Bang Pla Ma Hospital, Subhan Buri Province Bang Pla Ma Hospital Director Dr. Kittipong Yusuan, Bang Pla Ma Hospital, revealed that the Primary Care Services Group, together with the multidisciplinary team, organized a campaign to provide knowledge about tuberculosis to those receiving services at Bang Pla Ma. World Hospital Tuberculosis Day International Tuberculosis Day Bang Pla Ma people come together to end TB. We can do that. “Know it early, cure it, don't spread it, don't stigmatize it” is the slogan of the campaign to end TB this year to accelerate the search, treatment and prevention of TB. “Yes! We can eradicate tuberculosis. Detect early, cure. Cured, non-spreading, non-stigmatizing” to successfully end tuberculosis. So Bang Pla Ma Hospital has organized campaign activities for International Tuberculosis Day. It goes up every year. There are public awareness activities in the outpatient building. Distribute leaflets to impart knowledge about cancer prevention and treatment including organizing knowledge fairs at different locations of the hospital and cancer hospital.
Symptoms of TB include fatigue, lack of energy, loss of appetite, weight loss, chills, low fever, frequent night sweats. When the disease begins in the early stages, there is usually a dry cough. After that, you start coughing up phlegm. When you go to bed, you have a severe cough. After waking up in the morning and after eating. A chronic cough lasts more than 3 weeks. Some people have a prolonged cough. Wheezing or coughing up red blood cells. Or at the same time, in children who have black blood, the symptoms are more severe than in adults, because the immune system is low. Some patients are even younger. Cough may be absent. Instead, chest pain occurs. If you have a chronic cough, you will have mixed blood, loss of appetite, and emaciation. You should see a doctor for timely treatment. Tuberculosis can be cured if diagnosed. If you take the medicine as prescribed by your doctor and follow the treatment regularly.
How to prevent it: Always keep your body healthy. Take enough rest. Exercise regularly Eat good and nutritious food and avoid close contact with TB patients during the infectious period. Wear a mask. Avoid behaviors that increase the risk of HIV infection, such as drinking alcohol, smoking, and using drugs when there is a risk of being near a TB patient. Get a health checkup at least once a year.
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