In 2024, 135 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Slovakia, a year -on -year decline of 39 percent. Most of the diseases have occurred in children aged five to nine years (22 cases) and children under four years of age (19). Results from the current data of the National Center of Health Information (NCZI). TASR informed the head of the communication of the center Alena Krčová.
Over the past 16 years, morbidity in Slovakia has declined by almost three quarters in Slovakia. “The decline compared to previous years is significant. In terms of age, the highest morbidity in children is AU seniors in the age group over 85,“Said the head of NCZI communication Alena Krčová.
The highest incidence of the disease was recorded in the Prešov region, the lowest in the Trnava and Banská Bystrica regions. In all regions, cases were predominant in men. In most cases, this was a lung form (123), the extra -pulmonary occurred in 12 cases. In 2024, seven deaths were recorded directly at TB, one of them in a child under four years.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease most commonly affecting the lungs. It is transmitted by air, spreading with coughing or sneezing. A longer close contact with the patient is required to get infected. In most people, defense mechanisms suppress the infection, only about ten percent of infected people become ill. Treatment is long -term and requires a combination of several medicines over six to nine months.
