What is Tuberculosis and how it can be treated?

Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It mainly affects the lungs but other organs may also be involved.

TB is a contagious airborne disease. The germs spread through the air between the person with active Tb and everyone else, even if the TB positive person coughs, laughs, sneezes, or even talks to close. When a person breathes in TB bacteria, the bacteria settle in his/her lungs and multiply. The disease develops anywhere from a couple of days to a week after the infection is contracted.

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Be Food Safe! Don’t get ill by what u eat!

In this digital era, people are spending more time browsing food-related media. Cooking shows by celebrity chefs have been flooding our televisions, books, online sites & Apps. Despite this, Food Safety has been the least talked about.

Foodborne diseases are one of the major causes of illness and deaths around the world. The leading cause being the contamination of food by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. The most common foodborne diseases are due to Salmonella, Clostridium perfringes, norovirus, and Campylobacter.

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