What is relation between Tuberculosis and smoking.smoking may cause TB?
TB is caused by a variety of mycobacteria, although most typically Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is an infectious disease that is transmitted by aerosol droplets being sprayed around when someone who is infected coughs, sneezes, talks etc. There are some studies that suggest that smoking might make a potential sufferer more vulnerable to becoming infected, but without exposure to the mycobacteria, it just plain isn’t going to happen.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is most often found in the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can spread to other parts of the body (extrapulmonary TB). TB in the lungs is easily spread to other people through coughing or laughing. Treatment is often successful, though the process is long. Treatment time averages between 6 and 9 months.
