Tuberculosis is the second largest killer of people in the
world following behind HIV/AIDS. Tuberculosis kills more women in the world
than it does males. The goal for TB treatment is to be able to diagnose and treat
within the same visit so that the disease does not spread to a level that is
harder to treat. 67 countries are using a test called Xpert in order to
determine the type of disease within two hours. There are 310,000 reported
cases of TB throughout the world and only 60,000 of those cases were treated. The
World Health Organization is not happy with the current treatments for tuberculosis
and they believe that there are better ones to be developed and used to treat
faster. Currently someone being treated will have to take the drugs every day for
6 months and someone who has the drug resistant tuberculosis will have to take
the drugs every day for 18 months.
As of
now the treatment for Tuberculosis is not practical. While the drugs do help
the patients get better, it is not done in a timely and efficient manner. If
the World Health Organization is not satisfied with the forms of treatment then
it should most certainly be looked into to see if there is a more efficient
form. Many people in these developing
countries may not have the money in order to pay for the full treatments for TB
and people may have distractions that may prevent them from taking the full
dosage for the allotted amount of time. With so many lives in danger all over
the world I am surprised that treatments have not been improved, but I
understand that this disease is hard to treat and takes a while in order for
the person to even be aware that they have the disease.
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