TB (24 март 1882 г. – 24 март 1882 г.)

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• Facts:
o Also known as consumption
o Firland Sanatorium (WA) was one of many facilities that took in TB patients and helped them get better
♣ Getting more rest, getting fresh air, and not exercising
o 1 in 7 people in all of history have died of TB
o “Lungers” which helped increase the knowledge about how TB can be contagious but also increased the idea of prejudice
o There were tenement buildings for those infected
o 1 active person can infect as many as 20 other people
o During the WWII years nursing staff had reduced
o MDR-TB: Multi-drug resistant to TB
o XDR-TB which is an extremely drug resistant to TB
• Transmission/Symptoms:
o Spread by air
♣ There was a guinea pig experiment where hundreds of animals were under the same roof of TB patients
♣ Bacteria survives in the droplets for about 4 hours, so a person can still be infected
♣ Latent versus Active
• Latent is less contagious and does not require isolation
o Germs are “sleeping”
• Active needs treatment and may require isolation because they are contagious and can effect other people
o cough, fever, weight loss, night sweats
♣ Miliary TB
♣ Extrapulmonary TB
♣ Scrofula
♣ Pott’s Disease: misshapen of the spine
♣ TB meningitis
• Not eradicated
• Treatment:
o Artificial Pneumothorax
o Phrenic Nerve Crush
o Thoracoplasty
o Plombage where they integrated ping pong
o Anti-biotics
• Historical Events:
o 1882: Robert Koch discovered the bacterium
o 1911: Firland Sanatorium opened in Washington state
♣ occupational therapy
o 1800s: Where there was an urbanization experiment and the population in France/England tripled which was
♣ A 10 year old would die before 36
o 1928: Fleming introduced penicillin
o 1944: before antibiotics there was about 130,000 new cases in the US
o 1992: Soon Ye is an example of a active carrier who traveled from Asia to Hawaii and infected 29 people
o 2007: Andrew Speaker is an example of a latent carrier who traveled internationally, but did not infect anyone


Picture Reference:
http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Firland_Sanatorium

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8KZNI6-W8

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