TB is an infection caused by TB bacteria or germs

TB is spread through the air

TB is cured with special antibiotics

Coughing for more than 2 weeks

Cough with mucous or blood

Fevers, chills or night sweats

Losing weight quickly

 

Always feeling tired

Loss of appetite

Lumps or swelling or pain

TB germs can sleep in your body and not make you sick

You cannot pass sleeping TB germs to other people

Sleeping TB can wake up and make you sick

A TB skin test or blood test can find sleeping TB

 

Sleeping TB can be treated with special antibiotics to stop the TB germs from waking up

People who have lived or spent time with someone with TB

People with a medical condition or having treatment that affects their immune system

Young children

People born in or who have lived in countries with a lot of TB

See your GP or local TB clinic

Get a chest x-ray

Give a sputum sample​​​​​​​​​​​​