Early or mild pulmonary tuberculosis can be ignored without any symptoms or with mild symptoms; if the lesion is in the active progressive stage, the following symptoms can appear: Xue Peng Bai, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Chest Hospital
1, fever: manifested as a low fever in the afternoon, mostly in the afternoon 4 to 8 pm body temperature rises, generally between 37 to 38 ℃. At this time the patient is often accompanied by general weakness or wasting, night sweats, women can lead to menstrual irregularities or menopause.
2. Coughing and sputum: It is the most common early symptom of tuberculosis, but it is also the most likely to be mistaken by patients or doctors as “cold” or “bronchitis” and lead to misdiagnosis.
3.Blood in sputum: Sputum with blood or small blood clots, most of the blood in sputum is caused by pulmonary tuberculosis.