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Symptoms

Tuberculosis (TB) can infect almost any part of the body including, but not limited to, the lungs, heart, brain, bone, spine, stomach, kidneys, and fallopian tubes.

The most common of these is Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) which occurs when the organism infects the lungs. Symptoms include:

• A cough, which can be dry or accompanied with phlegm
• Coughing up blood
• Fluid in the lungs
• Mild fever
• Headache
• Chills
• Night Sweats
• Malaise (general unwell feeling)
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Chest pain from pleurisy
• Difficulty breathing
• Swollen glands

Symptoms of TB disease in other parts of the body depend on the area affected.

It is important to understand that many of these symptoms may also be present in a variety of other medical conditions. Often, Tuberculosis (TB) is not suspected until other more common conditions are treated without success.