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- treatment will include a combination of medications and antibiotics(could be a 6 months- two years)
- TB treatments may take longer than a lot of other infections
- one must continue their treatment throughout the entire prescribed time, or the patient risks  developing drug resistant TB

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- Latent TB is when you have TB bacilli bacterium in your body, however you do not experience the symptoms of TB.
- Latent TB also typically does not become active only 5% of the time.
- Active TB is when you have the bacterium and experience all the symptoms and side effects. Typically is when one receives treatment.

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The TB bacilli are kept away from the lung but can stay alive in the macrophages for years. In stage 3, the person is no longer contagious. Bacilli and macrophages build a round complex in the lungs. Infected macrophages in the center and healthy macrophages surround them. (Ghon focus)

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Stage 2 lasts for 3 weeks after the initial infection. The TB bacilli start to reproduce exponentially, leading to a rapid expansion which the macrophages can not contain.

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Stage 4 only happens in about 5% of TB cases. The TB bacilli reactivate 12-24 months after the initial infection. It multiplies quickly and forms a cavity in the tissue where the immune system cannot reach them. The patient then starts to develop TB symptoms again and becomes highly contagious.

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- Stage one happens approximatley one week after infection
-Bacteria reaches the lung's alveoli, and the macrophages start sticking to bacterium
- The macrophages then swallow the bacteria.
-If there is not a surplus of bacteria the patient can go untreated and asymptomatic
- If there TB Bacilli is too potent the bacilli will reproduce and worsen.

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travels to terminal bronchioli and alveoli 

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travels to terminal bronchioli and alveoli 

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terminal bronchioli : conducting airways

Alveoli: Where the blood and and lungs exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the breathing process