Also known as consumption, tuberculosis or TB is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria. It attacks the lungs and respiratory system, but can also attack the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, bones, joints and even the skin.
Symptoms include chest pains, coughing blood, prolonged coughing, chills, night sweats, pallor, lose of appetite, weight lose, and easy fatigue. Though tuberculosis is not known for being especially contagious, it can be rather easy to transmit, since TB is spread through infected aerosols via coughing, spitting, speaking, kissing, and sneezing. Tuberculosis attacks everybody differently. While it can take months to years for the TB infection to become the TB disease in some people, it can easily become the full flight disease in some people in a matter of weeks.
If left untreated, TB causes death. (duh)
Since tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria, treatment is available via antibiotics, though there is currently no vaccine for adults.
Due to medicial attention toward HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis has resurged.
Symptoms include chest pains, coughing blood, prolonged coughing, chills, night sweats, pallor, lose of appetite, weight lose, and easy fatigue. Though tuberculosis is not known for being especially contagious, it can be rather easy to transmit, since TB is spread through infected aerosols via coughing, spitting, speaking, kissing, and sneezing. Tuberculosis attacks everybody differently. While it can take months to years for the TB infection to become the TB disease in some people, it can easily become the full flight disease in some people in a matter of weeks.
If left untreated, TB causes death. (duh)
Since tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria, treatment is available via antibiotics, though there is currently no vaccine for adults.
Due to medicial attention toward HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis has resurged.
On a lighter note, tuberculosis is probably the most overused disease found in historical manga/anime.
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Tuper
-From the Greek word Lup~er
-A tuper is a non-desriptive word for a dumb person
-It can also be used as a word to make your friends dumber.
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-From the Greek word Lup~er
-A tuper is a non-desriptive word for a dumb person
-It can also be used as a word to make your friends dumber.
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-to tup somone
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Mann, yesterday my teacher was being a tuper.
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Get the tuberculosis express mug.A life-threatening and highly contagious lung infection that spreads and contaminates the respiratory system until it infects the blood system and is transported up the carotid artery. It then attacks the nervous system and causes the medulla oblongota to spontaneously implode. This leaves a black hole inside the skull.
The following people have died from tubercucancer:
~Leonardo Da Vinci,
~Hitler,
~"Mikey" (from the LIFE commercials),
~Tom Landry,
~Elvis,
~David Hasselhoff's career,
~Christopher Reeves,
~Anne Frank,
~DJ Jazzy Jeff,
~Kurt Cobain,
~Bob Ross,
~Helen Keller,
~Ricardo Montalban, &
~Right Said Fred
The following people have died from tubercucancer:
~Leonardo Da Vinci,
~Hitler,
~"Mikey" (from the LIFE commercials),
~Tom Landry,
~Elvis,
~David Hasselhoff's career,
~Christopher Reeves,
~Anne Frank,
~DJ Jazzy Jeff,
~Kurt Cobain,
~Bob Ross,
~Helen Keller,
~Ricardo Montalban, &
~Right Said Fred
Example 1
Dad: "Hey...Your mom has tubercucancer."
Son: "Oh no! That's the worst kind."
Dad: "Yeah. You should probably come home."
Son: "Ok. But I think I infected her with it..."
Dad: "Then you probably shouldn't come home."
Example 2
Guy: "Dang it...My iTunes just broke. This is worse than the time my mom had tubercucancer."
Friend: "If only she were here now."
Other Friend: "SWEET! Ninja Warrior's on!"
Dad: "Hey...Your mom has tubercucancer."
Son: "Oh no! That's the worst kind."
Dad: "Yeah. You should probably come home."
Son: "Ok. But I think I infected her with it..."
Dad: "Then you probably shouldn't come home."
Example 2
Guy: "Dang it...My iTunes just broke. This is worse than the time my mom had tubercucancer."
Friend: "If only she were here now."
Other Friend: "SWEET! Ninja Warrior's on!"
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Get the tubercucancer mug.noun: a hot snack consisting of peanut butter grilled between tortillas. from a riff on "quesadilla" where "queso" + "tortilla" = "cheese grilled in a tortilla" and "tuerca" + "tortilla" = "nut (butter) grilled in a tortilla"
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