Examination and Prevention of Tuberculosis

Even though the quality of living get improved, a lot of people still get tuberculosis disease due to the stress and health degeneration. Especially in the dense popularity, mass outbreak of tuberculosis can occur when people do not realize their infection. For 2nd and 3rd year students, our school decides to examine tuberculosis and to prevent the further contagion. Here are additional information about tuberculosis, so please read carefully.

- Examination of Tuberculosis -

1. Purpose

Tuberculosis examination can detect not only tuberculosis but also cardiac disease and scoliosis in their early stage. Thus, examination can help students to maintain healthier lives.

2. Methods and Results Announcement

□ Subjects : 2nd, 3rd year students

□ Date : March, 15th, Tue, 09:30 ~ 13:30

□ Place : Bus in front of Main Building

□ Methods : Korean National Tuberculosis Association                will visit and X-ray thoracic region.

□ Price Free

□ Attention :

□ Clothes - Only Inner wear and thin clothes are allowed.

- Thick jackets, vests, neck ties are not recommended.

- Metallic inner wear and accessaries are not allowed.

□ Get examination in break time.

□ All the students should get examination.

□ Results Announcement :

□ It will be reported to infected students, their parents and near         public health center.

□ Infected students take free treatments after accurate examination       in near hospitals.

- Prevention of Tuberculosis -

□ What is Tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is contagious disease infected by tubercle bacillus. Tubercle bacillus shows slow growth rate and strong resistance toward heat or chemicals.

□ Infection pathway

Tubercle bacillus is usually released by cough of infected patients. This enters respiratory organs of other people and infects them. 25~50% of people who make close contacts with infected patients can get disease. But if patients take chemical treatments, they become non-contagious after two weeks.

□ Symptoms

Since the symptoms of tuberculosis are similar to those of general respiratory disease, infection is usually known after hemoptysis. Thus, if you are coughing for more than two weeks, you have to go to hospital and get examination.

Sputum	Cough	Chest pain	bloody Sputum
loss of appetite	Fever, night sweats	weight loss	etc.general weakening

□ Treatments

ㆍPatients have to take continuous dose of medicine for more than six         months.  Early therapy can easily cure the disease.

※ If you do not take up medicine regularly, you will get resistant to         medicine, so the medicine becomes ineffective.

ㆍPatients and their family should get X-ray tests and sputum examination     regularly.