Tuberculosis 

Tuberculosis symptoms also called TB symptoms are caused caused by bacteria or germs that can harm any part of your body, but it normally affects your lungs. Tuberculosis is spread in the air. If someone with TB in their lungs or throat coughs or sneezes, people nearby who breathe in the germs may get TB. In general, you need prolonged exposure to an infected person before becoming infected yourself. Even then, you may not develop symptoms of the disease. Although your body harbors the TB bacteria, your immune system often can prevent you from becoming sick. For that reason, doctors make a distinction between:

• TB infection. This condition causes no symptoms and isn't contagious. 
• Active TB. This condition makes you sick and can spread to others. 

Symptoms of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis include:

• Fatigue 
• A cough lasting three or more weeks that may produce discolored or bloody sputum 
• Unintended weight loss 
• Slight fever 
• Night sweats 
• Pain with breathing or coughing (pleurisy) 
• Chills 
• Loss of appetite 

If left untreated, active Tuberculosis can be fatal. With proper care, however, most cases of TB can be treated, even those resistant to the drugs commonly used against the disease. Unfortunately, the world's poor, those most likely to have TB, are also the least likely to receive adequate medical care.

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