What is TB?
TB is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread by air from one patient to other person.
What is TB?
TB is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread by air from one patient to other person.
Symptoms of TB
- Cough more than 2 weeks
- Fever, low grade, mostly in evening
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Weakness
- Sweating at night
- Occassionally blood in sputum
- Chest pain
- Breathlessness
Types of TB
- Pulmonary
- Extra Pulmonary
- Abdominal TB
- Brain TB
- Spine TB
- Joints TB
- Bone TB
- Intestinal TB
- Pleural & Pericardial TB
- Eye TB
- Skin TB
- Heart TB
Other Types of TB
- Drug Suseptible TB
- Drug Resistance TB
- Multi Drug Resistance Tb – MDR TB
- Extremely Drug Resistance TB – XDR TB
- Total Drug Resistance TB – TDR TB