Tuberculosis Symptoms

People who had tuberculosis may not notice any symptoms of illness until this lung disease in quite advanced. Even then these are tuberculosis symptoms that may shows:

• loss of weight,
• coughing up blood,
• loss of energy,
• poor appetite,
• fever,
• a productive cough for more than 3 weeks,
• and night sweats
  

But these symptoms might easily be blamed on another disease. Tuberculosis not solely attack lungs, if our immune system is weak, it may attack other part of our body such as kidney, spine or brain.

When to see a doctor?

If you have a persistent cough, weight loss, and a fever you better ask your doctor to perform tests to help diagnose whether these are tuberculosis symptoms or no. Tuberculosis can be diagnosed by your primary care doctor or by a doctor who specializes in lung diseases (pulmonologist) or by an infectious disease specialist. If you don't have a doctor, your local public health department can help.

Main Article: Tuberculosis