Symptoms

Symptoms of Tuberculosis

People with latent TB have no symptoms. Active TB disease, on the other hand, has several symptoms that make people feel very uncomfortable. Those symptoms include:

• Cough that lasts three weeks or more
• Chest pain
• Coughing up blood or blood-tinged sputum
• Fever
• Chills
• Night sweats
• Fatigue
• Weight loss
• Appetite loss

There may be additional symptoms if TB has spread to other parts of the body, including the kidneys, spine and brain.