Information concerning TUBERCULOSIS

Is it tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis (TB) is a treatable disease, caused
by bacteria (germs)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB can damage the lungs or the
other bodies and
cause severe illness.

How is TB spread?
TB is spread through the air when people who carry tuberculosis in
the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes or speaks, and germs
released into the air. When other people breathe in these germs. Their
may be infected. Most people get TB germs from someone
which are often located close to them, such as family members,
friend or co-worker. TB is not transmitted through the goods and
house equipment, such as cutlery, crockery, glassware, bedding, clothes
or phone, so new materials and equipment for own use
not required.

What is "TB infection"?

TB infection means that TB germs in the body, although not
active. Often, after the TB germs enter the body, the immune
germ control. However, these germs are still alive in the body
many years in the inactive form. While TB germs
not active, the damage could not occur, and the disease can not
transmitted to others. People in such "infected", although
not sick. For most people (90%) the bacteria will remain
active.

The only one way someone can know whether it has infected
is if there are positive results for specific skin test (Mantoux)

When does "infection" to "disease"?

Perhaps also, inactive TB germs become active despite
after many years. This often occurs when the immune
attenuated, due to advanced age, severe illness, an event that
cause stress, drug or alcohol abuse, HIV infection
(The virus that causes AIDS) or other diseases.
If the TB germs are inactive become active, germ
The breeding and may damage the lungs or the
other body. If the TB germs become active, TB disease can
arise. Only about 10% of people infected with TB germs will
getting TB disease.

What are the symptoms of TB?

TB can attack any part of the body but are most often
is the lungs. Person
who has tuberculosis may experience some or all of the following symptoms:
* Cough for more than 3 weeks
* Fever
* Weight loss without cause decreased
* Sweating at night
* Achieve always
* Loss of appetite

When someone needs to be checked sputum?
Someone needs to be examined sputum, if:
# A cough with phlegm for three weeks or more
# Cough with sputum containing blood

Sometimes, people who have TB coughed up bloody sputum.
Some people with active TB disease experience symptoms only
simple.
Tuberculosis Information - Indonesian
2001
[DOH-6140]

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Are regular tests for TB?

1. Tuberculin skin test (Mantoux test) shows whether a person
may be infected.
2. Chest X-ray can show whether there are impressions of TB in the lungs.
3. Sputum test shows if there are TB germs in the sputum dibatukkan.

How to prevent another:
# Immunization in infants
# Increasing the resistance of the body with nutritious food

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"Http://www.dokteranak.or.id";
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The mining sector represents an important economic sector.

Since the beginning of the New Order has stimulated foreign investment went to the exploitation of this mining sector. Domestic capital is less available. Until now there are only two SOEs in the mining of large, namely ANTAM and coal companies. Private companies in the country's famous big now only one, namely KPC (Pima Kalimantan Coal). Large foreign companies more. The biggest is the Freeport copper and gold mine in Papua, Inco nickel mine in Sulawesi, Newmont Mining (gold) which has several large projects as well.

Foreign investment per project up to a hundred million dollars. In cumulative project Freeport each had to plant one billion dollars. Potential mining in Indonesia has a high ranking in the world. Therefore, international investment will still be attracted to him, provided an exciting environment for investment. During the New Order so many foreign companies thus entered Indonesia, and now has picked up dozens of licenses, although the amount already in operation is still limited. However, after 1997 practically no new investors coming.

Last week there was little news in the newspapers from the United States, of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.., The largest shareholder of PT Freeport, to share extra dividend 50 dollarcent already three times this year. This is a sign of PT Freeport's huge profits. Thanks to nickel prices are high then the PT Inco has also acquired a tidy profit.

On the other hand, in recent domestic all-nationalist sentiments that arose who questioned whether the exploitation of rich mines in Indonesia was the nation truly profitable? Amien Rais is one of a vocal leader. But in the House there are also voices that match. Moreover, today many NGOs who became a vocal critic of the development in the mining sector.

Part of the reason they make sense. Ekpsloatasi mining is often not the soothing view of the eye. Tailingsnya disposal often creates a pathetic picture for damaging the environment. Those who had flown to the Freeport mine in Papua, can be witnessed from the aircraft when it would land in Timika. On the other hand, neither the company nor the government is watching already entered into the verification and the conclusion is that no rules are violated. NGOs are not so sure, even have a prejudice that the government people, so getolnya stimulate foreign investment, and there might be feeling inferior to the foreign element, is too weak attitude. NGOs also pointed out that the residents around the project, or in the project area, remain poor. Just look at the natives of Papua, Riau, Aceh and East Kalimantan. This is the first community development issues, in the first generation Contract of Work, not specifically mentioned as a corporate responsibility.

COW itself has several times revised and improved conditions for Indonesian parties. COW prevailing now the seventh generation. If a foreign mining families who ask for extension of time will be subject to a new generation of families. So there is progress.