I’ve always heard mention of Tuberculosis, I’ve even met a few people that said they had it. I’ve also always had the impression that it was a rather serious debilitating disease. None of the people who I’ve had tell me they had it were in any way shape or form ill so that all didn’t add up. Anyway the topic came up talking to my mom the other day and that prompted me to go look around and see if i could find decent information on the topic. Apparently there’s a Tuberculosis infection that in about 10% (over life) of the cases turns into Tuberculosis the disease. The first is harmless (execpt that it can turn into the other) and the second is deadly in about 50% of the cases. You can not catch the infection/disease from someone who has the only the infection. Tuberculosis is passed by disease bearing persons when they cough, sneeze, etc. (added) It’s interesting that on the day I read about it and do a blog entry /. does a post on the subject.
Ever wondered wheree the saying “sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite” came from? Well here’s the answer. Apperently there is a bug commonly called bed bug which was nearly erradicated by DDT. In the U.S. they’re still pretty rare, if you get bitten at night it is more likely a spider than a bed bug (I’m sure that makes you feel better.) Anyway add another useless fact to my database.