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Persons with TB disease usually have one or more symptoms. Because TB can affect different parts of the body, symptoms can vary.

 Symptoms of pulmonary TB disease:

• Cough lasting 3 or more weeks
• Chest pain
• Coughing up blood or sputum (phlegm)

 

General symptoms of TB disease:

• Fever
• Weight loss
• Night sweats
• Hemoptysis (coughing up blood or sputum [phlegm])
• Fatigue
• Decreased appetite

 

Symptoms of extrapulmonary TB disease depend on the part of the body that is affected. For example:

• TB disease in spine may cause back pain
• TB disease in kidneys may cause blood in urine
• TB disease in cervical lymph nodes may cause swelling in the neck

Pulmonary TB disease: TB disease that occurs in the lungs.

Extrapulmonary TB disease: TB disease that occurs in places other than the lungs, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the lymph nodes.

Symptoms of TB disease in the lungs.