What Is Dormant Tb
Tb Bacteria Can Live in the Body Without Making You Sick. This Is Called Latent Tb infectionWhat Does It Mean to Have Dormant Tb? If You Have Latent Tb, the Tb...
TB bacteria can live in the body without making you sick. This is called latent TB infection
What does it mean to have dormant TB?
If you have latent TB, the TB bacteria in your body are ‘asleep’. You are not ill and you cannot pass TB on to others. However, the bacteria might ‘wake up’ in the future, making you ill with active TB. The good news is that latent TB can be treated to prevent this happening.
How do you get dormant TB?
Latent TB occurs when a person has the TB bacteria within their body, but the bacteria are present in very small numbers. They are kept under control by the body’s immune system and do not cause any symptoms. Latent TB is one of the two types of TB.
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