However, the TB bacterium can also

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However, the TB bacterium can also Infect many
other organs, causing distinct diseases
Renal TB
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However, the TB bacterium can also Infect many
other organs,causing distinct diseases

• TB bacteria usually infect the lungs first,
  damaging the lungs,causing difficulty breathing
  and leading people to cough up blood
• If it infects the kidney, it destroys tissue
  structure, leading to renal TB which causes
  kidney failure
• If it infects the spine, it causes Potts
  disease, which involves curvature of the spine.
  This is also caused tuberculous spondylitis
• If it infects the skin, it causes a red rash.
  This form of the disease is called lupus
  vulgaris. a 1590 work described it as "a
  malignant ulcer quickly consuming the neather
  parts ... very hungry like unto a woolfe
• Scrofula is when TB infects the lymph glands of
  the neck. In the Middle ages in Europe, people
  believed scrofula could only be cured by the
  touch of the King
• TB can also become disseminated throughout the
  whole body. In this case it is called miliary TB

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