Tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes

With the development of life, there are some work pressures and a lot of pressure from the outside world. Cervical lymph node tuberculosis is a common cervical disease. It is mainly an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It mainly destroys the lymphatic system and can infect some other organs. This symptom is lymph node tuberculosis! It must be well prevented and cared for. Cervical lymph node tuberculosis is also relatively common in daily life.

Cervical lymph node tuberculosis is mainly a disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. At the same time, in daily life we ​​must pay attention to understand the systemic symptoms and local symptoms and then make judgments. It is mainly a progressive disease and systemic. If not treated in time, it will affect other organs.

1. Develop good hygiene habits.

Tuberculosis patients should cover their mouths with a handkerchief when coughing. It is best to spit the sputum onto paper and then burn it. The sputum cup should be immersed in 2% tartaric acid soap or 1% formaldehyde solution, which can be sterilized in about two hours. Tuberculosis bacteria are least resistant to moisture and heat and can be killed by boiling for 15 minutes. The patient's clothes, handkerchiefs, sheets, etc. should be boiled before washing. The main thing to do is to prevent sputum contamination. 70% alcohol is the most effective for daily disinfection, and tuberculosis bacteria will be killed after 15-30 seconds of contact. Milk must be sterilized at low temperature before it can be consumed.

1. Perform a thorough disinfection. According to the characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that it is resistant to cold and dry heat but not to wet heat, items used by patients, such as tableware, towels, clothes, handkerchiefs, and masks, should be boiled for 10 to 15 minutes; items that cannot be boiled in water, such as books, quilts, and synthetic clothing, can be exposed to the sun for 4 to 6 hours or disinfected with ultraviolet light for two hours. In addition, it can also be disinfected with disinfectants such as Lysol. Ultraviolet lamps can be used to disinfect the air in the room where the patient lives.

2. Open windows regularly to ventilate and keep the indoor air fresh. According to statistics, if you ventilate the air once every ten minutes, 99% of the tuberculosis bacteria in the air can be blown away after 4 to 5 times.

3. Cultivate good hygiene habits, such as implementing a separate food system, using washing utensils for each person, washing hands frequently, changing clothes frequently, and disinfecting regularly.

2. Regular lung health checks.

Regular lung health checks can detect early cases so that timely treatment can be given to prevent the disease from spreading. Health checks should be conducted every 1-2 years based on the local tuberculosis epidemic. In rural areas, lung examinations should also be conducted based on personal medical history, sputum examination results, and subjective physical signs so that diseases can be discovered in a timely manner and treated as early as possible.

3. BCG vaccination.

BCG is a live vaccine that is harmless to the human body and can produce immunity after multiple generations of bovine tuberculosis bacteria have been transplanted in a special culture medium (containing cow bile). In order to accurately determine whether vaccination is needed, a test for antigen is generally performed before vaccination, and only those with a negative reaction are vaccinated. However, allergic reactions do not have much impact on the body. In areas where the tuberculosis infection rate is very low, the tuberculin test can be avoided and BCG vaccination can be given directly. If the antibody test turns positive 6-8 weeks after vaccination, it means that the human body has developed immunity; if the test is still negative, it means that the vaccination was not successful and needs to be vaccinated again.

The above is about large tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes in the neck. Care and preventive measures can mainly be carried out, such as good hygiene habits. In daily life, you must regularly open ventilation to keep the indoor air fresh. You must develop good habits to regularly check the lungs and neck. You can get some vaccines. If you find this disease in your life, you must go to the hospital for timely treatment and diagnosis.