Symptoms of Tuberculosis

Symptoms of Tuberculosis

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Tuberculosis includes the 24 symptoms listed below:

• No symptoms - in early phases; also if they only have latent TB infection
• Early infection symptoms:
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Sweating
  • Night sweats
  • Flu-like symptoms
  • Gastrointestinal symptoms
  • Weight loss
  • No appetite
  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
• Symptoms of chronic lung infection (pulmonary tuberculosis):
  • Persistent cough
  • Chest pain
  • Coughing up bloody sputum
  • Shortness of breath
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Recurring bouts of fever
  • Weight loss
  • Progressive shortness of breath
• Urine discoloration
• Cloudy urine
• Reddish urine
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Tuberculosis:

• Overview -- Tuberculosis
• Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Tuberculosis
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Tuberculosis
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Tuberculosis: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Tuberculosis:

• Complications of lung infection:
  • Progressive shortness of breath (see Shortness of breath)
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pleural effusion
• Infection of TB spreading - to other body sites.
• more complications...»

Diagnostic Testing

Diagnostic testing of medical conditions related to Tuberculosis:

• Chest x-ray
• TB skin test - also called Mantoux test or purified protein derivative (PPD) test
• Sputum test for tuberculosis
• Lung fluid tests for tuberculosis
• Biopsy
• more tests...»

Research More About Tuberculosis

Do I have Tuberculosis?

• Tuberculosis: Introduction
• Tuberculosis: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Tuberculosis
• Failure to Diagnose Tuberculosis
• Hidden Causes of Tuberculosis
• How serious is it?
• Treatments for Tuberculosis
• More about Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis: Medical Mistakes

• Asthma -- Health Mistakes
• Allergies -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Tuberculosis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Chronic Respiratory Disorders that may be Undiagnosed:
  • Asthma -- Undiagnosed
  • Allergies -- Undiagnosed
  • COPD -- Undiagnosed
  • Emphysema -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Bronchitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Lung Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Sinusitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Cystic Fibrosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Tuberculosis:

• Lung & Respiratory Health Tests:
  • Asthma-Related Home Test Kits
  • Home Lung Function Test Kits
• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Testing
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• more home tests...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Tuberculosis?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Tuberculosis includes:

• Pneumonia
• Lung abscesses (see Lung symptoms)
• Lung tumors
• Respiratory fungal infections
• Cestodic tuberculosis - similar symptoms to TB but caused by cestode parasites.
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 42 alternative diagnoses for Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Spinal Specialists:
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
  • Urology (Urinary Specialists)
  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
• Lung Health Specialists (Pulmonologist):
  • Pulmonology (Lung Health Specialists)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (Child Lung Health)
• more specialists...»

Research all specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

More about symptoms of Tuberculosis:

More information about symptoms of Tuberculosis and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Tuberculosis
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Tuberculosis
• Underlying causes of Tuberculosis
• Associated conditions for Tuberculosis
• Risk factors for Tuberculosis

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Breathing difficulty - see all causes of Breathing difficulties
• Chest pain - see all causes of Chest pain
• Chills - see all causes of Chills
• Cloudy urine - see all causes of Cloudy urine
• Coughing up bloody sputum - see all causes of Coughing blood
• Fatigue - see all causes of Fatigue
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Flu-like symptoms - see all causes of Flu-like symptoms
• Gastrointestinal symptoms - see all causes of Digestive symptoms
• Night sweats - see all causes of Night sweats
• No appetite - see all causes of Poor appetite
• No symptoms - see all causes of No symptoms
• Persistent cough - see all causes of Persistent cough
• Progressive shortness of breath - see all causes of Shortness of breath
• Recurring bouts of fever - see all causes of Fever
• Reddish urine - see all causes of Red urine
• Shortness of breath - see all causes of Shortness of breath
• Sweating - see all causes of Sweating
• Urine discoloration - see all causes of Urine color changes
• Weakness - see all causes of Weakness
• Weight loss - see all causes of Weight loss
• Weight loss - see all causes of Weight loss

Medical Books Online about Tuberculosis

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Tuberculosis are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Tuberculosis.

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Symptoms of Tuberculosis: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

After an incubation period of 4 to 8 weeks, TB is usually asymptomatic in primary infection but may produce nonspecific symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, night sweats, and low-grade fever.

ELDER TIP Fever and night sweats, the typical hallmarks of TB, may not be present in elderly patients, who instead may exhibit a change in activity or weight. Assess older patients carefully.

In reactivation, symptoms may include a cough that produces mucopurulent sputum, occasional hemoptysis, and chest pains.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Tuberculosis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

❑ In primary infection, after an incubation period of 4 to 8 weeks, TB is usually asymptomatic but may produce nonspecific symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, night sweats, and low-grade fever.

❑ In reactivation, symptoms may include a cough that produces mucopurulent sputum, occasional hemoptysis, and chest pains.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• Failure to thrive
• Cervical or axillary lymphadenopathy without any other cause or that is prolonged
• Cough
• Weight loss
• Change in sensorium
• Fever in infants and adolescents, rarely in children 5–10 years of age

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Pediatric Tuberculosis: Presentation of Latent Tuberculosis
(Pediatric Infectious Disease)

A child who is infected with MTB without clinical or radiographic signs is defined as having latent infection. There is a great advantage in diagnosing and treating latent infection because it can avoid subsequent reactivation and the development of active disease.

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Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2004

Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Tuberculosis:

Symptoms of TB depend on where in the body the TB bacteria are growing. TB bacteria usually grow in the lungs. TB in the lungs may cause

• a bad cough that lasts longer than 2 weeks

• pain in the chest

• coughing up blood or sputum (phlegm from deep inside the lungs)

Other symptoms of TB disease are

• weakness or fatigue

• weight loss

• no appetite

• chills

• fever

• sweating at night

Tuberculosis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Tuberculosis, it is also important to consider Tuberculosis as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Tuberculosis may cause:

• AA amyloidosis
• Abnormal sputum
• Acid fast bacillus
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Amenorrhoea
• Angiotensin converting enzyme levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Aseptic meningitis
• Asherman's syndrome
• Brain failure
• Breathlessness
• Bronchiectasis
• Cachexia
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cervical lymphadenopathy
• Chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Coin lesion (chest x-ray)
• Cough
• Cranial nerve disorder
• CSF lymphocytosis
• Dacryoadenitis
• Dactylitis
• Digital clubbing
• Eales disease
• Eosinophilia
• Epididymo-orchitis
• Erythema induratum
• Erythema nodosum
• ESR raised
• Female infertility
• Froin's syndrome
• Goitre
• Groin mass
• Haemoptysis
• Hepatomegaly
• Hilar lymphadenopathy
• Hypercalcaemia
• Intracranial abscess / granuloma
• Intracranial calcification
• Intraspinal abscess / granuloma
• Kyphosis
• Leucoerythroblastic anaemia
• Liver granuloma
• Lung abscess
• Lung cavity
• Lupoid rash
• Lymphocytosis
• Mediastinitis
• Monocytosis
• Osteomyelitis
• Pathological fracture
• Pericardial effusion
• Pericarditis
• Pleural effusion
• Pleuritis
• Pneumothorax
• Poncet's disease
• Pyelonephritis, acute
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Red cell production reduced
• Renal failure
• Septic arthropathy
• Short stature
• SIADH
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Tracheal stenosis
• Upper zone lung fibrosis
• Urethral stricture
• Urinary tract infection
• Uveitis
• Vasculitis
• VDRL positive
• Vesicovaginal fistula

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Tuberculosis
• How serious is Tuberculosis?
• More about Tuberculosis
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

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About signs and symptoms of Tuberculosis:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Tuberculosis. This signs and symptoms information for Tuberculosis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Tuberculosis signs or Tuberculosis symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Tuberculosis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Tuberculosis symptoms.