The oldest disease!

May be the oldest disease. But TB is no more an untreatable disease. Modern technology has kept it well within the control.

Actually old diseases are controlled easier. These are well known. There is more difficulty with latest diseases that are strill being researched.

Actually old diseases are controlled easier. These are well known. There is more difficulty with latest diseases that are strill being researched.

According to the pace of the life and quick changing life styles new diseases are bound to come. Of course scientific community is doing its bit . To find a treatment to a new disease it takes time for them.

Tuberculosis is as old as humanity- says a research.

http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/9/1/a-disease-as-old-as-humanity-itself-how-tb-took-over-the-world

Earlier Tb was not cure able disease. If a person has it than it decided that he/she will died. But now it is cure able. TBM is also one type of TB. I had this problem but now I am OK

TB is oldest disease. But Today TB is completely curable disease.

Tuberculosis is as old as humanity- says a research.

http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/9/1/a-disease-as-old-as-humanity-itself-how-tb-took-over-the-world

What made that come to this conclusion.. May be they didn't knew the names of other which were prevailing at that time... Could it ?

May be the oldest disease. But TB is no more an untreatable disease. Modern technology has kept it well within the control.

Yes it is treatable but surprisingly there is no TB treatment in Australia because there is no tuberculosis in this country. They go through very strict tests before providing residency visas to people intending to settle here or willing to visit here for more than three month. Australia and New Zeeland are perhaps the only countries in the world which are free from this disease.

May be the oldest disease. But TB is no more an untreatable disease. Modern technology has kept it well within the control.

Yes it is treatable but surprisingly there is no TB treatment in Australia because there is no tuberculosis in this country. They go through very strict tests before providing residency visas to people intending to settle here or willing to visit here for more than three month. Australia and New Zeeland are perhaps the only countries in the world which are free from this disease.

Though not fully there are many countries which succeeded in removing TB almost from their respective countries.

May be the oldest disease. But TB is no more an untreatable disease. Modern technology has kept it well within the control.

Yes it is treatable but surprisingly there is no TB treatment in Australia because there is no tuberculosis in this country. They go through very strict tests before providing residency visas to people intending to settle here or willing to visit here for more than three month. Australia and New Zeeland are perhaps the only countries in the world which are free from this disease.

Though not fully there are many countries which succeeded in removing TB almost from their respective countries.

In some classic old Hindi movies, TB is treated as mortal disease, subsequently it is now curable.

Tuberculosis is as old as humanity- says a research.

http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/9/1/a-disease-as-old-as-humanity-itself-how-tb-took-over-the-world

What made that come to this conclusion.. May be they didn't knew the names of other which were prevailing at that time... Could it ?

This disease also finds place in Ayurveda and ancient medicine systems by different names.

Tuberculosis is as old as humanity- says a research.

http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/9/1/a-disease-as-old-as-humanity-itself-how-tb-took-over-the-world

What made that come to this conclusion.. May be they didn't knew the names of other which were prevailing at that time... Could it ?

This disease also finds place in Ayurveda and ancient medicine systems by different names.

This means it is there in ancient times, and there should be healing procedures in Ayurveda from ancient times, it is surprisingly how some diseases are still there, from the time of immemorial to the present times and also some new diseases are addition to modem day life style like that of AIDs.

Tuberculosis is as old as humanity- says a research.

http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/9/1/a-disease-as-old-as-humanity-itself-how-tb-took-over-the-world

What made that come to this conclusion.. May be they didn't knew the names of other which were prevailing at that time... Could it ?

This disease also finds place in Ayurveda and ancient medicine systems by different names.

Yes in Ayurveda, it's known as "kshaya." You can find its reference in the treatise known as "Charaka Samhita. "

TB is oldest disease. But Today TB is completely curable disease.

Yes curable if it is traced with in time.