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Cases of tuberculosis increase in Illinois for the first time since 2005

THE NUMBER OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ILLINOIS ROSE LAST YEAR.
 
344 T-B INFECTIONS WERE REPORTED IN 2015…THE FIRST INCREASE IN A DECADE. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPOKESPERSON MELANEY ARNOLD SAYS THEY WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THE SYMPTOMS OF T-B TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
 
ARNOLD STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF T-B PATIENTS STRICTLY FOLLOWING THE SIX TO 12 MONTH LONG DRUG TREATMENT REGIMEN, OR RISK THEIR INFECTION BECOMING RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS.
 
GENERAL SYMPTOMS ARE FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS, FEVER AND NIGHT SWEATS BUT MAY ALSO INCLUDE A PERSISTENT COUGH THAT SOMETIMES PRODUCES BLOOD. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPOKESPERSON MELANEY ARNOLD SAYS THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH T-B MUST STRICTLY ADHERE TO THEIR TREATMENT REGIMEN.
 
 
T-B IS CONTAGIOUS AND IS SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR WHEN SOMEONE SICK COUGHS OR SNEEZES.

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