Symptoms

There is little or no fever, although the cough is bad; there is very little if any dyspnea. The condition becomes worse during cold weather, and the patient is usually subject to attacks of acute bronchitis. There may be no constitutional symptoms and the general health of the patient may not be greatly affected.

If there is a light rise in the bodily temperature regularly in the evening, with loss of weight and slight anemia, pulmonary tuberculosis should be suspected.