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What are the symptoms of tuberculosis? What precautions should I take for the protection from tuberculosis?
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Tb bacteria most commonly grow in the lungs, and can cause symptoms such as: a bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer pain in the chest coughing up blood or sputum (mucus from deep inside the lungs) other symptoms of tb disease may include: weakness or fatigue weight loss no appetite chills fever sweating at night tb risk factors anyone can get tb, but people at high risk generally fall into two categories: 1. People recently infected with tb bacteria 2. People with medical conditions that weaken the immune system.
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