{"id":2925,"date":"2025-01-10T18:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextillo.com\/blog\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:44:42","slug":"tuberculosis-symptoms-causes-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextillo.com\/blog\/tuberculosis-symptoms-causes-and-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberculosis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is tuberculosis?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculi. It spreads through the airways when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or spits. It usually affects the lungs mainly, but it can affect other body parts also. TB is completely curable and preventable if medical treatment is taken on time.<\/p>\n

Types of TB:<\/strong>
\n1. Latent TB: The person in whom latent tuberculosis has developed becomes infected with tubercle bacteria, but the causal agent fails to cause an active illness. The patients showing latent TB may not have manifestations of the disease and, therefore, will not be transmitting the bacteria to other people; however, his latent TB progresses into active TB, and that is by reason of immunodeficiency, so it needs to be treated even in its latent treatment.
\n2. Active TB: It causes symptoms and can be transmitted to others. It requires medical treatment to treat it.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of TB<\/h3>\n

The symptoms of TB can be very severe, especially in its active form. Symptoms can be<\/p>\n

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  1. Cough<\/li>\n
  2. Fatigue<\/li>\n
  3. Night Sweats<\/li>\n
  4. Weight Loss<\/li>\n
  5. Fever<\/li>\n
  6. Chest Pain<\/li>\n
  7. Loss of Appetite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In other instances, the disease can involve other organs. This results in symptoms depending on the organs infected, such as back pain (if the infection is to the spine), headache, or confusion (if it is to the brain).<\/p>\n

    Causes and Risk Factors<\/h3>\n

    Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, several factors put some people at a higher risk of developing TB:<\/p>\n

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    • Closeness to Infected Persons: TB is highly communicable, meaning people who are often with others who have active TB are more likely to get it.<\/li>\n
    • Weak immunity: Body-weakened immunity states, including HIV\/AIDS, can lead to easy chances of having the TB person in addition to others. People taking medicine that weakens one’s immune system, such as a chemotherapeutic regime or steroid users.<\/li>\n
    • Close proximal living spaces or inadequate ventilation: people, especially the confined cell users as well as the homeless in shelters, tend to have the diseases more.<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Aging: Age is a more significant risk factor for acquiring TB and is more common in both newborns and the elderly.<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Nutritional Malingering: Poorly nourished immunity may increase the risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      1. Smoking<\/li>\n
      2. \u00a0Substance Abuse<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        • Diagnosis
          \nCommon tests for TB include the TST (Tuberculin skin test) Blood tests X-ray Sputum Test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n