TUBERCULOSIS IN SAN

BERNARDINOBlanca Gutierrez

TB is cause by Mycobacterum TuberculosisIs happing in San Bernardino and around the world.

Happening all over San Bernardino and around the world

Environmental effects■ Affects the health of the

residents and can be epidemic because it’s easily spread person to person

■ People can carry the sickness around schools, restaurants, or other places. The germs stay in the air for 6 or more hours.

Diagnosis- treatment of Tuberculosis

X-ray of chest Tuberculine skin test

Tuberculosis is cured with antibiotics

Historical background

■ In the 1900’s San Bernardino County Health records, shows 3,306 death caused by TB in one year. Because people around the world came to try to find the cure.

IMMIGRANTS STILL A ISSUE TO CONTROL TB IN SAN BERNARDINOIllegal emigrants can be sick with Tuberculosis

No health insurance and poor conditions SPREAD TB

The vaccine was fund in a period of 13 years (1908-1921) by Calmett and Guering

Tuberculosis vaccine still no approved by USA. Spanish are the majority cases

Prevention , regulation and control is the best to stop the spread of TBCDS and San Bernardino County work together

Health providers, test, regulations , quarantine