Communicable Disease Paper Tuberculosis Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange, contaminated substance, or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. Many people have never heard of a disease called tuberculosis (TB) or not fully aware how serious this disease really is. I will briefly summarize the research that was conducted on tuberculosis by describing the disease in details and discussing efforts to control it, indentify environmental factors related to tuberculosis, and explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, as well as disease management. I will also briefly describe what public health departments are doing to reduce the threat, and include data, evidence, and plan to ensure quality health. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can also attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. TB is spread through the air from person to person because this bacteria is put into the air when a person that is diagnosed with it in the lungs, coughs, speaks, sneezes, or sings. People that have tuberculosis should be treated immediately because it can be fatal and they are putting people nearby at risk of becoming effected. Tuberculosis can be controlled if there are appropriate actions taking by seeing some type of health care professional that is able to diagnosis, treat, and monitor the disease. Crowding in homes, homeless shelters and prisons are has been observed to be the highest risk in tuberculosis among persons of contact. Children that leave in a crowded house with effected individuals have a greater increase degree of shared airspace are more exposed and it increases limited air movement. Crowded places like prisons have been reported to at a higher risk than any type of civilian population (World Health Organization, 2014). TB can sometimes provide late symptoms or…
