What Is Pulmonary Tuberculosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Weakened Immunity
As mentioned, our immune systems are mostly quite resilient to pulmonary tuberculosis. This is great news for people who have strong immune systems, but not so great for those that don’t. Some medical conditions can weaken the immune system, and some medications can also make the immune system weaker.
As well as HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, diabetes, and some cancers can weaken the immune system. The very young and very old are also at risk, as well as people that are suffering from malnutrition. Some drugs to deliberately weaken the immune system are sometimes used, such as when somebody has just had a transplant operation.
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