Spinal tuberculosis symptoms

Overview Your lungs are infected with tuberculosis bacteria when you have tuberculosis. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that can cause infection in your lungs or other tissues. It commonly affects your lungs, but it can also affect other organs like your spine, brain or kidneys. The word “tuberculosis” comes from a Latin word for "nodule" or something that sticks out. Tuberculosis is also known as TB. Not everyone who becomes infected with TB gets sick, but if you do get sick you need to be treated. If you’re infected with the bacterium, but don’t have symptoms, you have inactive tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis infection (also called latent TB). It may seem like TB has gone away, but it’s dormant (sleeping) inside your body. If you’re infected, develop symptoms and are contagious, you have active tuberculosis or tuberculosis disease (TB disease). The three stages of TB are: • Primary infection. • Latent TB infection. • Active TB disease. How common is tuberculosis? About 10 million people became ill with TB throughout the world, and about 1.5 million people died from the disease in 2020. TB was once the leading cause of death in the U.S. but the number of cases fell rapidly in the 1940s and 1950s after researchers found treatments. Statistics show that there were 7,860 tuberculosis cases reported in the U.S. in 2021. The national incidence rate is 2.4 cases per 100,000 people. Are there different kinds of tuberculosis? In addition to active ...

TB is an infectious disease that spreads through the air. The bacterium that causes it affects about a quarter of the world’s population, according to the Trusted Source World Health Organization Highly respected international organization M. tuberculosis), a species of bacteria, causes TB to develop. These bacteria spread through contact with respiratory droplets expelled from a person with the disease. TB Trusted Source PubMed Central Highly respected database from the National Institutes of Health M. tuberculosis can also affect other areas of the body. Experts use the term “extrapulmonary TB” to describe TB that spreads outside the lungs. People with weakened immune systems are at Other risk factors, according to the Trusted Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Governmental authority • having an underlying condition, such as: • • • severe • head and neck • having a low body weight • using illegal substances • undergoing medical procedures such as: • corticosteroid therapy • organ transplant • specialized • specialized Crohn’s disease treatment Symptoms The symptoms of bone TB Symptoms of disease progression can include: • ‌back or joint inflammation • ‌stiffness • difficulty moving • severe pain in the affected area • swelling These symptoms can affect various bone areas, including the: • spine • knee • foot • wrist • elbow • shoulder • ankle • hip Some people with bone TB Trusted Source PubMed Central Highly respected database from the National Inst...

• Primary TB Infection The bacteria enter your body after exposure to someone with active TB. This is the initial TB infection in a person who has not been exposed to the bacteria before. It can be asymptomatic (without showing signs), or you may experience fever or pulmonary symptoms. In most people, the immune system kicks in, and they recover from this infection, but the bacteria can remain latent in the body. • Latent TB Infection The bacteria are in the body and can be found through tests, but they’re not multiplying. During this stage, people don’t experience symptoms, and they can’t spread the disease to others. • Active Disease The TB bacteria are active and multiplying. This is when symptoms start to show up. A person will feel sick and can spread the disease to others. The bacteria that cause TB multiply very slowly, so the symptoms of the disease also develop slowly, usually over months to years. And because many of the symptoms are vague and can have other causes, they are often not recognized as early symptoms of tuberculosis. For example, someone with a The general symptoms of • A general sense of being unwell • Coughing • Coughing up blood or • Chest pain • Trouble breathing • Loss of weight and appetite • Night sweats • Intermittent fever • Generalized body aches • Fatigue If you experience any of these symptoms, see your doctor. People at a high risk, such as those with HIV and healthcare workers who are likely to treat someone with active TB, should be sc...

Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious, airborne disease that typically affects the lungs. TB is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If the infection is not treated quickly, the bacteria can travel through the bloodstream to infect other organs and tissues. Sometimes, the bacteria will travel to the meninges, which are the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Infected meninges can result in a life-threatening condition known as meningeal tuberculosis. Meningeal tuberculosis is also known as tubercular meningitis or TB meningitis. Risk factors for TB meningitis include having a history of: • • excessive alcohol use • weakened immune system • TB meningitis is rarely found in the United States because of high vaccination rates. In low-income countries, children between birth and 4 years of age are most likely to develop this condition. At first, symptoms of TB meningitis typically appear slowly. They become more severe over a period of weeks. During the early stages of the infection, symptoms can include: • • • low-grade fever As the disease progresses, the symptoms will become more serious. Classic symptoms of meningitis, such as stiff neck, headache, and light sensitivity, are not always present in meningeal tuberculosis. Instead, you may experience the following symptoms: • fever • confusion • nausea and vomiting • lethargy • irritability • unconsciousness Your doctor will perform a physical exam and ask you about your symptoms and medi...

Approximately 10 million people worldwide were infected with tuberculosis (TB) in 2019, resulting in 1.4 million deaths. In the United States that same year, there were nearly 9,000 reported cases of TB disease and up to 13 million people were living with latent TB infection (LTBI), which is an asymptomatic, noncommunicable infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Without treatment, LTBI will progress to active TB disease in approximately 5% to 10% of affected people. Individuals with symptoms of TB disease warrant testing. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends testing individuals at increased risk of LTBI with an interferon-gamma release assay or tuberculin skin testing. Because the incidence of LTBI in health care professionals is similar to that of the general population, periodic retesting is not recommended. After a positive test result, chest radiography should be performed and, in patients with suspected pulmonary TB disease, sputum collected for diagnosis. Both suspected and confirmed cases of LTBI and TB disease must be reported to local or state health departments. Preferred treatment regimens for LTBI include isoniazid in combination with rifapentine or rifampin, or rifampin alone for a duration of three and four months, respectively. Treatment of drug-susceptible TB disease includes an eight-week intensive phase with four drugs (isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol), followed by a continuation phase lasting 18 weeks or more, wit...