The elderly susceptible to tuberculosis
occurred in some cities in the province atypical pneumonia that time, a Nianyuhuajia of workers because of the sound cough often Ji and expectoration, worry about whether infected with atypical pneumonia and rushed to the hospital, only to be found in the sputum of TB. How this age is still suffering from tuberculosis disease, baffled.
elderly suffering from tuberculosis is more common, due to degradation of the elderly and the aging of tissues and organs, immune function, especially the decline in cellular immune function, children or youth infected with TB latent lesions or old lesions healed in the re-growth and reproduction of the incidence of TB is more common. In old age, while the incidence of new TB infections are rare. Elderly tuberculosis incidence of occult, obvious symptoms, not typical, easily overlooked or misdiagnosed. The performance of the cough , sputum, bloody sputum, chest pain, asthma and other respiratory symptoms five, the elderly are often misdiagnosed as chronic bronchitis bronchitis , lung emphysema , lung cancer , etc. disease and delayed treatment. Elderly tuberculosis were empty and more sputum-positive rate, the amount of bacteria and more, and the discharge of tuberculosis resistant to many, is the most dangerous Yan crowd source of infection, so there is a person aged TB
senile tuberculosis than ordinary TB treatment difficult. Because the physiological characteristics of the elderly, lower tolerance for anti-TB drugs, prone to side effects, while the majority associated with cardiovascular, diabetes diseases such as age , liver and kidney dysfunction vulnerable to damage, coupled with the elderly mood swings, personality, stubborn, lazy treatment, poor compliance is often difficult with the treatment. Therefore, we must pay attention to the choice of drugs and appropriate doses, and to strengthen supervision of management. Number of frail elderly people, often suffering Ji kinds of slow STD sexually transmitted diseases , many kinds of drugs, a long time, with the elderly poor eyesight, memory loss, taste insensitivity, the slightest mistake, forget to take medicine or wrong medicine. In order to ensure regular medication and reduce the occurrence of errors, was to urge the entire treatment process should be executed. Patients themselves and their families should be aware of the toxicity of drugs used, and any time to observe, if not, should go to hospital. In order to prevent transmission to children and grandchildren, the elderly must actively cooperate with treatment, effective anti-tuberculosis drug treatment, the same can be cured.
we often see many elderly people often mobilize their own children and grandchildren to participate in surveys, physical examination, he was unwilling to check that the old people, to the age, and not checked. This is not right, every time the physical examination are over the age of 60 found tuberculosis patients. The elderly to medical examination once a year, you can find other disease from early , it can serve two purposes, should lead to widespread attention.