Patient Comments: Tuberculosis - Symptoms
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Tuberculosis - After Treatment
Question: Do you continue to have problems after being treated for TB?
Tuberculosis - Experience
Question: If known, how did you or a loved one contract TB?
Tuberculosis - Diagnosis
Question: How was the diagnosis of your tuberculosis established?
Tuberculosis - Treatments
Question: What treatment was effective for your tuberculosis?
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I had a cough that was not healing. When I coughed up blood, my doctor screened my sputum, which came back positive for tuberculosis. I was put on drugs for two months and was tested again. Bacteria was no longer evident in my sputum. I continued with the drugs for six more months and was tested again. The results were negative, so I was discharged from the TB clinic.