The Knowledge Board:
Tuberculosis
About a three quarter of all tuberculosis cases are pulmonary and affect the lungs or the lining of the lungs (pleura).
fever
weakness
weight loss
chest pain
cough
pallor
loss of appetite
night sweat
fatigue and coughing up blood.
In the remaining 25% of patients with tuberculosis - usually people with a lowered immune system or young children - the infection spreads to other organ causing serious complications. It can infect the lymphatic system causing the scrofula of the neck; the central nervous system causing tubercular meningitis; the genitourinary system causing urogenital tuberculosis; bones and joints sites causing Pott’s disease of the spine and forms of arthritis, the abdominal cavity causing an infection of the peritoneum (peritonitis), skin and kidneys.
Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is not contagious; it can however coexist with active pulmonary tuberculosis which is very contagious.
A very serious form of TB is called miliary tuberculosis, which is characterised by a wide dissemination and diffused tiny lesions of few millimeters. The bacteria infect several organs and sometimes the entire body, including the brain.
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