Pulmonary Tuberculosis is further divided into 5 different types of TB. These include:-

• Primary TB pneumonia: It is an uncommon form of TB, which mostly occurs in patients with lower immunity, like children and the elderly. It presents itself in the form of pneumonia and is highly contagious.


• Laryngeal TB: It affects the throat, in the vocal chord area. It is also contagious.


• Cavitary TB: This form of Tuberculosis has the classis symptoms associated with TB. It tends to form large cavities in the lungs. It is a highly contagious form of TB.


• Miliary TB: This form often tends to affect the young, the elderly and anyone else who has a weak immune system. Victims are at the risk of contracting a very dangerous fever. It is characterized by the appearance of small granules in the lungs visible through a chest x-ray.


• TB Pleurisy: It can develop shortly after catching the infection. This type of TB is characterized by shortness of breadth, chest pain and fluid in the lungs.

Extra pulmonary TB is further divided into 7 different types of TB. They include the following:-

• Adrenal Tuberculosis: This form affects the adrenal gland, hence the hormone production is also affected. Patients suffering from this form of TB are known to experience fainting or weakness.


• Lymph node disease: It is characterized by the patients experience enlargement of the lymph nodes. The nodes could also rupture through the skin.


• Osteal Tuberculosis: This form of TB affects the bones. The affected area’s bone tissue weakens, and it could cause the patient to fracture the affected area.


• TB Peritonitis: It usually affects the outer lining of the intestine. Due to the TB, fluid gets collected in the outer lining of the intestine, causing the affected to experience pain in the abdomen.


• Renal TB: It is characterized by the patient experiencing pyuria, which is the presence of white blood cells in the urine. It could end up affecting the reproductive organs and cause Epididymitis in men.


• TB Meningitis: The symptoms for this include the patients displaying signs of being affected by a stroke or a brain tumor. It is extremely dangerous and could even prove to be fatal.


• TB Pericarditis: This form of TB is characterized by an increase in the amount of fluid around the heart, and could also hamper its function.

1. Latent TB infection: This implies that you have the TB germs, but are not affected by it. It is not contagious.
   
2. TB Disease: It implies that that you have the TB germs and that they will multiply.