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YOU CANNOT ''INHERIT"
TUBERCULOSIS
yisitors to this country have ac
cused us of being a nation of gam
blers. Whether or not one agrees
with the overall implication, we
shall have to admit that too many
of us gamble with our health.
ihis foolish attitude can be doubly
dangerous when we gamble with a
serious disease like tuberculosis.
It is safer to assume that such a
gamble is a losing game, with the
odds against anybody who indulges.
Sometimes this gamble is based on
a too-popular fallacy. Many people
feel that tuberculosis will never
touch them b ecause "there has never
been any in the family." They be
lieve tuberculosis is "inherited"
and so there is no chance of their
getting it,.
No one "inherits" tuberculosis. The
disease is a highly contagious one,
spread by people who are sick with
it to people who are well. You may
find that no matter how far back ■
you may go in your family history,
there has never been a trace of
the disease. But this gives you no
guarantee against tuberculosis, be
cause you can pick up the germs
i anytime, anywhere, and you may be
come a victim of the disease.
Tuberculosis is spread by close
contact with a person who has the
disease. If tuberculosis seems to
"run in the family," it is because
one member of the family catches it
from another. .
The false notion that tuberculosis
is inherited can be dangerous in
another wavw Sometimes people who
have had tuberculosis in the family
adopt a defeatist attitude and eithc
fail to take proper precautions to
protect themselves from the disease*
or, if they do get it, hssume that
they cannot be cured and refuse
treatment, tout tuberculosis can be
cured, although it is easiest to
cure when detected in an early
stage.
Since tuberculosis is a disease
spread from person to person, rather
than inherited, any one of us can
get it, whether there is a "history
of TB" in the family or not. Conse
quently, we should all make it a
point to get regular physical ex
aminations, indluding chest X-rays.
This is one of the best ways of
checking up on our health and gain
ing the assurance that we are keep
ing healthy.
Release from the Alaska Tuberculosi;
Association.