|
NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR) >
NISCAIR PUBLICATIONS >
Research Journals >
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) >
IJTK Vol.04 [2005] >
IJTK Vol.04(2) [April 2005] >
| Title: | Pulmonary tuberculosis and its management in classical Unani literature |
| Authors: | Jamil, Shakir
Jabeen, Azhar
Ahmad, Shoaib |
| Keywords: | Unani Drugs
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Unani System of Medicine |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.7: A61K35/78; A61P31/06; A61P31/10 |
| Abstract: | Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death
in the world from a single infectious disease and
represents more than a quarter of the world's preventable deaths. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the
etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) in humans. Transmission
of TB occurs primarily by the aerosol route but can also occur
through the gastrointestinal tract. Coughing by people with active TB produces
droplet nuclei containing infectious organisms which can remain suspended in
the air for several hours. Infection occurs if inhalation of these droplets
results in the organism reaching the alveoli of the lungs. Since
administration of a single drug often leads to the development of a bacterial
population resistant to that drug, effective regimens for the treatment of TB
contain multiple drugs to which the organisms are susceptible. Tuberculosis is
usually treated with four different antimicrobial agents. The paper
reviews the disease and treatment known to ancient Unani physicians.
Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis have been
elaborately discussed. Attempts have been made to correlate and interpret the
views of ancient Unani physicians with the modern concept. |
| Page(s): | 143-149 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.04(2) [April 2005]
|
|
