Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Koch’s bacillus bacteria (BK), which can affect the lungs, but can also affect any other area of the body, such as people, intestine or bladder; In general, this disease can cause symptoms such as tiredness, lack of appetite, sweating or fatigue, but due to the affected organ, it can cause other specific symptoms such as bleeding or weight loss.
If you think you may be having tuberculosis, sign the following symptomatic signs:
- Combined with these symptoms.
- Other specificities may arise depending on pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common form of tuberculosis and is characterized by being the organ that is compromised in the lungs, in these cases in addition to the general symptoms that cause tuberculosis, other symptoms such as:
Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis are not always observed at the beginning of the disease and sometimes the individual may have been infected for a few months and have not yet sought medical attention.
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is one that affects other organs and parts of our body such as kidneys, hips, intestines and meninges, causing general symptoms with weight loss, sweating, fatigue and fatigue.
In addition to these symptoms, you may feel pain and swelling where the bacillus is lodged, however, as the disease is not at the level of the lungs in the respiratory symptoms involved, as the blood is involved.
In any case, if symptoms associated with tuberculosis are identified, the hospital should be contacted at the health center to confirm the diagnosis of pleural, intestinal, urinary, renal miliar tuberculosis and, if necessary, start treatment.
Tuberculosis in children and adolescents causes the same symptoms as in adults, it can occur: fasting, fatigue, lack of appetite, for more than 3 weeks and sometimes increased lymph nodes.
In general, it takes a few months to diagnose the patient, which can be confused with others, and tuberculosis can be pulmonary or extrapulmonary, affecting other organs of the child.
Tuberculosis treatment is done with a daily dose of bacillus-fighting pills and includes the use of antibiotics such as rifampicin for at least 8 months; however, treatment can take 2 years or more, if not done correctly, it is a resistant TUBERCULOSIS.
For this reason, the doctor should guide the individual on when and how to take the medication, which should be daily, always at the same time.