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
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