Helpful tips / 25/06/2020

Can you get TB without being around someone?

Actually, no. You can’t get TB by touching an infected person. Tuberculosis germs don’t stick to clothing or skin; they hang out in the air.

Can you date someone with TB?

This means that being near someone with TB disease when they cough, sneeze, or even talk close to your face for an extended period of time puts you at risk for infection. Kissing, hugging, or shaking hands with a person who has TB doesn’t spread the disease.

What to do if you live with someone who has TB?

If you have been around someone who has TB disease, you should go to your doctor or your local health department for tests. There are two tests that can be used to help detect TB infection: a TB skin test or a TB blood test.

Can you kiss a person with tuberculosis?

You cannot get TB germs from: Saliva shared from kissing. TB is NOT spread through shaking someone’s hand, sharing food, touching bed linens or toilet seats, or sharing toothbrushes.

What should not be eaten in tuberculosis?

What to Avoid When You Have Active Tuberculosis

Skip tobacco in all forms.
Don’t drink alcohol — it can add to the risk of liver damage from some of the drugs used to treat your TB.
Limit coffee and other caffeinated drinks.
Limit refined products, like sugar, white breads, and white rice.

Who gets tuberculosis the most?

Tuberculosis mostly affects adults in their most productive years. However, all age groups are at risk. Over 95% of cases and deaths are in developing countries. People who are infected with HIV are 18 times more likely to develop active TB (see TB and HIV section below).

Can you get TB from being around someone with TB?

Being around a person infected with TB, or even breathing in the air contaminated with tuberculosis germs, doesn’t mean that you’ll definitely get TB. However, certain people are more susceptible to the disease than others.

What can you not do if you have TB?

You also can’t get TB by: 1 Giving an infected person a hug or a kiss. 2 Using the same toothbrush. 3 Eating or drinking after an infected person. 4 Shaking hands. 5 Sharing clothing, a bed, or towels. 6 (more items)

Can a person get tuberculosis from breathing in germs?

TB germs must be forced into the air, and to get a tuberculosis infection you must breathe in those germs. But even if you’ve been around an infected person, or breathed in the bacteria they expelled into the air, you still have a chance at escaping TB — not everyone who breathes in the bacteria will develop tuberculosis.

What kind of TB can cause additional symptoms?

TB can also cause additional symptoms depending on which part of the body is infected. This is known as pulmonary TB.

Can a person get TB from someone else?

If an individual has been around someone with TB disease, he or she can get TB infection. However, not everyone infected with TB germs becomes sick. A person with latent TB infection cannot spread germs to other people, but can develop TB disease in the future. For additional information, contact your local or state TB control program.

Can a person with tuberculosis have a nontuberculous infection?

Many of the types that do not cause tuberculosis (called nontuberculous mycobacteria) can cause infections in certain people, sometimes with symptoms similar to those of tuberculosis. For example, if the lungs are infected, the main symptoms of tuberculosis and some nontuberculous infections are cough, fever, and weight loss.

How is tuberculosis spread from person to person?

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. Not everyone infected with TB bacteria becomes sick.