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About Active Tuberculosis Disease
Overview
If you are infected with TB germs, and if your body cannot stop TB germs from growing, you develop active TB disease.
Living with someone who has tb
TB disease usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. TB can also affect multiple parts of the body at the same time. For example, TB can affect both the lungs and lymph nodes.
A person with active TB disease:
- Has a large amount of active TB germs in their body.
- Has symptoms and feels sick.
- May spread TB germs to others.
- Usually has a positive TB blood test or TB skin test indicating TB infection.
- May have an abnormal chest x-ray, or positive sputum smear or culture.
- Needs treatment for active TB disease.
Signs and symptoms
Symptoms of active TB disease depend on where in the body the TB germs are growing.
Active TB disease in the lungs may cause:
- A cough that last three weeks or longer
- Chest pain
- Coughing up blood or sputum (phlegm from deep inside the lungs)
- Weakness or fatigue
- Weight loss
- Loss of appetite
- Chills
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