That Smoker’s Cough Could Actually Be Tuberculosis

Posted by Prudence on March 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment

In our country, tuberculosis is already a common disease among the populace. Doctors, from the young medical clerks to the long-time practicing consultants have fairly developed their clinical eye for tuberculosis – one can spot a TB patient, even from afar. It’s not only the thinness that causes the register. There is something perhaps in the way they look or the way they smell. I cannot really pinpoint exactly. However, one description of a TB patient that I haven’t yet fit in my schema of tuberculosis is the one complaining of a smoker’s cough.

Smoker’s cough is experienced upon waking up. There could be little sputum (or phlegm) production. Most smokers have gotten used to this and would have not mentioned this at all during clinic consultations, unless you ask them.

However, research showed that smokers are at increased risk for tuberculosis. This smoker’s cough could be actually a presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis already.

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