A cough is one of the most frequent ailments for which individuals contact family doctors or general practitioners. It is, in fact, the body's defensive response when anything irritates the airways or the throat. Even though the occasional cough is normal, a chronic cough lasting for several weeks, or months should be investigated by a doctor, more so, if accompanied by other symptoms like fever, difficulty of breathing, blood in the sputum or weight loss. To make matters more confusing, oftentimes, the presentation of cough in other diseases or conditions is the same with tuberculosis (TB).