Neurol. praxi. 2019;20(2):91-97 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2018.063

Tuberculosis – a current issue in the new millennium

doc. MUDr. Ivan Solovič, CSc.

Národný ústav tuberkulózy, pľúcnych chorôb a hrudníkovej chirurgie, Vyšné Hágy

Fakulta zdravotníctva, Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku

Tuberculosis is as old as mankind itself. The first reports of tuberculosis come from the time when people began to create more social units. The findings of skeletons from the Neolithic confirm the existence of forms of bone tuberculosis. Already Avicenna noted that the disease is contagious and affects the development of the external environment. Tuberculosis is a treatable disease, but if we do not think about the disease so it is hardly to notice it, the patients are coming late with severely affected lungs or other organs, they may also die. The impairment of the nervous system is not common, but it is very difficult to do the right diagnosis and treatment. The disease is similar to the flu droplet infection. It is treatable, although a growing number of so-called multi-resistant forms, which are very troublesome. The current people's awareness of tuberculosis is very low therefore it must be constantly on call between professional and public because it can affect anyone and at any time.

Keywords: tuberculosis, situation the world, situation in Slovakia, tuberculosis of the nervous system

Received: October 15, 2018; Accepted: October 16, 2018; Published: April 23, 2019  Show citation