Symptoms of TB depend on what authorities struck the infection and on the form of the disease. Tuberculosis usually develops slowly. The first symptoms of TB may occur in a few months and even years after the human body penetrated mycobacteria.

In many cases, the TB bacteria remain in the body for many years, and does not give rise to any symptoms - a latent form of tuberculosis. Such asymptomatic tuberculosis is not contagious, and people with healthy immune systems, it may not manifest themselves throughout life. Symptoms of the disease appear when the patient develops an open or active tuberculosis.

Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis

The vast majority of TB patients Tuberculosis - a full recovery is not guaranteed   It affects the lungs.

The initial symptoms of tuberculosis are usually mild, and many patients do not pay attention to them. Among these symptoms - fatigue, drowsiness, slight fever or chills, shortness of breath - at first weak, over time increases. Some patients have the classic symptoms of TB appear suddenly. These symptoms include:

• Persistent cough that persists for two weeks or more;
• Expectoration, in some cases - with the blood;
• Severe shortness of breath;
• Lack of appetite and weight loss for no apparent reason;
• Extreme weakness and lethargy;
• Fever;
• Heavy sweating at night;
• Chest pain.

When you see these signs as soon as possible to seek advice from a doctor.

Symptoms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis of the lymph nodes can lead to permanent, painful swollen lymph nodes. In most cases, though not always, in this version of tuberculosis increases lymphonoduses Lymph nodes - what keeps our immune system   throat. Over time, the skin over the lymph nodes may begin to exude a liquid - usually it happens in the later stages of tuberculosis of the lymph nodes Tuberculosis of the lymph nodes - the degree of complexity of the disease .

Symptoms of tuberculosis of the bone may be bending the affected bone or joint aches in the bones, reduced mobility, or the sensitivity of the affected joints or bones, reduction of bone density, due to which increases the likelihood of fractures.

Patients with tuberculosis of the genitourinary system complain of burning and pain when urinating, frequent urination, including - at night, pain in the groin, the presence of blood in urine. Symptoms of TB in women may be similar to the symptoms of inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs.

Tuberculosis of the central nervous system can cause symptoms such as headache, nausea, stiff neck, mental status changes (eg, confusion), blurred vision, convulsions.

Symptoms of TB in children Tuberculosis in children - Actual problems of modern   In older children tuberculosis occurs with the same symptoms as adults .  Symptoms of TB in adolescents and do not differ from the symptoms of the disease in adults .  Early symptoms of TB in infants, such as lethargy or, on the contrary, unusual irritability and anxiety, lack of appetite and coughing, are often mistaken for signs of other illnesses, including the common cold .  As a small child can not tell you about other symptoms, such as chest pain, parents often show serious concern, but if the disease is that they first took for a cold or groups does not go for 10-14 days .  As soon as possible to diagnose and begin to treat tuberculosis, it is necessary to consult a doctor if any symptoms of the disease in a child .  If it turns out that he is just a cold - fine, but extra caution not hurt, especially when it comes to the health of infants .  Early treatment will avoid various complications of tuberculosis, which may possibly adversely affect the growth and development of the child .

Relapse of TB - symptoms. Usually the first sign of recurrence of TB is a cough - dry at first, but after a few weeks, begins to cough up phlegm. Around the same time, there are other symptoms of tuberculosis, listed above, but relapse may be more pronounced. Some patients have a high fever (body temperature over 38.3S), and rapid weight loss; it is also possible slight dizziness and headaches.

There are many species of Staphylococcus, but most of them do not supraksu sensitivity manifests. That is why, before you assign this drug, the doctor must conduct laboratory research - to determine the sensitivity of pathogens to the antibiotic Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? .

What staphylococci

Staphylococci - a round bacteria that gather in groups in the form of a cluster of grapes. Today revealed a little less than thirty species, half of which lives on the skin and mucous membranes of humans. But only three types of cause various diseases, ie, are pathogenic: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus saprophytic.

Pathogenic staphylococci have on the body multilateral impact. They can easily overcome such obstacles as cellular immunity, if it has any infringements: staphylococcus surrounding capsule protects them from phagocytes (immune cells that absorb and dissolve inside pathogens). Once in the human organism, Staphylococcus cause inflammatory and allergic reactions, neutralized antibody. They secrete enzymes that destroy tissue cells, red blood cells and inactivate antibiotics. In addition, they point out the many toxins that are harmful to the body.

None of the microorganism does not cause such a large number of diseases of various organs and tissues, as staphylococcus. It pustular rash, furunculosis, multiple abscesses and cellulitis, purulent-inflammatory diseases of the internal organs, intestinal infections, and so on.

Less is pathogenic saprophytic staphylococcus, which often lives on the skin of the perineum and mainly affects the urinary tract in women (chronic cystitis).

Epidermal staphylococcus lives on the skin and mucous membranes, causing pathological processes of any localization. But more often this type of staph simply lives on the surface of human integument without causing disease. Pathological processes caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, developed mainly in debilitated patients with reduced immunity Immunity - types and characteristics in children in adults . It is especially dangerous at operations prosthetics internal organs as well as penetrating into the weakened organism, often causes infection of the implant.

The main "enemy of the people" - Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus - is the most pathogenic form of staph, that it causes a severe inflammatory processes and is often insensitive to antibiotics. Staphylococcus aureus can cause pathological process in any organ and tissue of the human body. It secretes the enzyme lipase, which breaks down grease tube at the mouth of the hair follicle and begins to breed there, causing abscesses of the skin (acne, styes, boils Boils and carbuncles - will warm compress   and so on).

In addition, Staphylococcus aureus is able to produce the enzyme coagulase, which helps him to hide in the blood vessels. The fact that coagulase causes blood clotting and the formation of small blood clots that hides Staphylococcus aureus from various immune factors. With Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream can get into any organ and cause there inflammatory processes.

In addition, Staphylococcus aureus produces toxins poison the body. Enterotoxin (intestinal poison) Staphylococcus aureus cause severe food poisoning, eksfoliatin - causes severe toxic lesions of the skin of newborns in the form of bubbles. Toxins of this pathogen can cause toxic shock.

It is very stable in the environment: can withstand drying, direct sunlight, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide and high temperatures. Thus it exhibits a high sensitivity to aniline dyes, such as zelenke.

Staphylococci and antibiotics, including supraks

Staphylococci (especially Staphylococcus aureus) have excellent protective mechanisms that allow them to "not be afraid" of antibiotics. Therefore, it is difficult to treat diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus. In particular, mainly pathogenic staphylococci not exhibit sensitivity to supraksu.

Before you assign any antibiotic is necessary to undertake a study of the biological material to identify the infectious agent and the degree of its sensitivity to various antibiotics.

What can resist Staphylococcus

The best defense against staph is a normal immune system The immune system - how it works? . Against a good immunity powerless all types of Staphylococcus, including the most "malicious" - gold. The immune system is capable of protecting the human body from the staphylococcus (inhibiting its reproduction), its enzymes and toxins.

Therefore, in the human body always possible to meet all kinds of staphylococci, including pathogens that nevertheless do not cause disease.

Galina Romanenko