Show Z r B MAKES PLANS TO FIND EARLY tuberculosis i help find early tuberculosis is is he e slogan of the national tuberculosis association for this year ind d many organizations are assisting in the campaign to wipe out his is disease which is yet all too ire re valent notwithstanding the teat eat preventive advances that lave ave been made no age race or ex x is i immune from tuberculosis nd md the disease strikes most fre antly during the most prodoc ive e years of life it kills more elsons between the ages of 15 nd 45 than any other disease t most every case of tuberculosis results from exposure to some tody y who has the disease in an dive stage many infected per tons ons are unaware that they have the e disease such as a grandmother or grandfather with so called as thema theina of or chronic bronchitis or an n uncle with a cigarette cough these people are more potent of infection than those who know they have tuberculosis losis 1 the disease begins very insidiously and the first sym symptoms toms toed tired feeling weakness listlessness chest h abt pains loss of weight are loo often disregarded A delay in discovery overy of the disease makes tte treatment more difficult and may add months or years to the time required for recovery if you suspect the disease or if there is an active case in your h household hold consult your doctor modern arn science has provided him with means to make an early diagnosis he may wish to supplement his physical examination with a tuberculin test and xray X ray changes in the lungs can usually be seen with the xray X ray and flur before they can be detected by other means with modern treatment most of the early cases can be cured and many of the later cases can he treated successfully early discovery means early cure |