• A cough that starts out dry but later produces sputum (thick liquid from deep inside the lungs) or blood
• Coughing for longer than a month
• Chest pain

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  Breathing difficulty e.g. shortness of breath
• Weakness or fatigue
• Loss of weight and appetite
• Chills and fevers (the fever may be low and intermittent)
• Joint pain
• Wheezing
• Rales (additional sounds made to those of normal breathing)
• Excessive sweating, including sweating at night
• Hearing loss
• Diarrhoea
• A persistent lump or lesion
• Clubbing of fingers or toes - the nails become swollen and feel slightly "pulpy".

Some people have mild symptoms or none at all. People may therefore spread bacteria without knowing they have TB.

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