What are the Signs and Symptoms of Miliary TB?

• Fever
• Weight loss
• Night sweats
• swollen lymph glands (glandular TB)
• Extreme fatigue
• Cough
• Pneumonia
• Laryngitis
• Enlarged spleen
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhoea
• Gastritis
• Peritonitis
• Conjunctivitis
• Meningitis
• Abscesses (collar stud and groin)
• Skin lesions
  • Lupus Vulgaris: Main type of TB of the skin. Ulceration of the mouth, tongue, tonsils and oesophagus.
  • Erythema Nodosum: This starts off as red lesions which several weeks later turn Bluish/purple then fade through the colour changes of a bruise. Apparently this affliction was typical to butchers who regularly handled infected meat in the olden days when TB was a problem in the West, prior to the introduction of testing of animals for TB.
  • Erythema Induratum (Bazin's disease):  This is mostly seen in young women.  Hard subcutaneous nodules develop on the back of the lower legs.  The nodules, which are purple in colour, may break down forming ulcers which leave deep scars when they heal.  In many of these cases there are signs of TB elsewhere, particularly tuberculous glands.