MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -If the TB disease is in your lungs, you may: • cough a lot, • cough up mucus or phlegm (“flem”), • cough up blood, or • have chest pain when you cough.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the destruction of lung tissue becomes worse, the sputum that people with pulmonary TB cough up starts to have blood stains in it – a sign of the tissue destruction and inflammation in the airway. From the first cavitation in the lung tissue, the TB bacilli can spread through the destructed tissue.

Detailed explanation-3: -The general symptoms of TB disease include feelings of sickness or weakness, weight loss, fever, and night sweats. The symptoms of TB disease of the lungs also include coughing, chest pain, and the coughing up of blood. Symptoms of TB disease in other parts of the body depend on the area affected.