Jakarta , TB or Tuberculosis is a disease that infects the respiratory tract and lungs . Common symptoms encountered in TB include severe cough , fever and weight loss continuously. Then , what is the relationship between TB and HIV - AIDS ?
The WHO report says 8.6 million people contracted TB in 2012 , with 1.3 million of them died . The report said that 320,000 of the 1.3 million people with tuberculosis who die are those with HIV - AIDS ( PLWHA ) .
Meanwhile in Indonesia , there are 460,000 new cases of TB occur each year , and 3 percent of whom are also HIV positive. Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health ( P2PL ) Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama said that the relationship between HIV and TB originated from Latent TB .
Latent TB or latent TB is a condition in which a person has the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis which causes tuberculosis in the body , but the bacteria are inactive or asleep . So they do not feel pain in the respiratory tract or lungs like tuberculosis sufferers .
As is well known in general , HIV is a virus that attacks the human immune system . If people with latent TB infected with HIV , the bacteria that had been asleep or awake and active to passive attack the body due to a weakened immune system .
" So he ( TB Lltent ) initially fresh healthy fit . However get HIV , weakened immune systems , TB bacteria had finished active again , " said Prof. Tjandra after the event 2nd Stop TB Partnership Forum South East Asia , Western Pacific and the Eastern Mediterranean in Hotel Sultan , Jl Gatot Subroto , South Jakarta , Thursday ( 03/20/2014 ) .
The WHO report states that one-third of the total population in the world is Latent TB . To that end , Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi appealed to the public to always run a Clean and Healthy Behaviors ( PHBs ) .
" With PHBs , many diseases can be prevented , including TB and HIV - AIDS . Do not forget to take medication correctly and regularly , " he concluded .
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