The bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mostly affects the lungs but can also damage other bodily parts, such as the cardiovascular system. Understanding the connections between infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and cardiovascular health is becoming more and more acknowledged as crucial for holistic health assessments, even if it has historically been beyond the direct purview of health heart diagnostics (HHD).
Multiple methods exist by which tuberculosis might indirectly affect heart health. For example, long-term inflammation brought on by tuberculosis (TB) can result in atherosclerosis, or the accumulation of plaques in the arteries, raising the risk of cardiovascular illnesses including heart attacks and strokes. Pericarditis, or inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart, is another condition that can result from tuberculosis. This illness may impede cardiac function and result in