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In Kansas City recently , there's been

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awareness made both in the local news

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as well as the national news of

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outbreaks of tuberculosis . This

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actually was ongoing last year , and it

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did peak sometime around the summer .

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They're a little bit higher in January

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this year as compared to the norm .

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However , those cases are actually

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trending downward , and those cases are

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actually being treated . Tuberculosis

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is always concerning , active

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tuberculosis is always concerning

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because it is a life-threatening

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disease , but on the other hand , it's

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very hard to transmit it and um Another

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reassuring factor about the Kansas City

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outbreak is it's related to family

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groups . That's often the case with

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active tuberculosis . Um , you know ,

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we always get a lot more concerned if

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it's related to a , a military barracks ,

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a prison , a homeless shelter , that

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type of thing . Currently at Fort Riley ,

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there are no active cases related to

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the Kansas City outbreak . Traveling to ,

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going to Kansas City should pose no

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issues . Continue to do the things that

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you would normally do , traveling ,

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visiting , spending a weekend in town ,

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going out to events should pose little

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to no threat . Tuberculosis is a is a

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bacteria and the number one type of

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tuberculosis is pulmonary or lung

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tuberculosis , and uh , People ,

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uh , almost always have symptoms with

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that . And the symptoms we would be

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concerned about would be drenching

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night sweats that make you change your

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bed sheets , um , uh , consistent

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fevers . Unexplained weight loss .

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And uh the one that's most closely

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associated with tuberculosis , those

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other three things can be other things .

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It could be PTSD , it could be thyroid

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problem , it could be uncontrolled

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diabetes , but the one that's pretty

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much always associated with

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tuberculosis is coughing up blood with

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a painful cough . And that's not the

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blood-tinged sputum that people see

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when they have a bad cold for a couple

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of days . It's coughing up . Um ,

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chunks of blood , dime , quarter-sized ,

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and again , a very painful cough . Um ,

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and we , to date , we have seen no

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active cases related to the Kansas City

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outbreak at Fort Riley .