Doctor says these 4 TB prevention rules should be known by everyone in 2025

Although millions of people worldwide are afflicted by tuberculosis (TB), a dangerous infectious disease that spreads via the air, TB is preventable with the correct measures. Learn how to save others and yourself against this potentially fatal condition. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the primary cause of tuberculosis, a highly contagious bacterial infection. Although TB mostly affects the lungs, if left untreated, it can also move to the brain, spine, and other organs.

This disease is airborne, which means that when an infected person sneezes, coughs, or even speaks, it can readily spread through the air, according to Dr. Sandeep Kadian, Senior Consultant Pulmonologist and Intensivist at AIMS hospital in Dombivli. A person may have a variety of TB-related symptoms.

"This can include symptoms like a cough that lasts longer than three weeks, chest pain, fever, night sweats, exhaustion, and inexplicable weight loss," he continued. Since TB can persist in your body without exhibiting any outward signs, it frequently goes undiagnosed. It is important to realize that when your immune system deteriorates, TB may become more active.