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TB and Nutrition Group 5

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem, with 8 million new cases and 2 million deaths per year. TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads through the air. Nutritional status is often lower in TB patients compared to healthy individuals. Factors contributing to malnutrition in TB patients include decreased appetite, nutrient malabsorption, and altered metabolism. The nutritional goals for TB patients include restoring appropriate weight and providing nutrient-rich supplementary foods. Medical nutritional therapy for TB involves maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, providing additional calories during intensive treatment, and vitamin D supplementation to improve symptoms.

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TB and Nutrition Group 5

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem, with 8 million new cases and 2 million deaths per year. TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads through the air. Nutritional status is often lower in TB patients compared to healthy individuals. Factors contributing to malnutrition in TB patients include decreased appetite, nutrient malabsorption, and altered metabolism. The nutritional goals for TB patients include restoring appropriate weight and providing nutrient-rich supplementary foods. Medical nutritional therapy for TB involves maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, providing additional calories during intensive treatment, and vitamin D supplementation to improve symptoms.

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TB and Nutrition

Group 5
1.Abdihakim Mahamud
2.Mohamed Jama Adan
3.Liban Abdi Mohamed
4.Amira Mawlid Ahmed
5.Salma Mohamed Qawdhan
6.Fadumo Mawlid Ahmed
7.Hoodo Dahir Hussein
8.Najax Saleban Mohamed
9.Hodan Abdihakim Hassan
10.Deeqa Yusuf Adam
OBJECTIVES
• Introduction of TB
• Factors contributing of Nutrition /Causes
• Nutritional Goal
• Intervention/Medical nutrition therapy
Introduction of TB

• Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death worldwide


from a single infectious disease agent.
• Indeed, tuberculosis (TB) affects as many as half of the world's po
pulation.
Globally, the number of newly reported cases of tuberculosis (TB) i
s largely correlated with economic conditions; the nations in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America with the lowest gross national products
Cont......
• WHO estimates that eight million people get TB every
year, of whom 95% live in developing countries. An
estimated 2 million people die from TB every year.
• TB is an ancient infectious disease caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It has been known since
1000 BC. Given that tuberculosis is a respiratory illness,
the following are circumstances for transmission;-
- inadequate personal cleanliness
- inadequate public hygiene
- overcrowding
What is TB?
• Tuberculosis is a treatable and curable infection, Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria
(Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
• How does it spread?
- it is air born disease

• nutritional status is significantly lower in patients with active


tuberculosis Compared with healthy controls.

• The most effective means to prevent childhood TB is early identification and proper treatment of
infection because young children are vulnerable

• Tuberculosis (TB) and nutrition are intimately associated;


under-nutrition raises the risk of Tb.
Factors contributing of Malnutrition
include:-
• Decrease in appetite
• Nutrient malabsorption
• Micronutrient malabsorption
• Altered metabolism resulting In wasting
• protein-energy malnutrition
• Micronutrient deficiency
• Under-nutrition
Nutritional Goal
• Children who are less than 5 years of age with active TB
and moderate undernutrition should be managed as any
other children with moderate undernutrition. This includes
provision of locally available nutrient-rich or fortified
supplementary foods, in order to restore appropriate
weight-for-height .

• tuberculosis and could be accompanied by other positive


implications, such as prevention of stunting, decreased
metabolic dysregulation, and improved economic
productivity.
INTERVENTION
• Maintain fluid and electrolyte balance as required
• Additional energy (up to 20–30% more calories) is important
during the intensive phase of treatment and is simplest to
provide through additional household foods as part of a
balanced varied diet.
• Infants aged under 6 months with malnutrition or growth
failure require referral to a therapeutic feeding programme
to receive a special formulated mixture of protein,
carbohydrate, lipid, vitamins and minerals
• Vitamin D supplementation appears to be beneficial in improving cough and fever
symptoms in children with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
• Antituberculosis drug
Thanks for your Attention....

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