Early symptoms of tuberculosis infection

If you encounter tuberculosis patients in your daily life, you should try to stay away from them, because tuberculosis can enter the human respiratory tract through the air and be transmitted. Tuberculosis is also highly contagious. Once infected, it can cause great damage to a person's body. When you find that you have been infected with tuberculosis, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. So what are the early symptoms of tuberculosis infection?

First of all, when infected with tuberculosis bacteria, some symptoms will appear and the patient can make self-judgment, such as feeling general weakness, easy fatigue, lack of energy and laziness, unwillingness to move, etc. Among them, fever is the most common symptom, which usually occurs in the afternoon. Some patients feel hot in their cheeks, palms and soles of their feet. This situation may last for several weeks because of the fever caused by lung infection. In addition, night sweats are also a common symptom in patients infected with pulmonary tuberculosis. When they fall asleep at night, they sweat and almost soak their clothes and quilts. When they wake up, the sweating stops. This situation often occurs in patients with weaker constitutions.

Secondly, after being infected with tuberculosis, symptoms of coughing will also appear. When the cough does not stop and lasts for more than three weeks, and the sputum coughed up contains blood, it can be highly suspected that you may be infected with tuberculosis. Other symptoms may include insomnia, and some women may have menstrual disorders or even amenorrhea. Anyone who has the above symptoms should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. It is possible that they have been infected with tuberculosis in the early stages of the disease. As long as they are treated in time, they can recover quickly.

To sum up, when infected with tuberculosis, some abnormal symptoms will appear, and patients can judge for themselves whether they are infected. If you find yourself experiencing symptoms such as general weakness, fatigue, low fever, cough, etc., you should pay enough attention and go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. If you are diagnosed with tuberculosis, don't panic too much, because it is only in the early stages of tuberculosis. As long as you adjust your mentality and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, I believe you will recover soon.

Although the infectious period of tuberculosis is not very long, it is very tormenting for tuberculosis patients. Therefore, as family members of tuberculosis patients, while accompanying the patients in treatment, they should also pay attention to the psychological counseling of tuberculosis patients. Try to comfort them and treat the disease in a good mood.