Tuberculosis is a disease belonging to bacterial infections of tuberculosis Microbakterium. TB disease can attack anyone who does not understand men, women, young and old, rich and poor, everywhere. In Indonesia in particular, to grow, these diseases continue each year and currently stands at 250 million new cases causing 140,000 deaths. Even Indonesia, the third largest country in the world in the world on this subject of tuberculosis.

# Cause of the disease(TB)

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by TB bacteria Microbakterium, a rod-shaped bacteria resistant to acid, also known as acid-resistant root (BTA). The bacterium was discovered by a man named Robert-Koch-March 24, 1882, to commemorate their service, then the bacteria called Bacillus anthracis. Also tuberculosis in lung disease is also known as pulmonary Koch (BK) announced.
The symptoms of TB disease
The symptoms of TB disease in two parts, ie classify the common symptoms and specific symptoms. Difficult to detect and diagnose TB are in the clinical picture of the person who is not typical, especially in new cases.

1. The classic symptoms (Systemic)
- The fever is not high, which lasted long, usually at night feeling the sweat of support day. Sometimes, the fever and flu, as the intermittent nature.
- Loss of appetite and weight loss.
- Cough for more than 3 weeks (can be accompanied by blood).
- Nausea (bad), weakness.

2. The specific symptoms (standard)
- Depending on the affected organs, in the case of some of bronchial obstruction (the canal to the lungs) led by the removal of lymph nodes, making a noise “send”, the voice is accompanied by a weakening of breathing short.
- If dirongga pleural fluid (lung packing) may be associated with chest pain.
- If the bone, forming symptoms such as bone infection sometime in May to the channels and lead to skin “in this estuary discharge.
- When children are in the brain, the brain level)) as inflammation and meningitis (the lining of the brain called (the symptoms are high fever, decreased consciousness and seizures.

Among patients, age, where children do not cause symptoms of tuberculosis can be detected if you know of any contact with adult patients with tuberculosis. Approximately 30-50% of children have contact with adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, a positive test result to the tuberculin. For children 3 months – 5 years with adult patients of smear positive, 30% reported infection by serological examination / blood.

# Treatment of Tuberculosis
Treatment for patients with tuberculosis is a lengthy process, and ranged from 6 months to 9 months or more. TB can be cured completely if the patient takes regularly, doctors give drugs to improve their strength, and good nutrition.

During the search process for a better development then advised the patient to undergo two blood tests, sputum, urine and x-rays or X-ray every 3 months. The drug is usually given to isoniazid and rifampicin obtan is the basic treatment for patients with tuberculosis, but also decide on the possibility of developing resistance to medicines, your physician for additional medications, including pyrazinamide, and streptomycin sulfate or give ethambutol hydrochloride as a unit, as a drug of “triple” known.