Barriers on the way of Koch's Bacillus and HIV infection

The head of the Healthcare management at AMR of MoH of the RT Ravil Khairullin held the session of interdepartmental commission under the Executive Committee of the AMR on prevention of AIDS, alcoholism, smoking, substance abuse and tuberculosis. HIV infection is just one of more than 20 sexually transmitted diseases. Each year about 12 million people worldwide are infected by them. In the majority they are not fatal, but they cause volcanic blow to the body and peace of mind with the flowing lava of infertility, impotence and serious incurable illnesses.

The chief doctor of SAHI «ACMP» Svetlana Shubina spoke about work of the Center of medical prophylactics for the first half of the year. The representatives of the Education Management and Management on Affairs of children and youth spoke about the ongoing prevention activities that promote a healthy lifestyle among youth and positive experiences.

The morbidity and mortality of the population are the most important indicators for the evaluation of the tuberculosis epidemic situation. So, mortality from tuberculosis for 6 months of 2013 amounted to 4.6 per 100 thousand of the population (9 people). There is a decrease (for the same period of last year - 10 people) of 9.8%. However, the indicator is higher than republican.

Poor nutrition, low level of living conditions, old age, alcoholism, diabetes, oncology and HIV infection are the companions of mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is impossible to recognize such a patient outwardly. Lungs tuberculosis is called the main infectious killer. It is transmitted by airborne droplets from an infected person through coughing, sneezing, talking.

Main method of diagnostics - chest x-ray checkup. Every self-respecting man knows that he must undergo fluorography 1 time in two years. And patients with diabetes mellitus, peptic ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcers, kidney disease, asthmatics, persons with mental disorders, sick of an alcoholism take medical examination necessarily to 2 times a year. It is important to know and remember that tuberculosis is curable, if detected in time.