by Tom Wingfield, Jessica Potter and Kerry Millington, The Conversation TB notifications and notification rate per 100,000, England, 1971 to 2023. Credit: UKHSA With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected....
Tag: <span>tuberclosis</span>
Post
Woman’s swollen pinky finger was a rare sign of deadly tuberculosis which doctors think she caught from her husband’s cough
The unnamed woman went to hospital with a swollen and painful little finger She had not injured it recently so doctors examined it in more detail They discovered the same bacteria which cause lung infection tuberculosis The woman’s husband had been diagnosed with the disease after a trip to China It may seem over-the-top to go to hospital because of a...