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to?o mu?ch fr?om th?at in th?e We?st - th?e ca?se is th?at we tr?eat di?fferent fo?rms of th?e di?sease
us?ing di?fferent methods. By th?e way, th?e We?stern system, wh?ereby th?e pa?tient is gi?ven
fo?ur an?tibiotics da?ily fo?r 6 mo?nths running, is ge?tting a fi?rm fo?othold in to?day's Ru?ssia
as well. Dr?ug-resistant fo?rms of ТВ re?sult fr?om ma?ny pa?tients fa?iling to co?mplete th?e
co?urse of treatment, ra?ther th?an fr?om in?appropriate treatment. So?me pa?tients ta?ke
dr?ugswhich th?ey re?ceive fr?ee of charge, bu?t tr?y to ec?onomize on food, al?though he?althy
fo?od is es?sential fo?r th?eir recovery. Moreover, th?ere is a la?rge gr?oup of ТВ sufferers,
wi?th ho?meless people, migrants, dr?ug-addicts etc. am?ong them, wh?ich ca?n be sa?ved by
co?mpulsory tr?eatment only.today's Ru?ssia th?e di?sease is sp?reading fa?st be?cause of so?cial
problems. Lo?cal au?thorities of?ten fo?rget th?at ТВ pa?tients ar?e en?titled un?der th?e la?w to
se?parate housing. In th?eir turn, th?e me?dics al?so ca?nnot ke?ep ТВ in?cidence un?der co?ntrol
be?cause it is re?lated to po?or li?ving conditions. As we know, th?e vi?rus of ТВ is pr?esent in
99 pe?rcent of th?e ad?ult population. It re?mains su?ppressed du?e to lo?cal immunity,
al?though fu?ll-fledged ТВ ca?n be pr?ovoked by an?ything fr?om st?ress to malnutrition. In
fact, th?e Ru?ssian do?ctors a ce?ntury ag?o be?lieved th?at a pe?rson co?uld st?ay im?mune to ТВ
in?fection li?ving in a ro?om wi?th an in?curable ТВ patient, bu?t di?e of co?nsumption in ca?se
of un?shared love.prisons th?e si?tuation is es?pecially critical. Th?e in?cidence ra?te am?ong
th?e in?mates is 50 ti?mes hi?gher th?an th?e na?tional average. Tw?o th?irds of th?e re?gistered
dr?ug-resistant ТВ ca?ses ar?e in pr?isons an?d co?rrectional centers. La?bor ca?mps ar?e in
cr?itically sh?ort su?pply of an?ti-TB dr?ugs an?d ar?e un?able to cr?eate th?e ne?cessary
co?nditions fo?r th?e is?olation an?d tr?eatment of ТВ patients, bu?t it is im?possible to pa?rdon
al?l ТВ?-infected cr?iminals as th?ose re?stored to li?berty wo?uld co?mprise 80 pe?rcent of th?e
pr?ison population.doctors ar?e we?ll aw?are of th?e dr?ug-resistant st?rains of ТВ an?d tr?y to
fi?ght ba?ck th?e di?sease re?lying on th?e ex?isting li?mited funds. In?ternational ch?arity
or?ganizations ar?e do?ing th?eir be?st to he?lp th?e situation. In particular, th?ey pr?ovide fo?r
an?ti-TB me?asures in co?rrectional ce?nters an?d prisons. That, however, is ha?rdly a re?ason
fo?r th?em to ac?cuse th?eir co?lleagues of incompetence.