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Tuberculosis is a disease that has become, has always been there, what happens is that in developed countries has decreased the incidence and created the false impression that it had been eradicated. Nothing is more uncertain as epidemiological data show “wanted to clarify the Dr. Juan Ruiz Manzano, chairman of SEPAR, the Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), held in Barcelona until 22.

In Spain every year 10,000 new cases are detected tuberculosis, which placed Spain among European Union countries with higher prevalence, together with Portugal. The latest data show that between 30% and 50% of cases occur in people born in other countries.

Experts say the key to eradicating tuberculosis is based on early diagnosis and proper treatment to prevent new cases prevention. The study of people who have been in contact with TB patients is essential to break the chain of transmission of the disease. On the other hand, is very important for people with infectious tuberculosis are kept isolated for about 2-4 weeks until the treatment takes effect and prevent the transmission of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

In France, nearly 300 000 people are infected with hepatitis B and there are 500 new cases per year. But more than half of patients do not discover their status at the stage of complications. How to tell if you’re at risk?

Transmissible and silent infection with hepatitis B (HBV) is still largely under diagnosed and inadequately treated. An intolerable situation when we know that effective treatments exist.

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While the High Authority of Health calls for the generalization of the proposed routine testing for HIV / AIDS, Hepatitis SOS (Association of patients with a chronic liver disease) is a lack of consideration of all stakeholders in the system Health on the issue of screening for viral hepatitis.

According to the Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin of May 19, 2009 (Institute of Health Surveillance) over 500 000 people are carriers of chronic viral hepatitis (232 hepatitis C 000, 281 000 hepatitis B) and nearly 50% do not know and not yet detected. More than 250 000 people living in France with a virus that can potentially destroy their livers.

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Covered with mucosa, the vagina naturally contains bacteria and fungi. But the balance between these two populations is sometimes broken, mushrooms come to power and well-known symptoms occur: itching, burning, vaginal whitish … Fortunately, solutions are effective against these fungal infections.

Very painful genital mycoses represent 20% of examinations performed by laboratories.

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