TUBERCULOSIS

WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS?
IT IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA CALLED
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.

HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
IT IS SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR WHEN A SICK
PERSON COUGHS OR SNEEZES.

SYMPTOMS
INTENSE COUGH.
CHEST PAIN.
COUGHING UP BLOOD OR SPUTUM (PHLEGM
COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LUNGS)
FEVER AND WEIGHT LOSS

COVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE WITH YOUR

FOREARM OR A DISPOSABLE PAPER WHEN
PREVENTION.
COUGHING OR SNEEZING.
VENTILATE ROOMS TO CIRCULATE AIR AND AVOID
THE CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENDED PARTICLES
THAT MAY CONTAIN GERMS.

APPLY THE "BACILLE CALMETTE-GUÉRIN (BCG)"

VACCINE TO THE NEWBORN TO PROTECT HIM FROM
SEVERE FORMS OF TUBERCULOSIS.