关于东南亚国家肺结核病情况调查

Survey on tuberculosis in Southeast Asian countries

Welcome to the TB Patient-centered Questionnaire!
Dear Participant,
Please help us gather as much input as possible from your perspective as a patient by answering the short multiple choice questionnaire below based on your own personal experience, and by sharing the link to this questionnaire with any other TB patients you know. Your responses are anonymous—they will never be linked with you personally and we will not know your name. Your answers will be merged with the answers from all other participants so we can use the input to develop guidance for national programs.

感谢您能抽出几分钟时间来参加本次答题，现在我们就马上开始吧！
Thank you for taking a few minutes to answer this question. Now let's start right away.
*1. I am a: (choose one)
*2. I am:
*3. What is your age?
*4. In what country do you live?
*5. 肺结核现在的发病率。身边有没有人得过肺结核
The current incidence of tuberculosis. Has anyone around you ever had tuberculosis?
*6. 肺结核的病人多不多？
How many tuberculosis patients are there?
*7. 肺结核的治疗费用
Cost of treatment for tuberculosis
*8. 你对肺结核的了解程度
How well do you know about tuberculosis?
*9. 肺结核的治疗手段
Treatment of tuberculosis
*10. 医疗情况
Medical condition
*11. 医院分布
Hospital Distribution
*12. 医生的水平
Doctor's level
*13. I would like to add more comments about supporting TB patients in my country: (Please include any additional remarks you would like to make here. This is optional.)

Tuberculosis (TB)

Overview 

Type of Disease: Infectious disease

 

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious, airborne condition caused by different strains of bacteria, generally Mycobacteria tuberculosis (MTB), that primarily affects the lungs. TB is spread through the air when individuals with active TB cough or sneeze, and someone else inhales the infected air droplets.

The majority of people who are infected with TB have latent (inactive) TB, which is not contagious. An individual with latent TB has the condition, but does not show symptoms, and may not even know that they are infected. Although only 10% of individuals with latent TB will progress to have the active form of TB, treatment is still necessary to reduce the potential spread of the disease in the population.

Common symptoms of active TB include chronic (long term) coughing, bloody mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Diagnosis of latent TB is done through a skin test or blood tests. Active TB can be diagnosed through an x-ray, or testing certain body fluids such as blood or saliva. Treatment is available through multiple antibiotics over a long period of time. Treatment for latent TB is generally easier than for active TB, but most treatment plans will be completed within six months if all procedures are followed correctly. 

Unfortunately, multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a growing problem and is much harder to treat because the strains of the TB causing bacterium mutate and are not affected by the antibiotics that are currently available for treatment. MDR-TB is mostly caused by improper use of antibiotics that allows the bacteria to stay in the body and become resistant to the antibiotics. If you think you may have been exposed to active TB, contact your doctor to discuss the most current treatment options.