10 Symptoms of TB
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1. Prolonged Cough
People who develop symptoms from a tuberculosis infection often experience a prolonged cough. It tends to last for three weeks or more and can become severe. Patients with a forceful TB-induced cough often cough up sputum — mucus from deep within the lungs.
A cough develops with TB because the bacteria have invaded the lungs. As that infection grows, damage can occur to lung tissue. Left untreated, this can prove to be permanent and, in severe cases, fatal. Taking a course of approved antibiotics can cure most cases of TB. However, the rate of drug-resistant strains is increasing.
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