Symptom Chart of Tuberculosis in Humans

When the disease becomes active, 75% of the cases involve infection in the lungs (pulmonary TB). Symptoms include chest pain, coughing up blood, and a productive, prolonged cough for more than three weeks. Systemic symptoms include fever, chills, night sweats, appetite loss, weight loss, pallor, and fatigue. In the other 25% of active cases, the infection moves from the lungs, causing other kinds of TB, collectively denoted extrapulmonary tuberculosis. This occurs more commonly in immunosuppressed persons and young children. Extrapulmonary infection sites include the pleura in tuberculous pleurisy, the central nervous system in meningitis, the lymphatic system in scrofula of the neck, the genitourinary system in urogenital tuberculosis, and bones and joints in Pott's disease of the spine. An especially serious form is disseminated TB, more commonly known as miliary tuberculosis. Extrapulmonary TB may co-exist with pulmonary TB. Image reproduction rights can be found in the link near the bottom of this description. Sign up to Mr. Rebates for FREE and save 12% on any zazzle order in addition to a $5.00 sign up bonus All Rights Reserved; without: prejudice, recourse or notice (U.C.C. 1-308) Image Reproduction Rights: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuberculosis_symptoms.svg tuberculosis tb "pulmonary tuberculosis" symptoms "tubercle bacillus" mtb "disseminated TB" "disseminated tuberculosis" "miliary tuberculosis" "pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms" "tuberculosis symptoms" mycobacteria "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" lung "lung disease" disease sickness illness medical doctor health chart diagram "Tuberculosis chart" "Tuberculosis diagram" "tb chart" "tb diagram" "health chart" "health diagram" "doctor chart" "doctor diagram"