The transmission route of tuberculosis

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I have a colleague's family member who has tuberculosis. We all know that tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease. If we don't prevent it well, we will be infected. What is the route of transmission of tuberculosis? I will share with you the route of transmission of tuberculosis.

The transmission route of tuberculosis

First of all, tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can affect many organs of the body, but tuberculosis is the most common. The main transmission route of tuberculosis is droplet infection.

Secondly, when patients with open tuberculosis cough, sneeze and laugh loudly, they spray out droplets with bacteria and infect healthy people. If the patient spits everywhere, after the sputum is dry, the bacteria will spread in the air with the dust.

Finally, the main route of transmission is respiratory tract infection, that is respiratory droplet infection. Tuberculosis is very infectious in the active period, and it is basically not infectious in the recovery period. Eating will not be infectious, even if the tuberculosis to the stomach, will also be killed by gastric juice.

matters needing attention

When we understand the route of transmission of tuberculosis, we need to pay attention to that it mainly depends on the number of inhaled tuberculosis bacteria, virulence, human resistance and other factors. The typical symptoms of tuberculosis include low fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, cough and hemoptysis.