TB basic
This organ is the most commonly affected by tuberculosis.
➡️ What are the lungs?
$100: A cough lasting longer than this many weeks is a classic TB warning sign.
➡️ What is three weeks?
$100: This famous nurse improved TB care during the 1800s with better hygiene practices.
➡️ Who is Florence Nightingale?
$100: TB treatment usually requires taking these for many months.
➡️ What are antibiotics?
$100: TB is most common in countries with limited access to this type of care.
➡️ What is healthcare?
$200: This tiny organism type causes TB — not a virus, but this.
➡️ What is a bacterium?
$200: TB spreads through these tiny droplets released when someone coughs or sneezes.
➡️ What are airborne droplets?
$200: Before antibiotics, TB patients were often sent to these special treatment facilities.
➡️ What are sanatoriums?
$200: This is the most important step patients must follow to avoid drug‑resistant TB.
➡️ What is taking all their medicine as prescribed?
$200: This continent has some of the highest TB rates, especially in southern regions.
➡️ What is Africa?
$300: This test, often placed under the skin of the forearm, checks for TB exposure.
➡️ What is the skin test (Mantoux test)?
$300: Night sweats, fever, and this type of weight loss are common TB symptoms.
➡️ What is unintentional weight loss?
$300: This scientist discovered the TB bacterium in 1882.
➡️ Who is Robert Koch?
$300: This global organization leads worldwide TB control efforts.
➡️ What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
$300: TB and this virus often occur together, making each disease harder to treat.
➡️ What is HIV?
$400: This term describes TB that spreads throughout the body like tiny seeds.
➡️ What is miliary TB?
$400: People with this form of TB can spread the disease to others.
➡️ What is active TB?
$400: This early 1900s invention helped doctors see TB damage inside the lungs.
➡️ What is the X‑ray?
$400: This term describes TB that no longer responds to at least two major TB drugs.
➡️ What is multidrug‑resistant TB (MDR‑TB)?
$400: This country has one of the largest TB burdens due to its huge population.
➡️ What is India?
$500: This type of TB shows no symptoms and cannot spread to others.
➡️ What is latent TB?
$500: TB is not spread by sharing these everyday items like cups or utensils.
➡️ What are dishes or utensils?
$500: This vaccine, still used in many countries, was first given to humans in 1921.
➡️ What is the BCG vaccine?
$500: This strategy, where a health worker watches patients take their medicine, improves treatment success.
➡️ What is DOT (Directly Observed Therapy)?
$500: This term describes the global plan to reduce TB cases and deaths by 2035.
➡️ What is the End TB Strategy?