Consumption vs. Tuberculosis — What's the Difference?

Associated with significant weight loss and weakness.

Focuses on the causative agent and its eradication.

Reflected the lack of medical understanding of tuberculosis.

A bacterial infection that can lead to severe respiratory problems.

Symbolized the gradual decline of health.

Preventable with vaccination (BCG vaccine).

A term once used to describe the debilitating effects of tuberculosis.

Identified by the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The act or process of consuming.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body.

The state of being consumed.

An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.

An amount consumed.

Tuberculosis of the lungs, characterized by the coughing up of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain.

(Economics) The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

A progressive wasting of body tissue.

A constitutional disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (also called the Tubercle bacillus), characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary phthisis (consumption). The Mycobacteria are slow-growing and without cell walls, and are thus not affected by the beta-lactam antibiotics; treatment is difficult, usually requiring simultaneous administration of multiple antibiotics to effect a cure. Prior to availability of antibiotic treatment, the cure required extensive rest, for which special sanatoriums were constructed.

Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.

Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

The act of eating, drinking or using.

The amount consumed.

The act of consuming or destroying.

(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

The act of consuming something

As medical understanding of tuberculosis advanced, the term "consumption" was replaced by "tuberculosis," reflecting knowledge of its bacterial cause.

Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The contagious nature of consumption was not fully understood until tuberculosis was identified as a bacterial infection.

Symptoms include a persistent cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss.

Yes, tuberculosis can be cured with a proper course of antibiotics.

Treatments were largely ineffective and based on improving general health through rest and climate change.

Consumption is an outdated term for tuberculosis, highlighting the disease's physical wasting effects.

Yes, the BCG vaccine is used to prevent tuberculosis, especially in children.

Tuberculosis is transmitted through the air when people with active TB in their lungs cough, speak, or sneeze.

Measures include vaccination, early detection and treatment of active cases, and monitoring and treatment of latent infections.

The discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in 1882 marked a significant milestone in understanding the disease.

Yes, tuberculosis can spread and affect other parts of the body, known as extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Latent tuberculosis is when the bacteria remain in the body in an inactive state without causing symptoms.

Despite advancements, tuberculosis remains a challenge due to factors like antibiotic resistance and inadequate public health measures in some regions.

The introduction of antibiotics dramatically changed the treatment of tuberculosis, making it a curable disease.