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Tuberculosis (TB)
Questions to research about
What other methods was it treated during the Industrial Revolution?
What are the current treatments? And how do they work? Science behind it?
How did it start? What was it caused by?
How did the disease spread? Environment? Contacts?
What are some cases today and during the Industrial Revolution about Tuberculosis?
What are some places where Tuberculosis occur?
What do I know about Tuberculosis (TB)?
What is tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacteria known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
It spreads by inhaling cough or sneeze droplets from other people
It is potentially a severe disease
What are some symptoms?
Persistent coughing
Weight loss
Night sweats
High temperature
Fatigue
How did it affect people during the Industrial Revolution?
It killed close to a third of all brits between 1800 to 1850s
How was it treated?
1943, someone developed a chemical that worked against tuberculosis
If not treated it kills 1/5 of untreated patients within 5 years