DISEASE TB or Tuberculosis became the first infectious disease in Indonesia. TB has been around for a long time and continues to infect people today.
TB itself is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These bacteria attack a person’s body in the respiratory system, so the symptoms often shown by TB patients are cough, in addition to fever and night sweats.
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The Director for Prevention and Control of Direct Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Dr. Wiendra Waworuntu, M.Kes explained, said that another symptom commonly shown by TB patients is a drastic weight loss in a short time.
“This symptom can be an early sign of someone experiencing TB. Of course, laboratory diagnosis is the main thing in establishing the diagnosis,” he said at the virtual press conference for the Ayo TOSS TBC campaign initiated by the Ministry of Health and PT Johnson and Johnson Indonesia, Thursday (13/8/2020 ).
