What You Need to Know About Tuberculosis, Consumption, the White Plague.

What is Tuberculosis ?

Can I Recover from Tuberculosis ?

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YES, you will get better if you...

take your pills the way your doctor tells you. Do not miss any pills.
continue to take your pills, even when you feel better.

The majority of people who have TB are treated at home. The medicine is taken for a long time because it takes months to completely destroy the TB bacteria. In some communities, tuberculosis medicine is delivered to your home by a community health worker or a nursea community health worker or a nurse delivers tuberculosis medicine to your home. This is done through a program called DOT (Directly Observed Therapy).

This digital collection was produced under contract to Canada's Digital Collections program, Industry Canada. The website was produced by a CDC team at the Saskatchewan Lung Association. Visit the bibliography for a list of content sources and the image catalog for graphic source and credit information.