March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day: Let us work together to end the tuberculosis epidemic!

Speaking of "tuberculosis"

I guess everyone is familiar with it.

In Lu Xun's novel "Medicine",

In order to cure his son Hua Xiaoshuan's tuberculosis, Hua Laoshuan

Listen to folk remedies and go to the execution ground to get blood-stained steamed buns

Image source: Classic Lu Xun novel "Medicine" painting by Chen Yifei (1979 color version)

Flowers fade and fly all over the sky,

Who will pity me when my beauty and fragrance fade away?

The weak woman holding the flower hoe

The ending of early death makes people feel sympathetic.

What a pity!

The picture shows Lin Daiyu who is suspected of having tuberculosis

References:

[1] World Health Organization. Global tuberculosis report 2022. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2022.

[2] Latent tuberculosis infection: Updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2018.

[3] Liu X, Zhang L, Zhang F, et al. Prevalence and risk factors of active tuberculosis in patients with rheumatic diseases: a multi-center, cross-sectional study in China. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021;10(1): 2303-2312.

▌The popular science theme comes from the "Journal of Peking Union Medical College" Issue 1, 2023 "Monograph": "Characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in 212 patients with active tuberculosis: a single-center descriptive study"

Editor: Liu Yang and Zhao Na

Proofread by Li Na, Li Yule, and Dong Zhe

Producer: Wu Wenming

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