TB and its Future Health Concerns

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a rising concern among doctors. It is primarily caused by people who mismanage their prescriptions in curing regular TB. The regular TB is curable in six months where as the MDR TB takes up to two years to fully cure, because of this it is recommended that treatment for TB be done in the view and care of someone that can make sure the person is taking the medicine as directed. If the medicine is used incorrectly then the formation of MDR TB results.

The major reason why we should be concerned with MDR TB is because of how much more difficult it is to treat. The normal drugs used become less effective and that means that a stronger more invasive drug must be used instead to fix the problem. Since this MDR TB is harder to fix it has a higher mortality rate to go along with it.

I personally am not overly concerned with getting TB. This is because it is most prolific in poorly ventilated homes that are also crowded. Since in the US we have many standards for building quality I believe that contracting TB is one of the last things to concern myself with. Although if I were to travel or come into prolonged contact with someone or place that was more encouraging of the transmission of TB I would want to get checked for it.

MDR TB has most likely led to many improvements in how to deal with drugs that can adapt quickly to treatment if misuse occurs. Doctors are probably more prone to make sure if a serious disease is being treated that they make sure the patient is under survaliance of some form to ensure they are taking the medication properly. The discovery of resistant infections has probably led many scientists and doctors to also realize that they need to be careful when prescribing certian drugs as to not enhance the resistance of infections but also to make sure they create a drug that will last the longest and be most successful in treatment.