread the disease to 10 other Filipinos each year! This is alarming since there are between 200,000 and 600,000 Filipinos with active TB. Multiply this by 10, and just imagine how much TB is being spread yearly."

Tuberculosis in the Philippines: 10 things you should know - MIND YOUR BODY By Willie T. Ong, MD - The Philippine Star » Lifestyle Features » Health And Family

[peewee_toot]

good luck na lang natoa ni. i hope naa na silay makita nga cure ani nga sakit...

[æRLO]

Just because India has a higher TB prevalence rate doesn't mean the Philippines shouldn't worry. We share similar problems as India, albeit to a lesser degree. We do have a sanitation problem, our urban areas are densely populated which allows diseases to be extremely communicable.

Precaution is ALWAYS better than any cure or treatment. Better safe than sorry guys.