How TB is being checked and what are the symptoms of Tb. How can diagnose a per son with Tb?
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Signs and symptoms of active TB include: fever coughing that lasts three or more weeks coughing up blood chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing unintentional weight loss fatigue fever night sweats chills loss of appetite chest pain shortness of breath swollen lymph nodes Diagnosis For diagnosing TB a doctor will at first perform a physical exam. Using a stethoscope he listens to the sounds your lungs make when you breathe, and he will also check your lymph nodes. Depending on his findings he might ask you to go for A skin test: The skin test involves injecting a substance PPD tuberculin just below the skin of your inside forearm. After 48 to 72 hours, if you have TB, there will be a noticeable, hard, red swelling at the injected site. Blood tests: Blood tests are done to ascertain the presence of TB bacterium in the body of the patient. Blood tests do not, however, ensure if the patient has latent TB infection or it has progressed to active TB infection. A chest x-ray: A chest x-ray can show the extent of damage to the lungs, and if further tests are required. A CT scan: CT scans provide more-detailed images than X-rays do. A CT scan can show if your immune system has cordoned off any TB bacteria, or the extent of damage to the lungs in case of active TB. Sputum test: This test is performed on the mucus that comes out with your cough. It can reveal TB bacteria if any.
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Cough ,chest pain, fever, loss of appetide, weight loss. Can be diagnosed by sputum afb test.
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