In India, genital tuberculosis is rapidly increasing amongst women. Female genital tuberculosis is a rampant disease which is also growing as a major health issue that leads to infertility.

Tuberlosis is a highly infectious and communicable disease which can spread easily through an infected person.

If reports are to be believed, there is a new type of tuberculosis that is spreading fast in India.

Doctors have said that genital tuberculosis is emerging as a major health issue that is the cause of infection leading to infertility among 25 to 30 percent of women in India.

What makes the disease extremely dangerous, according to doctors, is the lack of symptoms that makes it difficult to diagnose.

Doctors suggest that unless the disease is detected and treated on time, no matter what the fertility treatment is, women with the disease will find it difficult to conceive. And it is not just women who are affected, men too are susceptible to genital tuberculosis.

Even as India is already fighting to curb tuberculosis that affects the respiratory system and lungs, and also drug resistant tuberculosis, doctors are also worried about the low detection rate of genital tuberculosis.

However, Dr Banerjee says that all hope is not lost for women who are affected by this disease. Clipping of the fallopian tubes, she says, has proven to be effective for some.