World TB Day to learn about TB it's not really scary.

Western Network (Shaanxi Radio and television, "the First News") today is the 20th "World TB Day", for many people "TB" is a sound fear and not understand the infectious disease. Today, let's go into the TB hospital and learn about real TB.

"You and I join together, prevention and control of tuberculosis by law--discovering, treating and curing every patient" is the theme of this year's World TB Day, the reporter walked into the tuberculosis of Xi ' an city chest hospital, found here and ordinary hospitals, the patients and doctors with masks, Zhang is a tuberculosis patients, She had to go to the hospital every two months for a review in more than a year.

Patient Zhang: (at onset) there is more than half a month, cough.

Reporter: Later discovered?

Patient Zhang: Well, after watching it for over a year, it's back to good.

Xi ' an chest Hospital director Doctor Mao Xiaohui: Because this patient has been taking medicine for nearly a year, from the current chest film situation can be considered basically stop medicine. We recommend that some patients because the treatment of this disease is a very long process, most patients have more than half a year of treatment. Therefore, we suggest that patients must adhere to the medication, but also to regular visits, to standardize treatment, so as to effectively control TB.

TB is a contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis invading the human body. TB experts told reporters that Shaanxi province is still a high incidence of tuberculosis, which and regional economic level, lifestyle has a great relationship.

Xi ' an thoracic hospital deputy Dean Zhu Changsheng: TB Overall, from 2002 Who's Flow (line) (check) to see the incidence of decline. However, the incidence of tuberculosis in China is still very high, Shaanxi is also a relatively high province in the country, hospital beds 680 beds, a year of patients always kept at around 800, recently received more than 900 patients.

Early symptoms of TB include prolonged low-grade fever, coughing, chest pain or blood in the sputum. If after a short period of antiviral treatment symptoms still do not improve, it is necessary to consider TB, should be in time to see a doctor, or the nearest district CDC do free chest film, laboratory tests, early detection of early treatment. As an ordinary person, you should also know how to prevent TB.

    Vice president of Xi ' an chest hospital Zhu Changsheng: When contact with TB people, is wearing masks, then keep distance, not close to speech, is to maintain the distance of about two meters. In addition to less ventilation is not good places, people too crowded places should be less, such as Internet cafes, less can reduce the occurrence of TB.