Pulmonary tuberculosis (hereinafter referred to as the TB). Tuberculosis (tubercle bacillus) cause by chronic infection, the disease involved lots of body organs, commonly can be diagnosed as tuberculosis. The disease pathology characteristic is tuberculosis nodules and caseating necrosis, easily form a cavity. This is a chronic disease, while a few of them cause a hurry disease. The patients sometime are in low thermal, lack of systemic symptom and cough, haemoptysis.
Pulmonary tuberculosis occurs throughout the year round. The age between 15 and 35 years is TB incidence peak age. The incubation period is 4 to 8 weeks. 80% of which are occurred in the lungs and other parts, such as cervical, dural peritoneum, bowel, skin and bones. These parts of body can also be a secondary infection. It mainly spread through the respiratory tract. The affections source is contacting with tuberculosis patients. Continue to read Causes of Tuberculosis in TCM.
Pulmonary tuberculosis is called "Feilao" or "Laozhai" in TCM. The patients are coughing, coughing with blood, night sweats, and hot flashes, gradually angular for features. The patients’ innate endowment is not strong, while in their posteriority, debauchery excessive, sorrow is hushed into pain, long causative agent failure, loss vital qi, by the "consumptive bug" dye, evil to step in, and then caught the disease.
