| Signs And Symptoms of Tuberculosis | | | | frequent or unintended loss in weight. |
| Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease that is | | | | Person having fever most of the time who is caught |
| transmitted during coughing and sneezing. It is a | | | | by tuberculosis. |
| chronic infection caused by the bacteria | | | | A tuberculosis infected people feels night sweating. |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis and sometimes other | | | | Tiredness and weakness are some of the common |
| variants of Mycobacterium. It usually involves the | | | | symptoms of tuberculosis. |
| lungs, but other organs of the body can also be | | | | If the infection in lungs reaches to the worst position |
| involved. | | | | it may result to pain in chest, back and kidneys. |
| During the 19th century, up to 25 per cent of deaths | | | | Difficulty in breathing or shortness in breathe is also |
| in Europe were caused by this disease. The death | | | | an important and main symptom of tuberculosis. |
| rate started to fall as living standards improved in the | | | | Sudden feeling of chills can be occurring if you are |
| starting of the 20th century, and from the 1940s, | | | | facing the problem of tuberculosis. |
| effective medicines were developed. The disease is | | | | Tuberculosis also can target almost any part of your |
| more common in areas of the world where poverty, | | | | body, including your joints, bones, urinary tract, |
| malnutrition, poor general health and social disruption | | | | central nervous system, muscles, bone marrow and |
| are present. | | | | lymphatic system. |
| Some people having symptoms of tuberculosis even | | | | It depends which part of body is affected by TB, |
| a long time before having disease but in some cases | | | | when TB occurs outside your lungs, signs and |
| symptoms never develop in the affected person. | | | | symptoms vary, depending on the organs involved. |
| People infected with tuberculosis disease may | | | | For example, tuberculosis of the spine may result in |
| experience any of the following signs and symptoms: | | | | back pain, and if tuberculosis affects your kidneys |
| A person having cough lasting from three and more | | | | might cause blood in your urine. Tuberculosis can also |
| weeks and also it may produce discolored sputum. | | | | spread through your entire body, simultaneously |
| Person who is infected with tuberculosis faces a | | | | attacking many organ systems. |