About 700 people with tuberculosis registered in Armenia
About 700 people with tuberculosis were registered in Armenia in 2017, the director of the National Center for Tuberculosis Control Lyubov Nikolayan told a news conference on Friday. According to her,nbsp;nbsp;the situation with tuberculosisnbsp;nbsp;has not changed much compared to the previous year. br / br /
YEREVAN, March nbsp;23. /ARKA/. About 700 people with tuberculosis were registered in Armenia in 2017, the director of the National Center for Tuberculosis Control Lyubov Nikolayan told a news conference on Friday. According to her, nbsp;the situation with tuberculosis nbsp;has not changed much compared to the previous year.nbsp;br
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According to the official data for 2017, about 23 people in 100 thousand were sick with tuberculosis in Armenia. nbsp;She added that in order to avoid becoming infected with tuberculosis, people should observe a usual string of rules of hygiene, in particular, stand from the interlocutor at some distance, close one’s nbsp;mouth when coughing or sneezing.nbsp;br
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There is a false opinion that chronic lung diseases may develop into tuberculosis, which does not happen. They are initially different diseases. Despite similar symptoms, tuberculosis has its own pathogens, said Nikolayan.br
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She stressed that in Armenia there are all necessary medical technologies that help to detect tuberculosis within two hours.br
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Katarina Gyulbayazyan, the head of the inpatient department at Antituberculous Clinic, noted that tuberculosis is detected in most patients by accident. The disease can occur both in the lungs and in other organs, it can be open and closed. The first is a threat to others, and the second is not, Gyulbayazyan stressed.br
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The symptoms of the disease are, in particular, the release of blood from the respiratory tract, cough, sputum, symptoms of self-poisoning, night sweats and nbsp;headache. The treatment of the disease may take from six months to a year.br
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The World Tuberculosis Day has been nbsp;marked nbsp;every year since 1982 by the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 24. On this day in 1882, the German microbiologist Robert Koch nbsp;announced his discovery of the causative agent of tuberculosis. In 1905, the scientist received the Nobel Prize in the field of medicine. -0-br
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