active tb symptoms
Symptoms of active TB in the lungs begin gradually and develop over a period of weeks or months. You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease. Common symptoms include: 1  A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks. If you have active TB, you do have symptoms and can spread the disease to others. Which specific symptoms you have will depend on whether your TB infection is in your lungs (the most common site) or in another part of your body (extrapulmonary TB). You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease. Common symptoms include: 1  A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2  Fever, chills, and night sweats. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss (the last of these giving rise to the formerly common term for the disease, consumption). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. People with latent TB don't have symptoms unless the disease becomes active. Symptoms of active TB may include: 1  A cough that brings up thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (called sputum) for more than 2 weeks. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss (the last of these giving rise to the formerly common term for the disease, consumption). If TB bacteria become active in the body and multiply, the person will go from having latent TB infection to being sick with TB disease. People with TB disease usually have symptoms and may spread TB bacteria to others. A cough lasting 3 weeks or longer is a symptom of TB disease. You may have one or two mild symptoms and not even know that you have the disease. Common symptoms include: 1  A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2  Fever, chills, and night sweats. 3  Fatigue and weakness. What Are the Symptoms of Active TB? Active TB begins with a bad cough (produces blood-tinged phlegm) that lasts 3 or more weeks and is accompanied by chest pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills and night sweating. People with latent TB don't have symptoms unless the disease becomes active. Symptoms of active TB may include: 1  A cough that brings up thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (called sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2  Tiredness and weight loss. 3  Night sweats and a fever. 4  A rapid heartbeat.
1 A cough with thick, cloudy, and sometimes bloody mucus from the lungs (sputum) for more than 2 weeks. 2 Fever, chills, and night sweats. 3 Fatigue and weakness.