Question

Which of the following is not a symptom of tuberculosis?

• A. Increase in body weight and tiredness.
• B. More than two weeks of coughing bouts.
• C. Thick yellowish green sputum produced.
• D. An X-ray shows dark spots in the lungs.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Increase in body weight and tiredness.

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The symptoms are a loss of the body weight, fatigue, there is a cough for more than two weeks with mucus and blood, the color of the sputum is yellowish or green. The X-ray shows spots in the lungs due to the infection.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.