How ice-cream cones caused severe diabetes in Chennai woman and activated her latent TB: Here's her battle
Diabetes weakens your immunity to such an extent that it makes you vulnerable to developing TB. It remains silent for a long time before it starts to show symptoms, which are similar to diabetes like weight loss, fatigue, loss of sleep among others. So, patients with diabetes aren’t generally tested for TB, says Dr R Natasimhan, Senior Pulmonologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Source: indianexpress.com