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10 Key Signs of Tuberculosis

Fever

When the bacteria causing tuberculosis to attack your body, the immune system and brain will respond by increasing the temperature of your body to prevent them from reproducing. Your body will detect this change and try to adjust to new temperatures by contracting shivers, muscles, leading to the onset of fever with typical signs such as sweats, chills, and raised the temperature. Also, tuberculosis would cause particular inflammatory proteins that help with fever production to be generated. [6]