A schoolgirl in Tabarbour has been diagnosed with tuberculosis and another suspected

Mahmoud Al Tarawneh

Amman Dr. Ghazi Sharks, director of expat health at the Ministry of Health, confirmed the incidence of tuberculosis at one of the students of a Tabarbour school, and the suspicion of tuberculosis. a new case is still being examined.
Sharks pointed out that the infected case was affiliated with the Marka Board of Education and was at Prince Hamzah Hospital. He was then transferred to the Expatriate Health and Thoracic Department where she had x-rays and tuberculosis tests between tuberculosis and pulmonary tuberculosis.
He added that the management had conducted a subcutaneous examination of students and school teachers, in addition to implementing a comprehensive awareness campaign on the tuberculosis germ.
He pointed out that the school will miss both students for a month when they will be equipped with the necessary treatments, pointing out that the treatments are available and that nothing justifies the panic and fear of such cases.
Dr. Nashat Al-Ta-ani, director of the Department of Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Health, said the epidemiological surveillance team was monitoring cases in the same school and carrying out the necessary medical examinations to ensure security of all its members.

Hatem al-Azrai, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said for its part that one of the students of the Shaimaa school of Tabarbour region, the director of education of the Marka , had examined the Prince Hamza hospital a few days ago, complaining of some of the symptoms of the disease, requiring tests revealing changes on suspicion of being infected with tuberculosis.
And to the suspicion of the existence of the disease of the student, was transferred according to Alzrai to chest diseases and health of expatriates to perform more radiotherapy tests and necessary laboratory tests that have showed the disease and started giving them the necessary treatment.
The Department of Communicable Diseases and Expatriate Health went to school and did the necessary examinations for the teachers: six cases were suspected and more tests were done, one case was positive for tuberculosis and samples were taken Sunday.
The Department of Thoracic Diseases and School Health and the school's educational authorities on the causes of tuberculosis and modes of tuberculosis transmission and ways to prevent it.
Azarai added that it was prudent to grant both students a break for treatment after their recovery in class, where the possibility of transmission of the infection was possible.
At the same time, Dr. Marka's director of education, Dr. Nasr Abu Shariah, confirmed the discovery of a single case of TB in Shaimaa's main school.
Dr. Abu Shariata stated that the injured student had left another school to go to school early in the first semester, but that her period had been interrupted and had logged more than 40 days. absence during the semester for reasons of illness.

She explained that the father of the student, during one of his visits to school, had confirmed the tuberculosis inflicted on his daughter, calling the cadres of the Ministry of Health to proceed to immediate and preventive inspection of the school and to conduct random medical examinations of the class of the pupil and the school in general, as well as the school of origin .
Abu Shariata said that Ministry of Health officials had confirmed the school's absence at a time when health personnel were continuing to monitor the case of the student inherent in the complex preemptively. , despite the absence of any symptoms of the disease.

Tuberculosis is a frequent and often contagious contagion caused by various strains of fungal bacteria: Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body.

The disease is transmitted by air when the salivary spray is transmitted to people with active tuberculosis by coughing, sneezing or by any other means to move the salivary spray into the air.

Most infections are not accidental and latent, but one in 10 cases will eventually become an active infection that, if left untreated, will kill more than 50% of those infected.
The prevalence of most communicable diseases among Jordanians decreased at the usual levels last year. Some illnesses increased, but most of the results were in the overall average compared to 2017, where the diseases were high.

The Ministry of Health places Jordanians under the epidemiological surveillance system to control the disease, prevent its spread and provide treatment services to patients.