Is tuberculosis contagious?

Tuberculosis tumors are generally not contagious. Tuberculoma is a kind of lesion after the fibrosis of tuberculosis, and it is generally not infectious after the formation of fibrosis, but there is a possibility of recurrence or re-infection, and at this time it is infectious. Tuberculoma is also known as tuberculosis ball, is infected with tuberculosis bacillus, due to the patient’s body immunity, tuberculosis bacillus number is small, etc., tuberculosis bacillus is fibrosis of a kind of foci similar to the round. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is wrapped by fibrosis and is generally non-infectious. However, when the body’s resistance is lowered, disseminated lesions may also occur, so it is still important to do more protection in daily life, regular medical follow-up to avoid the risk of contagion after relapse.