Is Genetal TB curable? What is the cause & preventive methods?

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While less frequently diagnosed, Genital TB is cured the same way as pulmonary TB. In fact, since your particular form of TB is not pulmonary or related to the respiratory system, isolation is not necessary as there is no way for it to be transmitted through the air.

Generally TB is caused when an active, infectious pulmonary TB patients breathes the TB Germ into the air. Another person breathes the TB germ into their body and it becomes encapsulated in the lungs and inactive (TB infection). If the person is not tested (PPD or skin test) to detect the TB germ in their body and they never receive preventive treatment, over the course of their lifetime, the person may develop active TB.

If active TB develops, the most likely scenario is pulmonary TB, but TB can actually travel and affect any part of the body (and I have seen it).

Preventive treatment is much preferable (one medication in most cases for 9 months) to full TB treatment ( 4 medications from 6-9 months depending on the susceptibility pattern of the TB germ). However, unfortunately many people do not complete a course of preventive treatment as inactive TB is generally asymptomatic, the person feels well and often does not feel the need to take medication.

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The answer is no but it can be controlled through proper medications. The cause is it airborne transmitted - someone with the disease (active) breathes in your face. TB is curable with the right antibiotics and other medications.
TB is caused by two organisms cause tuberculosis–Mycobacterium tuberculosis or/and Mycobacterium bovis. The way to prevent it is to stay away from someone with TB, if you are forced to be with someone with TB, get on some medications, put on a mask, wash your hands regulary and try to prevent spreading it by reading what this website has to say.:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/tuberculosis/article_em.htm#Tuberculosis Overview

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