Why the main symptoms of tuberculosis take more than two weeks
The time to typical clinical manifestations in patients with tuberculosis varies from person to person, and some patients may begin to develop symptoms about 2 weeks after infection. In addition, the onset of tuberculosis varies for different types of patients.
1. Reasons
1. Primary pulmonary tuberculosis: refers to the disease caused by the initial infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is often manifested as acute miliary pulmonary tuberculosis in children and subacute hematogenous disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis in adults.
The former usually has no obvious symptoms or only non-specific symptoms such as mild cough and low-grade fever; The latter may have symptoms such as high fever, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss;
2. Infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis: refers to a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis invading lung tissue, which is common in adults. The main symptoms are hot flashes in the afternoon, cough, sputum production, hemoptysis, fatigue and weakness;
3. Cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis: It is a more serious type of secondary pulmonary tuberculosis, which is mainly caused by the reduction of air into the alveoli due to bronchial obstruction at the lesion site. This type of patient is mainly characterized by long-term repeated cough and large amount of purulent sputum, accompanied by fever, chest pain, dyspnea and other uncomfortable symptoms.
4. Caseous necrotizing tuberculosis: It is a special type of tuberculosis, usually due to the fact that when the body's immunity is low, Mycobacterium tuberculosis invades the lungs and forms a cheese-like substance, resulting in local necrosis.The main symptoms in these patients are severe cough, large frothy sputum production, and hemoptysis.
2. Treatment
For people diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, it is necessary to use anti-tuberculosis drugs for standardized treatment according to the doctor's instructions in the early stage of the disease, such as rifampicin capsules, ethambutol hydrochloride tablets, etc. If the condition is severe, surgical treatment measures should be taken in time to avoid affecting normal life and work.