tailieunhanh - PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN CLASSICAL UNANI LITERATURE

(Ghon focus) in the lung with spread to the regional lymph node(s). In the majority of cases, the resultant cell-mediated immunity contains the disease process at this stage. Risk of disease progression is increased in the very young ( 3 years old) and in immune compromised children. Progression of disease occurs by 1) extension of the primary focus with or without cavitation; 2) the effects of pathological processes caused by the enlarging lymph nodes or by 3) lymphatic and/ or haematogenous spread. Implementation of the Stop TB Strategy1 (see Table 1), which builds on the DOTS strategy2 developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union),. | Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 4 2 April 2005 pp. 143-149 Pulmonary tuberculosis and its management in classical Unani literature Shakir Jamil Azhar Jabeen and Shoaib Ahmad1 Faculty of Medicine Unani Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 4437 Sector 39 B Chandigarh 160036 Received 19 November 2003 revised 1 December 2004 Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in the world from a single infectious disease and represents more than a quarter of the world s preventable deaths. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiologic agent of tuberculosis TB in humans. Transmission of TB occurs primarily by the aerosol route but can also occur through the gastrointestinal tract. Coughing by people with active TB produces droplet nuclei containing infectious organisms which can remain suspended in the air for several hours. Infection occurs if inhalation of these droplets results in the organism reaching the alveoli of the lungs. Since administration of a single drug often leads to the development of a bacterial population resistant to that drug effective regimens for the treatment of TB contain multiple drugs to which the organisms are susceptible. Tuberculosis is usually treated with four different antimicrobial agents. The paper reviews the disease and treatment known to ancient Unani physicians. Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis have been elaborately discussed. Attempts have been made to correlate and interpret the views of ancient Unani physicians with the modern concept. Kewwords Unani Drugs Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis Unani System of Medicine. IPC Int. A61K35 78 A61P31 06 A61P31 10 Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Mycobacterium Fig. 1 kills more people than any other single infectious agent. Tuberculosis an infectious disease primarily of lungs pulmonary tuberculosis with social bias has always occurred disproportionately among disadvantaged population such as the .