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Does Cough While Having Lymph Node Tb Indicate Tb In Lungs?

I have been diagnosed with lymphnode tb 20 days back and I have started taking the medicines as prescribed by Dr. My chest X-Ray was clear. However since past 8-10 days I have been having cough. Would that mean that TB bacteria had infected my lungs now and it could be tb of lymphnode and lungs both ?
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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Generally TB bacteria first enter the lungs and spread to rest of the organ from there. Yes it could be tb of both lungs and lymph nodes but the treatment remains the same for tb anywhere.
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Does Cough While Having Lymph Node Tb Indicate Tb In Lungs?

Generally TB bacteria first enter the lungs and spread to rest of the organ from there. Yes it could be tb of both lungs and lymph nodes but the treatment remains the same for tb anywhere.