Anabolic steroids and TBC
I have read today an article that indicates that people that are using anabolic steroids are more prone to get infected with tuberculosis, an d I am kind of worried since I own a dairy:
This is an extract:
"Date: 7 Oct 2006
From: Debora MacKenzie <[email protected]>
Source: New Scientist [edited]
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10244;jsessionid=JNAJBFELOAGP>
TB travelled from a farm to a night club
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Six people who spent a night clubbing near Birmingham, in the English
Midlands, in late 2004 have contracted bovine tuberculosis (TB). One man
has been identified as the source of the outbreak, and one woman who was
infected has died. This is the 1st time in decades that human-to-human
transmission of bovine TB has been documented in the United Kingdom and
coincides with a steady increase in the rate of infection in cattle. Nearly
one per cent of the British herd is now thought to carry the disease.
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Hawkey says the outbreak was caused by a confluence of rare circumstances and should therefore not cause undue alarm. Some of the people affected had underlying medical conditions such as being HIV positive, or were using anabolic steroids, both of which would make them more susceptible to infection. The average age of the people affected by the outbreak was 32, whereas those who catch the disease from cattle are usually much older.
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