What is symptoms of tuberculosis. ..and congh long duration time period???
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Tuberculosis is caused by a type of bacteria called my cobacterium tuberculosis. It spreads when a person with an active tb infection coughs or sneezes and someone else inhales the expelled droplets, which contain tb bacteria. Prevention-avoid contact with the patient symptoms of tb 1. Evening rise of temperature, night sweat 2. Coughing that lasts for more than 3 weeks 3. Coughing up blood 4. Chest pain while taking breath or coughing 5. Loss of weight, fatigue. treatment:- 1. Anti tubercular drugs for 6 months. 2. Medicine can be collected free of cost and necessary advice can be obtained from government run dots center (direct observation treatment short course) nearest to your place. 3. Contact near by dots center for further advice.
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Symptoms of tb in general are low grade fever, weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, feeling tired. Other symptoms are dependent on the organ affected by tb. Most commonly it is lungs, so the symptoms are usually cough, sputum production, breathlessness etc.\nit spreads through close contacts basically if the patient with lung tb coughs out or slits in open or sneezes without covering his mouth.
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