Tuberculosis - Symptom, Causes, Home Remedies for treating Tuberculosis
What is Tuberculosis ?
Tuberculosis is the king of diseases. According to Hindu mythology, the Moon, the king among the satellites of the earth, was afflicted by a curse of Brahma, the creator, and hence the name, Rajayakshma. Tuberculosis is one of the most highly contagious diseases to have afflicted mankind.
Tuberculosis is also a disease connected with f ilth and poverty and does not usually attack persons living in clean surroundings and having sufficient means to feed themselves properly.
In the early stages of the Tuberculosis, there is an irritating cough, particularly in the morning, either without an expectoration or with a clear mucus or phlegm. The first sign of the disease is blood-flecked phlegm attended by fever in the evenings and below normal temperature in the early morning. There are also night sweats. When the symptoms are aggravated and emaciation has set in, the second stage is supposed to have been reached. If extreme care is not taken and treatment is not initiated, it may spread to the throat and the intestines. The terminal stage comes when the illness reaches deep into the lungs and they are full of cavities. The voice of the patient may become husky at this stage; there may be diahorrea and extreme prostration, with the patient being unable to leave the bed. Death comes because of extensive haemorrhage.
The duration of the Tuberculosis depends on four factors: the intensity of the infection; the age of the patient; the stage at which the Tuberculosis has been recognised; and the natural resistance of the body.
Types of Tuberculosis
If the Tuberculosis reaches the intestines, there is inflammation of the bowels with impairment of digestion, loss of appetite, distension of the stomach, rumbling noises in the abdomen and a persistent ache. If the small intestine is involved, the patient is constipated, but when thp large intestine is the seat of the malady, diahorrea is the result.
Symptoms & Causes of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, or TB in popular parlance, is caused by the tiny organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Little lumps or tubercles form in the part affected, and become soft and suppurate as the disease advances. A slight rise in temperature-generally in the evening, night sweats, discharge of blood with phlegm, and extensive bleeding from the lungs in the final stages, bring on death. TB may affect the bones, the membranes of the brain (leading to meningitis), or the glands, when it is called scrofula. It may be caused when a person pricks himself with anything sharp infected with the germs, or inhalation of dust particles mixed with the tiny microbe. But the main factor responsible for the disease is the susceptibility to it, due to a constitution weakened by continuous ill health, a lowered power of resistance, heredity, an unhealthy atmosphere, excessive use of intoxicants, over-indulgence in sex, asthma, and a disease of the metabolism like diabetes.
Home Remedies for Treating Tuberculosis
When a patient suffers from TB of the bones, the bones start crumbling. If the disease reaches the spine, there is curvature and the patient is unable to stand erect. TB of the bones generally affects young people. In older people, the bones generally affected are the femur and the tibia.
Other Respiratory Diseases
Whooping Cough
Bronchitis
Asthma
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
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