How to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis correctly

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Tuberculosis, as we know, is an infectious disease with great lethality. If we do not find it for a long time, it will not only do great harm to the patients themselves, but also cause a large area of infection, so that more people will suffer from tuberculosis, and it is also unfavorable for treatment. Therefore, understanding some methods of tuberculosis examination can help to find tuberculosis patients in advance.

How to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis correctly

1： Go to the hospital for tuberculin test. We know that Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not cause disease when it first parasitizes the human body. So if you have some doubts about yourself at the beginning, I suggest you go to the hospital to do a tuberculin test.

2： X-ray examination. This method is now very commonly used, because it can not only detect tuberculosis early, but also clearly know the development and scope of tuberculosis and other information.

3： Saliva and sputum smears were examined. Tuberculosis can be transmitted through saliva, so the patient's saliva and sputum must contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis, so you can do saliva and sputum smears, and then through microscopic observation to determine whether there is Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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It is definitely beneficial for us to learn certain methods to check tuberculosis. Even if we may not be able to personally use these methods to check whether we have tuberculosis, we will be able to calm down when we encounter similar situations, and we will not know how to save ourselves.