| In the elder people, tuberculosis (TB) is not easy to | | | | symptom. |
| detect and diagnose because it does not manifest so | | | | If old patients lose weight and appetite, this could be |
| clearly in these people, and doctors can easily be lead | | | | a sign of a gum disease, a digestion disease, or |
| to suspect another disease. | | | | cancer, or even of bad eating habits. But it also could |
| If there are some symptoms present, doctors tend | | | | be a sign of TB. |
| to classify them as belonging to other diseases more | | | | TB can affect spin, kidneys, lymph nodes and |
| specific to old people. | | | | intestinal tract, not only the lungs, and so, a person |
| The most frequent symptom found in TB is the | | | | infected with TB can develop fever, night sweats, |
| cough that is present for a long time. At first, | | | | kidney problems or bowel irregularities. Another TB |
| doctors think of pneumonia or flu, because they | | | | symptom is coughing accompanied by blood spitting. |
| affect elders easily and have cough as a primarily | | | | |