What to do when you have been exposed to TB in an inactive stage?
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My wife was exposed and is a carrier for inactive TB.\n\nYou will have to go to the health clinic, where they will run tests. If you test negative, you're in the clear.\n\nIf you test positive, not to worry. Inactive TB requires a little more monitoring that a typical yearly physical, but does not inhibit your life style. You may run into resistance getting a health card, but it shouldn't be impossible. The hardest thing will be to make sure friends and family understand that you are not contagious, and that inactive TB is not a threat to them or their health.
377823
You can go to a doc.  and have it either frozen off or burned off.  In either case, that will hurt like hell at first, be uncomforatable for awhile, then feel better later.
256878
If you've been on antibiotics for more than 24 hours you're safe to go out in public without the risk of passing on strep, so if you're really bored and want to get out, thats an option.  The best thing to do would be to relax, take a bath, read a book, or listen to music.  I know it can be boring being sick and just watching TV but if you rest now you should feel better soon.
216084
ASAP before it rots the rest of your skull away and your face collapses in.\nAren't you in pain ? even if you're not, the damage an untreated abcess can do is monumental. bite bullet and go have it yanked. get a general anethesia (i had to).
1127114
I wouldn't worry too much until you get your chest xrays done. You could be  just a carrier of TB and not have the active disease. If your xray is negative you could be given meds to prevent the development of the disease in the future. Here's a link with all the answers you need:\nhttp://www2.dmi.columbia.edu/resources/tbcpp/skintest.html\n\n\nI can't reply to your email cuz it says your emal addy hasn't been confirmed!\n\nHere is my reply:\nI had a rare form of TB when I was 3. It was the first case like that that the doctor had seen in over 25 years. If afflicted my lymph nodes on the left side of my neck.  I had surgery to remove the affected tissue. For the next year I had to take 2 differnt types of meds and have chest xrays every 2mths. I am now 32 and still test positive although it is no longer active. I would get your family tested also.  I had my 4 sons tested at the age of 9mths due to my being a carrier.  Even if you do have it the prognosis is good as long as you do what the doctor prescribes for you.\n\n \nSymptoms may improve in 2 to 3 weeks, with improvement seen in the chest X-ray lagging behind clinical improvement. Prognosis is excellent if pulmonary TB is diagnosed early and treatment is begun. \n\nhttp://health.allrefer.com/health/pulmonary-tuberculosis-prognosis.html\n\nI wish you the best.
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If you can't breathe, that's a good enough reason to go to the Emergency Room (or if you don't want to do that, try an urgent care center or walk-in clinic).  The infection might have gone into your lungs (pneumonia), which can be serious and require a different antibiotic.
242545
Freeze.  They can bring you back when they find a cure :)
598787
Firstly, please don't worry about staying away from her - the person who told you this is insensitive and wrong. TB is infectious but only if the person has pulmonary (lung) TB and only if they are coughing lots of sputum (phlegm). If it was felt that you were at risk then your sister would already have been advised to stay away from you and may even have been admitted to hospital for isolation nursing. If you have all had your BCG (TB) vaccinations (usually at school) you will be safe. If not, then you will need to be treated with preventative medicines but this will be handled by TB specialist health professionals. Most TB cases are treated in the community and because of this there is an excellent system for screening and treating possible contacts such as family members of a sufferer. There are new strains of multi-drug resistant TB emerging, but if your sister had been diagnosed with one of these she would be in hospital and isolated. Even then you could visit her - you would just have to ake the same precautions the nursing and medical staff took such as gloves and masks. TB is considered cured after 6 months of treatment and although it does remain dormant in your system most people return to normal health and are not troubled again with it. The only reasons to worry about infection are if you are taking medicines that suppress your immune system such as anti-rejection drugs following transplant or chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Talk to your own doctor and he or she should be able to reassure you. I hope this helps you. Your sister will need love and TLC in the months to come - the medications she will be taking will probably make her feel unwell themselves. I hope she gets better soon.
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You should put some triple antibiotic cream on the affected area.  Don't use vaseline, it is petroleum based and will make a great breeding ground for bacteria. Try and leave the area affected open for short periods of time to let the air help you heal.
764781
yes u need to keep away from young children and plder adults also those is immuno supression. it can take up 2 2 years to recover from it. i'm still recovering now and had it 9 months ago. it can go undeteced in your system for up2 6 months so my GP said. so if i were u i would tuck ur self up into bed and have a good rest.
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You will get better!  The main concern is damaged muscle tissue if you were really unconscious.  The best thing to do is drink lots of fluids.  One 8 ounce glass of water every hour at a minimum,  This will allow the damaged muscle tissue to pass through the blood stream and through the kidneys without damaging them.  Keep that leg elevated and wiggle your toes frequently to keep from getting a blood clot.  If you can't wiggle your toes or if the calf gets rock hard or if your foot starts becoming pale or painful, see a doctor right away.  Good luck I think you will be better in a about 3 days.
22410
Take a sponge bath, wetting and drying a small part of your body as you go.  Use warm water if you have it.  Wear warm clothes on parts not being washed.
336160
WOW... so many wrong answers... There is a vaccine to TB, it was used in most 3rd world countries until very recently, it's called BCG.  It was stopped recently primarly due to the quality of some of the vaccinations as well as the variety of medications to safely and effectively treat TB. \n If you received the BCG vaccination you would have an approximately 1cm indention on your upper arm where the injection was administered.  \nYour PPD test or TB test that they inject into your arm will always come back positive, b/c your body will have antibodies to TB (which is what a PPD test is checking for)\nIf your TB test comes back postive, you must follow up with a chest x-ray showing that you have no active infection with TB.
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Depends on where the microorganisms are. If ingested you'd want to regurgitate, maybe more than once. If in a wound, clean it and apply antibiotics. If inhaled, cough up and spit out as much as you can. All these actions should be done ASAP. Obviously step 2 is get medical help.\nIf you're actually asking what the body's defensive barriers are, you have the skin as an external barrier and the mucous membranes as an internal barrier.
1112910
haha... well thats simple. Live life to the fullest. You got a second chance at life so you might as well try things that you couldn't do while you were doing treatment. Like maybe sky diving, or swim somewhere exotic. Go see the 7 wonders. anything really.. just make sure youre not putting yourself in any real danger.
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Take all precautions necessary.\nWear protective clothing.\nEash your hands before and after dealing with those infected.\nBe careful with instruments, careful not to injure yourself with used instruments which were already used on the infected patients
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You should be having regular sputum cultures, the acid fast bacilli that cause TB can be very difficult to treat so regular follow ups to your physician is a must