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- If you do have active TB disease, you may have these symptoms: 1  Overall sensation of feeling unwell. 2  Cough, initially with yellow or green mucus, and possibly with bloody sputum later in the disease. 3  Fatigue. 4  Shortness of breath. 5  Weight loss. 6  Fever. 7  Night sweats. 8  Pain in the chest, back or kidneys, or perhaps in all three.
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Tuberculosis: Types Many of those who are infected with TB do not develop overt disease. They have no symptoms and their chest x-ray may be normal. The only manifestation of this encounter may be reaction to the tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA).
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active TB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit respiratory fluids through the air.he classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss (the last of these giving rise to the formerly common term for the disease, consumption). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms.
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- The relation between these symptoms and the onset of hemoptysis can be quite helpful. For example, hemoptysis in lung cancer or tuberculosis usually is a late symptom preceded by weight loss, change in cough, fatigue, and other chronic symptoms.
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What does tuberculosis do to you? People with latent TB don't have symptoms unless the disease becomes active. Symptoms of active TB may include: 1  A cough that brings up thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (called sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2  Tiredness and weight loss. 3  Night sweats and a fever. 4  A rapid heartbeat.
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- Tuberculosis is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs that can be spread through the air when a person speaks, coughs or sneezes. Also known as TB, symptoms of tuberculosis include fever, fatigue, chest pain and a severe, chronic cough.
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Chills, Night sweats and Weakness (generalized) Tuberculosis usually infects the lungs, causing a bad cough with blood, chest pain, fever, chills, and fatigue.
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- A person with active TB disease may have any or all of the following symptoms: 1  A persistent cough. 2  Constant fatigue. 3  Weight loss.  Loss of 1  appetite. Fever.  Coughing up 1  blood. Night sweats.
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Tuberculosis (TB) TB disease. This describes the person who has signs and symptoms of an active infection. This person would have a positive skin test and a positive chest X-ray. The main bacterium that causes TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis).
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Tuberculosis (TB) Other types are loosely classified as extra pulmonary and often have symptoms that are nonspecific but frequently localized to the involved site. The following includes the signs and symptoms of additional types of TB: Skeletal TB (also termed Pott's disease): spinal pain, back stiffness, paralysis is possible.
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Facts about Tuberculosis (TB) A Person with TB Disease. Has no symptoms. Has symptoms that may include: a bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer. pain in the chest. coughing up blood or sputum. weakness or fatigue. weight loss. no appetite.
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What does tuberculosis do to you? Common symptoms include: 1  A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2  Fever, chills, and night sweats. 3  Fatigue and weakness.  Loss of appetite and unexplained weight 1  loss. Shortness of breath and chest pain.
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10 Signs And Symptoms Of Tuberculosis Signs and symptoms for TB of the brain, spine, and kidneys vary, depending on the organ it affects. That is, a symptom of TB in the spine may be back pain, while a person infected with TB in their kidneys may notice blood in their urine. However, when it comes to the lungs, there are multiple indicators of TB. Below is a top ten list of signs and symptoms of tuberculosis. 1. Fever. A higher than normal body temperature may be one of the first signs or symptoms of tuberculosis.
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What does tuberculosis do to you? Symptoms of active TB in the lungs begin gradually and develop over a period of weeks or months. You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease. Common symptoms include: A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks.
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Tuberculosis People with latent TB infection: 1  Have no symptoms. 2  Do not feel sick. 3  Cannot spread TB to others. 4  Usually have a positive skin test reaction (see later) 5  Can develop TB disease later if they receive no preventive therapy.
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Tuberculosis (TB) Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic, progressive infection, often with a period of latency following initial infection. TB most commonly affects the lungs. Symptoms include productive cough, fever, weight loss, and malaise.
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- 1 This occurs when a person has been in contact with, or exposed to, another person who is thought to have or does have TB. The exposed person will have a negative skin test, a normal chest X-ray, and no signs or symptoms of the disease.  Latent TB infection.
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All you need to know about tuberculosis 1 TB can either be active or latent (where no symptoms occur, and the condition cannot be passed on). 2  TB symptoms (cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss etc.) may be mild for many months, and people ill with TB can infect up to 10-15 other people through close contact over the course of a year.
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- Received 18 November 2010, Accepted 19 November 2010, Available online 3 March 2011. Pulmonary tuberculosis usually has a smouldering onset and progression, and patients typically present with the symptoms of cough, weight loss, anorexia, night sweats and malaise that is usually present for a few weeks before presentation.
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Tuberculosis (TB) People with latent TB infection: 1  Have no symptoms. 2  Don’t feel sick. 3  Can’t spread it to others. 4  Usually have a positive skin test reaction. 5  Can develop active TB disease if they do not receive treatment for latent TB infection.
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Tuberculosis (TB) Like other infections of the lungs, tuberculosis can trigger coughing. Symptoms of TB include: a cough that lasts at least three weeks, coughing up discharge or sputum from the lungs that looks dark or bloody, and pain in the chest.
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Top 30 Doctor insights on: Incubation Period For Mumps Symptoms of active TB in the lungs. Symptoms of active TB in the lungs begin gradually and develop over a period of weeks or months. You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease.
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Signs & Symptoms of Tuberculosis TB symptoms include: 1  cough that is worse in the morning (sometimes with hemoptysis, blood in the sputum), 2  chest pain, 3  breathlessness, 4  night sweats, and. 5  signs of pneumonia.
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- Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection of the lungs, which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Symptoms may include cough, shortness of breath, pleurisy (pain with breathing or coughing), fever, weight loss, night sweats, chills, and loss of appetite.IV seriously affects the immune system and leaves it open to infection from numerous sources. People with HIV can develop cancers such as Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, cervical cancer, and cancer of the rectum.
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tuberculosis Pulmonary TB produces chronic cough, sputum, fevers, sweats, and weight loss. TB may also cause neurological disease (meningitis), bone infections, urinary bleeding, and other symptoms if it spreads to other organs. TB is a major cause of infertility around the world. Diagnosis
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Tuberculosis FAQs Symptoms of TB disease(https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/tbinfectiondisease.htm) depend on where in the body the TB bacteria are growing. TB bacteria usually grow in the lungs (pulmonary TB). TB disease in the lungs may cause symptoms such as. 1  a bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer. 2  pain in the chest. 3  coughing up blood or sputum (phlegm from deep inside the lungs)