Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (205 contents)
Tuberculosis (22 contents)
Polio, TB, VH, measles - old diseases making a comeback
Diseases that caused a lot of illness just a few decades ago have now almost been displaced by compulsory vaccination. Are polio, tuberculosis, VH and measles still dangerous for us?
Pneumonectomy: when is it performed and how does a lung resection affect patients' lives?
Lung resection (pneumonectomy) is sometimes performed on patients with lung cancer, but it can also be performed on patients with other diseases. Living with only one lung - happily - is possible,...
TB vaccine vs coronavirus - are the vaccinated less likely to contract COVID-19?
A few days ago, the world was abuzz with the news that countries with mandatory TB vaccination have a lower incidence of coronavirus. Is there a link between the mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine...
TB vaccine vs coronavirus - are the vaccinated less likely to contract COVID-19?
A few days ago, the world was abuzz with the news that countries with mandatory TB vaccination have a lower incidence of coronavirus. Is there a link between the mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine...
TB vaccine vs coronavirus - are the vaccinated less likely to contract COVID-19?
A few days ago, the world was abuzz with the news that countries with mandatory TB vaccination have a lower incidence of coronavirus. Is there a link between the mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine...
TB vaccine vs coronavirus - are the vaccinated less likely to contract COVID-19?
A few days ago, the world was abuzz with the news that countries with mandatory TB vaccination have a lower incidence of coronavirus. Is there a link between the mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine...
24 March - World Tuberculosis Day
Tuberculosis - a disease that has not gone away. On World Tuberculosis Day, it is worth remembering the most important information about the disease.
The return of tuberculosis - what do you need to know?
There are diseases that are said to be 'extinct' or only appear in so-called Third World countries. One such disease was tuberculosis, considered to be a disease entity that appears sporadically in...
Czech scientists have invented a new drug against tuberculosis
Researchers from the Hradec Králové medical faculty of Charles University in Prague have invented a new drug against tuberculosis. The drug has been sold to an American pharmaceutical company, which...
Tuberculosis epidemic across our eastern border
A report by the Polish Humanitarian Team shows that the risk of contracting tuberculosis in Ukraine is six times higher than in Poland. The head of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate Marek Posobkiewicz,...
16 November - World No Tobacco Quit Day
World No Tobacco Quit Day is celebrated every year on the third Thursday of November. The day has a tradition of more than 40 years, born in the USA in California, where in 1974 more than one million...
Tuberculosis vaccine in children
Arguments about whether to vaccinate children continue all the time. In recent times, there has also been talk of vaccination against tuberculosis.
Types of tuberculosis
In the old days,tuberculosis was known as the disease of the poor. Today, we know that it can affect any of us. In Poland, pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common. What types of TB do we know?
Pulmonary tuberculosis in children: part 2
The second part of the article on tuberculosis in children discusses the principles of diagnosing tuberculosis based on radiography, tuberculin test and microbiological tests.
Lymphadenopathy of the inguinal region
Lymphadenopathies in the inguinal and sub-inguinal region are most often a consequence of inflammatory processes, but neoplastic causes also occur.
