KARIMNAGAR: There is high incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) disease in industrial belt of Ramagundam and tribal hamlets of Huzurabad and Husnabad regions of Karimnagar district due to exposure to pollution and poor dietary habits.

Disclosing this to newsmen here on Friday, DM&HO N. Subhadra and District TB Control Officer A. Rajesham said that the high incidence of TB in the industrial belt of Ramagundam was attributed due to exposure to pollution in the coal-belt region.

While in the Husnabad and Huzurabad regions, the TB was rampant because of lambada tribals consuming illicitly distilled (ID) liquor and not maintaining good eating habits, they added.

Good results

Giving details about the World TB Day, which would be held on Saturday, the medical officers said that they launched the revised National TB Control Programme from 2004 onwards in the district and was yielding good results.

They appointed DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course) providers to ensure that TB patients administer medicine at their home thrice a week under supervision. The treatment would continue for a six months period and in between they would conduct follow-up examination every two months.

In order to identify the TB patients, they were also taking the help of two medical colleges in the district, private hospitals and NGOs and providing them with DOTS for the proper administration of medicine to cure the TB. "TB anywhere is TB everywhere as it is an endemic," they said and added that TB was curable disease provided the patient would consume the medicines under the supervision of DOTS.

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