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Warpy

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5. The problem is that TB is so hard to kill and the drugs

Reply to DreamGypsy (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 04:26 PM

Apr 2013

must be taken daily for a very long time. Some people forget, some can't afford a full course of medication, and some just stop taking the pills when they feel better. Any bacilli left in their system are the ones that were able to resist the drugs the longest, becoming resistant bacteria that infect other people.

TB is incredibly scary to me. They called it "consumption" because that's what it did, consume its victims, rendering them thin and weak before the disease breached a major vessel and drowned them in their own blood.

Republicans must love TB because they're creating optimum conditions for its spread.

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A NEW LIFE FOR A DEADLY DISEASE [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

Drug-resistant TB scares the crap out of me. Off to greatest with you. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #1

Yes, drug resistance a major and growing problem. DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #2

The problem is that TB is so hard to kill and the drugs Warpy Apr 2013 #5

A great killer, we should have wiped it out when we had the chance. nt bemildred Apr 2013 #3

+1 xchrom Apr 2013 #4