The most common symptoms of pulmonary TB is a persistent cough for two weeks or more, usually with expectoration. It may be accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms:-

· Fever, particularly with rise of temperature in the evening

· Loss of appetite

· Weight loss

· Night sweats

· Breathlessness

· Fatigue

· Chest pain

· Hemoptysis

A person with extra-pulmonary TB may have symptoms related to the organs affected in addition to the general symptoms of fever and loss of appetite for example :

· Swelling of lymph nodes, occasionally with discharge of pus

· Pain and swelling of the joints, if involved.

· Headache, fever, stiffness of the neck and mental confusion
  when the brain or meninges are involved.