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Signs and Symptoms
Most commonly, early stages of tuberculosis have no symptoms.
Sometimes, the person infected may have cough and fever. As
the disease progresses, it produces more apparent symptoms.
These include fever, weight loss, chronic fatigue, and heavy
sweating, especially at night.
As tuberculosis worsens in the lungs, it produces sputum that
becomes progressively bloody, yellow, thick or gray. There is
often chest pain or discomfort and shortness of breath. Cloudy
or reddish urine can occur. Other symptoms can develop when
other organ systems become involved, such as the brain. Lumps
may develop in the nasal cavity.
Pott's disease or tuberculosis of the spine is associated with
back pain, fever, chills and night sweats. Varying degrees of
weakness or numbness may occur in the legs or around the
genitals and rectum.
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