[问]我家有两位老人长期咳嗽,按气管炎治疗不见效,且日渐消瘦,又不肯到医院检查,怕花钱多,请问该如何治疗呢?宁夏杨××[答]我国自1979年至今先后进行了三次结核病流行病学调查,结果表明无论是活动性肺结核还是菌阳性肺结核,患病率都随年龄增长而升高,且于60～70岁达到高峰,并成为结核病传染源的主要组成部分。 [Q] My family has two elderly people with chronic cough, according to the treatment of bronchitis ineffective, and getting thinner, refused to go to the hospital for examination, afraid to spend more, how to treat it? Ningxia Yang × × [A] since 1979 Three epidemics of tuberculosis have been conducted since the year to date. The results showed that both the active tuberculosis and the bacterium positive tuberculosis increased with age and reached the peak at 60 to 70 years of age and became the source of tuberculosis main component.