Tuberculosis causes a variety of general symptoms that might be seen in any severe infection. It can also cause symptoms due to the involvement of one or more organs.
General tuberculosis symptoms
| Local tuberculosis symptoms In the lungs:
In the lymph node:
In bones and joints:
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No one symptom is typical of tuberculosis (all of these can be caused by other diseases), but the slow increase of symptoms could suggest that tuberculosis is a possibility. |