{"id":145020,"date":"2023-11-15T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=145020"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:06:33","slug":"cases-of-ancient-disease-that-causes-people-to-cough-up-blood-hit-highest-levels-on-record-who-warns-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/lifestyle\/cases-of-ancient-disease-that-causes-people-to-cough-up-blood-hit-highest-levels-on-record-who-warns-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases of ancient disease that causes people to cough up blood hit 'highest levels on record', WHO warns | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A RECORD-breaking number of people were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2022, health officials have said.<\/p>\n

Some 7.5million people caught the ancient disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the highest since records began in 1995.<\/p>\n

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Although case numbers have increased, the UN organisation said it likely includes cases missed last year. <\/p>\n

"The number in 2022 probably includes a sizeable backlog of people who developed TB in previous years but whose diagnosis and treatment were delayed by Covid-related disruptions that affected access to and provision of health services," a WHO spokesperson told The Sun. <\/p>\n

"A return to the pre-pandemic downward trend may occur in 2023 or 2024."<\/p>\n

Instead, the high figure signifies "worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services" disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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"We should be positive about this ability to monitor the number of people being newly diagnosed with TB each year," Dr Tereza Kasaeva, director of the WHO\u2019s Global Tuberculosis Programme,\u00a0explained.<\/p>\n

"It allows us to understand the burden of TB disease as well as the number of people with TB who are accessing diagnosis and treatment," he told the Telegraph. <\/p>\n

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In 2022, the ancient disease killed 1.3million people – down from 1.4million in 2021, according to the WHO report.<\/p>\n

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The WHO added that there is some progress towards a TB vaccine, but this is limited due to a lack of investment. <\/p>\n

The bacterial infection usually affects the lungs but can seep into other body parts, such as the brain, spinal cord and heart.<\/p>\n

And it spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit.<\/p>\n

Symptoms include a cough for over three weeks, exhaustion, high temperature, weight loss, and loss of appetite.<\/p>\n

Patients are usually given\u00a0antibiotics\u00a0for six months. <\/p>\n

It kills 66 per cent of those left untreated. <\/p>\n

In the UK, infections jumped to 2,408 in the first half of 2023, up from 2,251 last year.<\/p>\n

The UK Health Security Agency said cases are still most common in people who have come from areas of the world where TB is more common.<\/p>\n

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Infections are higher in urban and more deprived areas, with homeless people more at risk, they said.<\/p>\n

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