Making a case for investing in post-tuberculosis lung health in children.
Making a case for investing in post-tuberculosis lung health in children.
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为儿童结核病后肺部健康投资提供理由。
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10.1016/s2213-2600(22)00102-3
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2022
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Nkereuwem E
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Nkereuwem E
过去二十年来，全球遏制结核病大流行的努力挽救了超过 6600 万人的生命。 1 随着加大力度改善主动病例发现并实现及时诊断和早期治疗，我们预计这一数字在未来几年将会增加。在我们于 2022 年 3 月 24 日纪念世界结核病日之际，全球每天仍有近 3000 名儿童感染这种可预防的疾病。尽管结核病是一种可治愈的传染病，但它会给身体和心理带来长期的阴影。即使在宣布治愈或治疗完成后，按照目前的结核病治疗结果分类，许多结核病幸存者仍然面临医疗和社会经济挑战，并且往往需要全面护理以改善他们的身体健康和生活质量。 2, 3 然而，患者护理通常在结核病治疗完成后结束，没有后续行动来评估心理健康或肺损伤的持续性。 2 截至目前估计有 1.55 亿肺结核幸存者
Over the past two decades, more than 66 million lives have been saved through global efforts to curb the tuberculosis pandemic. 1 With intensified efforts to improve active case finding and enable prompt diagnosis and early treatment initiation, we can expect this number to increase over the next few years. As we commemorate World TB Day on March 24, 2022, nearly 3000 children worldwide still contract this preventable disease every day.Despite being a curable infectious disease, tuberculosis can leave behind a long shadow of physical and psychological consequences. Even after being declared cured or treatment completed, as in the current classification of tuberculosis treatment outcomes, many tuberculosis survivors still face medical and socioeconomic challenges, and often require comprehensive care to improve their physical health and quality of life. 2, 3 However, patient care usually ends when tuberculosis treatment is completed, with no follow-up to assess mental health or persistence of lung damage. 2 With an estimated 155 million pulmonary tuberculosis survivors as of