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Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that affects approximately one third of the world’s populations, although most of those infected with the bacterium will never develop the disease. Statistics indicate that approximately 10 percent of all individuals exposed to the bacterium will develop active tuberculosis. Approximately seventy percent of all active cases of tuberculosis are pulmonary tuberculosis. However, tuberculosis may spread beyond the lungs to the circulatory system, joints, bones, and even the genitourinary system. Symptoms may include weight loss, fatigue, coughing, fever, night sweats and chills. Active tuberculosis is usually treated with a cocktail of antibiotics to prevent the tuberculosis bacterium from becoming resistant to treatment. Also, the treatment for tuberculosis lasts much longer than most bacterial infections. In fact, an individual with tuberculosis will usually have to be treated for six months to a year before the body rids itself completely of the disease. Can you win social security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of Tuberculosis? 
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