Study of respiratory symptoms among sputum positive
Study of respiratory symptoms among sputum positive
Study of respiratory symptoms among sputum positive
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Dannem berg and Tomaihefski (1998), considered the exogenous<br />
reinfection and Haematogenous spread <strong>of</strong>disease as adult tuberculosis.<br />
Clinical Features <strong>of</strong> post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis<br />
TB as:<br />
Leitch (2000), summarized <strong>symptoms</strong> presentations <strong>of</strong>post primary<br />
1) Symptom free discovered on routine radiography.<br />
2) Persistent cough ± <strong>sputum</strong>.<br />
3) General malaise<br />
4) Weight loss.<br />
5) Recurrent colds<br />
6) Pneumonia which proves to be tuberculous.<br />
7) Haemoptysis<br />
Mc Nicol et al. (1995), found that symptom, <strong>of</strong> TB unlike disease<br />
such as asthma where the <strong>symptoms</strong> are characteristic and the diagnosis is<br />
based on the history, the <strong>symptoms</strong> <strong>of</strong>tuberculosis are non-specific and<br />
generally do no more than point to the need for investigation. It is also clear<br />
that active disease may be present without any <strong>symptoms</strong> at all. Early<br />
diagnosis and treatment demand a high index <strong>of</strong> suspicion.<br />
The significance <strong>of</strong>the <strong>symptoms</strong> depend very much on the patient,<br />
the adolescent or young adult with a subacute illness with fever, weight<br />
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