Tuberculosis in Kaiserslautern: Health office is looking for contact persons!
Tuberculosis in Kaiserslautern: Health office is looking for contact persons!
In the Palatinate, three cases of tuberculosis were recently reported, which occurred both in the city and in the district of Kaiserslautern. Affected people are a six -year -old child, a teenager and a third person. According to Rheinpfalz.de there are two cases in the city of Kaiserslautern, while a case in the district Kaiserslautern was registered. All patients are in stable condition.
The Health Department Kaiserslautern is actively looking for contact persons from the sick. However, the search is complex because it depends on the mobility of the infected people during their contagious phase. Tuberculosis, an infectious lung disease, is caused by mycobacteria and spreads via aerosols that are expelled when coughing or sneezing. According to the records, many people worldwide die from this disease caused by the pathogen.
special circumstances of cases
Current cases are particularly worrying because the youngest affected child has light tuberculosis symptoms and is already being treated. In the hope that the infection has not spread in the daycare center, the further situation is closely monitored. Information about the health state of young people and the third person concerned were not published. The fact that children are not affected is soothing from a statistical point of view, since the cases occurred in older people and older students.
In general, there are only a few cases of tuberculosis in Germany, according to the World Tuberculosis Day on March 24 - about five per 100,000 people annually. In the district of Germersheim, which counts around 130,000 inhabitants, around seven tuberculosis cases are statistically expected per year. Five cases have already been reported to the district for 2024, while three illnesses have already been found in the current year. The observations suggest that tuberculosis can be kept under control, provided all necessary measures are taken.care and treatment costs
Treatment of tuberculosis requires close cooperation between all outpatient and inpatient actors. It is emphasized that the treatment costs in the inpatient area must be sufficiently covered by the health insurance companies in order to continue to keep the disease treatable and to avoid consequences. The health authorities also carry out comprehensive tests to a possible further transfer of tuberculosis if there is longer contact with a sick person. These measures are crucial to prevent the disease from spreading in good time.
The historical perspective on tuberculosis is also important. In the past, in the 18th and 19th centuries, there was often an increase in diseases, often referred to as "white plague". At that time, every fourth adult in Germany died of tuberculosis. Although the doctors have made many progress from Hippocrates since the first descriptions of the disease, tuberculosis still remains a serious global health threat. According to Tagesschau.de are estimated to be infected with the pathogen worldwide.
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