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starburst71795 asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsInfectious Diseases · 10 years ago

How long does it take someone to die from tuberculosis?

I mean back a few hundred years ago when it had no treatment and was called consumption

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  • dcrc93
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    Depends on what part of the body it was at...And how fast if was progressing

    a serious fast progressing case would prob be about a year if it was in the lungs..

  • TweetyBird
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Average about 5 years.

    Source(s): I'm a nurse.
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