Question 1

what are the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis tb?

Accepted Answer

Pulmonary TB: Which is the most common form causes cough, sputum production sometimes with blood, night sweats and weight loss.  It is diagnosed by chest  x-ray and sputum exam and culture.  Extra pulmonary TB such as in the kidney, bone or nervous system will cause symptoms related to the organ involved but renal TB may be remarkably silent until late in the disease.

Question 2

what are syntoms of tuberculosis bone?

Accepted Answer

These: When found in the bone, it is most frequently found in the spine leading to pain and later a deformity with possible neural tissue compression leading to neurologic symptoms and/or findings usually associated with weight loss and appetite loss as well as night fevers and a feeling of general malaise.

Question 3

most common symptoms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis?

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Depends on etiology: It depends on site eg meningitis, lymphnodes, intestinal tb, renal or bone tb.Common symptoms are fever night sweats, anorexia and wt, loss.

Question 4

hi doc how are u doing? i want to know some symptoms of tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

See below: Tb is a chronic illness characterized by cough, night sweats, weight loss, a positive PPD skin test or gamma interferon release blood test with apical infiltrates on cxr. Sputum smears and cultures become positive for acid fast bacteria.

Question 5

i was suffering from ileocecal tuberculosis after 9 months i get 60% recovered now symptoms reappearing what i do?

Accepted Answer

Mgt and workup: Further testing with cultures to determine the resistance of the TB to medications should be performed. This will help guide therapy. It is important to continue treatment until there is no active infection.

Question 6

does tuberculosis infection without symptoms spread from one person to another ? when does tuberculosis infection start spreading ?

Accepted Answer

: Tuberculosis is generally spread when a person has a lung lesion and is coughing. If the person is under treatment and no tubercle bacilli are detectable in the sputum, the person does not spread TB.

Question 7

what are the symptoms for tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

Varies: Symptoms include cough [with mucus, blood], excessive night sweating, fatigue, fever, and unintentional weight loss. If you suspect that you may have been exposed to tb, see your physician for testing.

Question 8

what is tuberculosis? and it's symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Bacterial infection: TB is an infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The most common location of infection is in the lungs and is manifested by cough with sputum, low grade fever and weight loss. TB can spread to other organs too if left untreated. Chest xray, serologic testing or sputum culture are means to diagnose. Thanks for trusting HealthTap!

Question 9

what are the causes of the symptoms of tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

Lung inflammation: Tuberculosis (TB) can spread to many organ systems but involves lungs as initial site of infection. It induces intense inflammation that destroys normal lung tissue & causes cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, fever & night sweat. Body's immune system tries to contain infection by forming granulomas to wall off the TB bug, but cytokines released by activated immune cells causes damage to lungs.

Question 10

what are the symptoms of latent tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

None: There are no symptoms of latent tuberculosis.  If you have symptoms, it's not latent.

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