I spent a little time in Thailand. About a week to be exact. I was warned of several common problems, TB being included. I was given a certain type of medication that was prescribed to be a preventative. I didn't get TB while i was there, so i guess it worked (or i didn't come in contact with anyone that had it).
I didn't really know there were mutations(i know thats not exactly what they are) of TB. MDRTB doesn't sound like something that could be very pretty. Any infection that is fighting and resistant of its drugs can't be very fun to be around. Monitoring people that are drug resistant or the disease that is drug resistant is a good idea. I mean when you think about 130,000 people dying a year, it is important sometimes to help them not only protect the people around them but the people themselves sometimes.
I believe that helping the Thailand people with their quality of life will not only help them in preventing TB but many other health problems they are dealing with.
That is cool that you got to go to thailand.
ReplyDeleteIt is very important to help these people like you said. It would be nice to help them with their quality of life. I know that this might sound very egocentric but it is also in our best interest also. Today's world is very small because travel is very easy. People can travel all over the world and that makes it easy for disease to spread like wildfire. Something that happens in one part of the world can effect us. This can very easy make our drugs not effective and if we're not ready, many people are going to die or it going to be very expensive to combat this since we'll need to make new drugs.