Symptoms of Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis mostly affects the lungs, with the most common symptom being a cough which lasts for over 2 weeks.

The cough is commonly accompanied by expectoration, that is, sputum production. These sputa may be blood-stained or consist primarily of blood.

It is common for the person to feel tired.

Fever, usually not very high.

Night sweats.

Weight loss. 

There is often inflammation in the pleural space, which is the layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the inner wall of the chest. Fluid accumulates in this space and this manifests itself in the form of pain on the right or left side of the chest, which increases with breathing and coughing.

One or more lumps in the neck that increase in size over days or weeks. They may eventually burst on the skin to release a white, pus-like material.