₦airaland Forum

Today 24th of March is world TB day and the theme for this year is ' UNITE TO END TB IN NIGERIA'.
Be informed that, the following are signs and symptoms of Tuberculosis.
* Persistent cough for two weeks or more.
* Feverish conditions.
* Sweating at night.
* Lost of appetite.
* Weight lose.
* Tiredness.
* Coughing up blood. (Hemoptysis)
Go to the nearest DOT centre for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
Wasting of time promotes the spread to the family and community.
It may lead to death if not treated on time.
Treatment is free at DOT centres throughout the world.
Adherence to treatment is the key to the treatment of TB, inconsistency of treatment regiment is an opener to resistant TB.
Join in the campaign to reduce TB to the barest minimum.
For TB test and medical advice, call these numbers
Oyo: 08033952827
Osun: 08034546928
Lagos: 08099355417
Kwara: 08036076753
Ogun: 08033478503
Ondo: 08035020139
Ekiti: 08033880425
Edo: 08035543131
Delta: 08035725786

olac21:
sorry bro,when did the vacancy come out..i want to be sure of something..i mean when did you apply?

it was around last year but I can't remember the month specifically

Icaretoo:
how did u check, urs pls

just go to their website and select your state then look for your name

bbeautylik:
with connection abi

I knew nobody I was not even expecting my name in the list.

austinosita:
Batch A list na connection. How many times we go talk am na?

Bro it's not all connection ooo, My name came out and I did not know anybody, what I did was that I registered under many Ministries.

My Name is out, Technical Instructor II, Ministry of Education , from kwara state.

mrbishop:
please how are you checking the names? Am only seeing timetable.am using my phone

it's better you use Google Chrome if you are browsing with phone

My Name is out,
Technical Instructor II,
Ministry of Education ,
from kwara state.

please how can I switch from phone memory to SD card (memory card ) on my tecno l8.?
thanks in advance

This man should just put politics aside for now,
and start looking for a way to contribute positively to the lives of Ondo people

wayisshut:
Thanks I had cough and was having pains on my chest. I did an xray which showed I was fine

try and go to any General hospital and request for AFB test or Genexpert so you can have rest of mind

wayisshut:
I did maltoux test and the result was 8mm positive . what does it mean.

What it means is that they measured the mm of swollen of the area they injected. however there should be no swollen at all. so it shows that the positivity is very high. I don't know what you want to use the test for, but if you've been given BCG vaccine you will always be positive for manteux test. If you want to do a test for Tuberculosis the best test is AFB test or Genexpert.

snakie86:
Accounting graduate position still open and urgent

can someone with Science qualification apply?

DR-TB
A patient is considered to be a drug resistant tuberculosis case if only there is a laboratory confirmation of resistance to one or more anti-tuberculosis drugs.



CLASSIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS BASED ON DRUG RESISTANCE
TB cases are classified in categories based on drug susceptibility testing in clinical isolates confirmed to be MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.
1. MULTIDRUG-RESISTANCE(MDR): Refers to a DR-TB case whose resistance pattern to clinical isolates is to at least both isoniazid and rifampicin.
2. EXTENSIVE DRUG RESISTANCE (XDR) :refers to a DR-TB whose resistance pattern to clinical isolates is to any fluoroquinolone and at least one of three second-line injectable drugs(Capreomycin, Kanamycin and Amikacin) in addition to multidrug resistance.



LABORATORY TEST FOR DR-TB CASES
the following test should be carried out before a patient can be confirmed as a DR-TB patient
1. Genexpert/MTB RIF test (this is majorly used to detect DR-TB before samples are being sent for culture)
2. Culture




IDENTIFYING PRESUMPTIVE DR-TB CASES
Any patient who falls under these categories should be sent for Genexpert test to ascertain whether they are DR-TB patient or not.
1. All known symptomatic contacts of a confirmed DR-TB case.
2. All TB cases with AFB positive result after smear is repeated at the end of month three(3) of Regimen 1 treatment.
3. All previously treated DS-TB cases (Relapse, Treatment after failure to Regime 1, Treatment after loss to follow up, and other previously treated patients).
4. All patients with smear negative AFB result who still show symptoms of TB after 1 week administration of broad spectrum antibiotics.
5. All people living with HIV (PLHIV) with TB.
6. All health care staff with TB symptoms.
7. All children with TB symptoms.
8. Extra-pulmonary TB.

spread the word today, enlighten people within you community about this deadly disease.
STOP TUBERCULOSIS IN YOUR LIFE TIME.


www.tbfacts.org/drug-resistant-tb/

Homogeneositys:
amen I av started using d medicine today

Good.
Make sure you use it everyday, be drinking 5liters of water per day(juice,Tea,pap etc can serve as water as well), make sure you eat proteinous foods, eat fruits as well, endeavor to be eating vegetables 3days interval.
And you should go for follow up test at month 2,5 and 6 and when you go for the follow up test do ONLY AFB test and not Genexpert test
Get well soon.

Homogeneositys:
thanks

you are welcome,
I pray you get well soon

Homogeneositys:
I used d drugs for six months and no nobody is coughing in our house. what baffles me is DAT the smear for afb is negative

yes.
what actually happen is that the machine can detect the smallest number of bacilli in the body. it also detect both dead and active tubercule bacilli, what I would suggest Is that you go to the center where you took the drugs and let the Doctor diagnose you further.
get well soon

Homogeneositys:
I av done d test, it states that RIF resistance not detected. MTB detected medium please wat is d meaning

thank God it's not RIF resistant, but the result still shows that you have tuberculosis. you've used the drugs for how many months? if you've completed the 6month regimen and you got this result they will have to start the drugs for you again. and is there anybody coughing in your surroundings?

superfelix:
Have yuu remove it? D screen Guard?

No I'm using it like that

buzoo:
Helloo House, pls i need help with my New Tecno L8. I noticed that the back button and the Minimize Button of the phone does not respond to touches all the time. It responds when it likes and this is after I have tapped it so many times. I can't tell why it is so since the phone in question is barely 2 weeks old. Pls help out with any solution u know about. Thank you.

Also, please I would like to find out what it would be like if i am to take it back to Tecno Office to effect my warranty rights. What will be my fate if I were to take the phone to tecno office? Would it be replaced or repaired.

Thank you so much for ur Answers.

mine too is doing like that but I thought it might be due to the skin guide I put on it

layrico5:
Now available 4 in 1 tablets called Acurit 4. it makes dosing so easy and aid compliance to medication.

For Further details on where to get this medication kindly call Briscon Pharma- 08135273535

sorry please are you selling anti-TB drugs?

Homogeneositys:
please which test is dis and how much will they do it

just go to where you were first diagnosed of the disease(tuberculosis) tell them you want to do genexpert and it is supposed to be free but depending on your location .
Get well soon

Homogeneositys:
I used tb drugs for six months, but am still coughing. am just tired I don't know what to do again. I did another test and it is negative. please help me what can I do again

kindly go for genexpert test

drdanny:
The National TB and Leprosy Control Program in line with the WHO recommendation has strongly recommended the use of GeneXpert for the diagnosis of TB in all populations as the first test. Its more sensitive and specific and can indicate Rifampicin resistance which is a pointer to Multiple Drug Resistant TB, an emerging and deadly problem in the fight against TB. Mantoux test is soooooo nonspecific!

Genexpert has been strongly recommended but AFB test is still very important in the diagnosis of tuberculosis because Genexpert machine is not yet available in all TB centers worldwide and most ofthe centers that have the machine has the one with 4 modules which can run only 4 test at a time with a duration of two hours,there centers with high number of patients will have problem because they might not be able to run more than two batch of samples in a day(8samples) and temperature also affects the machine. that is why in most centers AFB test is still carried out while Genexpert is narrowed down or carried out on the following people:
1. Relapse.
2. Failed 6month regimen
3. Symptomatic contacts of DR-TB cases
4. PLHIV with symptoms of TB
5. EPTB
6. Children (below 15years)
7. Health workers with TB symptoms
8. Symptomatic presumptive TB cases with AFB Negative result
9. To confirm MDR-TB enrolment
10. Smear positive at/after month 4 of TB treatment.

Orikinla1:
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I reported a suspicious case of a northerner with these symptoms to the Lagos State Ministry of Health, but no response till date. And the Mallam refused to go to hospital.
He is a cobbler near the MFM church on Olasimbo Street, in Onike, Yaba, Lagos.

The man needs proper enlightenment because the disease is not only dangerous to his health alone but the whole community where he resides are also at risk

frankeinstein:
You're right chief. Mantoux test is not the most definitive test. That is why I said it is only a first step. Also, the mantoux test is NOT said to be positive just because it produces an area of induration(Hard, fibrous area). It will always produce an in duration as long as one has had the BCG Vaccine, as you rightly pointed out. Positivity is to be determined by the clinician, based on the scenario and history

5-9mm in duration is positive test in an immunosupressed patient. Or a patient who has recently been treated for TB. If a patient has for example HIV/AIDS, productive cough and hemoptysis of 3 weeks duration and the mantoux test produces an in duration of the aforementioned diameter, there is no need wasting the patients money doing sputum AFB or GeneXpert.

10-14mm induration is positive in people who have been exposed to TB patients for example

15mm and above could be said to be positive in people with no known risk of TB.

in the latter two groups, the test is only a pointer for further definitive tests.

Also, the sputum AFB is not the most definitive test for the tuberculin bacili too. Because the bacteria is not always present in the sputum and sometimes, it is not present in sufficient amounts into be detected by the test.
The mist definitive test is the GeneXpert.

Thank you for the information

frankeinstein:
EPIDEMIOLOGY: TB is now largely a disease of the developing world, being predominant in areas where there is overcrowding and poor hygiene. As at 2014, Nigeria was 3rd among the ten predominant TB Areas in the world. It is said that about 600000 people are being infected daily, with 1/6th of that number dying every day.

RISK FACTORS:
Old age- Chances are we all have a latent TB infection being effectively contained by our immune system, with increasing age, these foci could be re-activated, to a secondary infection

Immunosuppression-HIV/AIDS, Poor nutrition, Diabetes Mellitus and othwr conditions that suppress the immune system makes one vulnerable to TB

Contact with someone who has had chronic cough of over two weeks duration

PREVENTION
First thing is the BCG Vaccine
Eatnwell, sleep well, avoid anything that would suppress the immune system

AVOID CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO HAS CHRONIC COUGH

Also, if you suspect you have TB(Based on the symptoms Op just described), go and do the mantoux test. That is the first step

to the best of my knowledge sir, Mantoux test is not the appropriate test for Tuberculosis so far you've taken BCG it will always test positive.
The best test for Tuberculosis are
1. AFB test.
2. GeneXpert test
3. Culture

Folksyharry:
Is the information above true?

yes sir. Tuberculosis centres are present in all the 36 states of Nigeria plus F. C. T

it is only when things go bad in Nigeria before they proffer solutions why sit down and wait till things go bad in the first place?
Nigerians sha

WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS

TB is a communicable disease caused by a type of bacterium known as MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS(commonly referred to as TB bacilli). it mainly attacks the lungs, causing pulmonary TB (PTB). the bacteria can also attack other parts of the body such as the spine, lymph nodes, brain,kidneys e.t.c. this is known as extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB).


TRANSMISSION OF TUBERCULOSIS

TB is an airborne disease I. e it is transmitted through the inhalation of air contaminated with TB bacilli into air, therefore transmission is more intense in crowded area , poorly ventilated space with little ambient of sunlight. it can also be transmitted through unprotected cough, sneeze e. t. c from an infected person to and uninfected person.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF TUBERCULOSIS

1. persistent cough for 2weeks or more(it might be less).
2. shortness of breath.
3. loss of appetite.
4. fever
5. weight loss.
6. night sweat.
7. tiredness.
8. chest pain.
9. coughing up blood (haemoptysis).
while signs and symptoms of EPTB depends on the site involved

HOW TO DIAGNOSE TUBERCULOSIS

TB can be diagnosed in the laboratory and this rest mainly on the identification of the tubercle bacilli by any of the following Laboratory methods available.
1. AFB microscopy
2. Genexpert MTB/RIF
3. Culture
this is carried out by collection of a quality clinical specimen which is majorly sputum specimen.


DIAGNOSIS CENTERS.

Each of the 774 local government of Nigeria has at least three diagnosis center with double treatment centers to make accesment easy.

TREATMENT and DIAGNOSIS IS FREE.
INFORMATION IS POWER, CONTACT THE NEAREST HEALTH CENTER IF YOU HAVE OR NOTICE ANY ONE WITH ANY OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AS MENTIONED ABOVE.

www.nationaltbcenter.ucsf.edu

Protein0:
Like I'm selling because I want to buy a bigger phone
Chat me up on whatsapp for d pix pls. The phone is neat. There's tempered glass on its screen.

is the price negotiable?
Have they ever worked on the phone before?
Thanks