*Iron deficiency facts medical author: Melissa Conrad StÃ¶ppler, MD. 1  Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency and the leading cause of anemia in the United States. 2  Iron deficiency is due either to increased need for iron by the body or a decreased absorption or amount of iron taken in.
There is currently no vaccine against Fifth disease, so the best treatment or action against Fifth Disease is prevention. Some ways to keep you from becoming infected include: 1  Regular washing of hands with soap and hot water. 2  Careful disposal of tissues or other items that carry bodily fluids.
Treatment. TB is a treatable and curable disease. Active, drug-sensitive TB disease is treated with a standard six-month course of four antimicrobial drugs that are provided with information, supervision and support to the patient by a health worker or trained volunteer.uberculosis is curable and preventable. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.