Geneva, 21 mar ( EFE).- the lack of a diagnosis in the population of lower age is the main problem to prevent tuberculosis, the World Organization of the health ( who) reported today.
Each year, at least half a million children in the world they become infected with tuberculosis and 70,000 of them die, as reported today the who, who wants to draw attention to a disease that can prevent and cure easily and without high costs.
The next Saturday, March 24, celebrates World Day against Tuberculosis and who has focused his commemoration this year on minors, victims most often family or medical negligence by lack of diagnosis.
“Symptoms in children are not so obvious as in adults, sometimes not even they cough, just stop playing, are more calm, aletargados, and entails that in the majority of cases TB is not diagnosed,” he said at press Malgosia Grzemska, Coordinator of the Department “Stop a la Tuberculosis” of the who.
This lack of diagnosis can cause the disease develops in its strongest forms and could cause paralysis, different types of disabilities and even death.
The health agency of Nations United believes that die every day 200 children TB.
Who proposed more information and awareness for both the population and workforce, and further research to develop a manageable and easy technique to detect the disease.
With respect to the treatment, Grzemska explained that it exists and that it is cheap, although perhaps “little adapted to children, given that they are large pills difficult to swallow a retail”.
According to the who, the preventive treatment costs less than $3 per day (for 3 days), and the medicine to cure the disease if infected only costs 50 cents per day (6 months).
In relation to the vaccine, explained that although it is widely provided, it is to prevent the spread of some most severe and resistant TB forms. EFE
