tuberculosis test!!??
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The four prong test is not used anymore. A positive test will develop a welp around the site and usually become red. A small bump and slight red appearance is to be expected. The redness, because you have aggrevated the skin, and the bump because they are actually injecting a very minimal amount of inactive TB under the skin. When you have been exposed to TB your body produces specialized "T CELLS" to try to fight it off. If, after having the skin test, the site becomes hard and raised, it is because your body detects the TB bacterium and is sending these specialized cells to the site.
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Unusual skin reaction to sterile diluent in tuberculin test.\n\nWolk BM.\n\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=5567977&dopt=Abstract
949189
A. positive just took a test on this today
544995
you should go have another test done
459635
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.
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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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Here is one of the tests you are talking about.  I hope this helps.
759589
It will show up in less than an hour.\n\nIt isn't likely that they will be able to tell how much unless it is a very high-end test.
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Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) takes six to nine months and sometimes longer. Like all medications, your tuberculosis tablets can cause side effects and you should speak to your doctor if these occur. Your doctor will monitor your progress during treatment to make sure the medication is working. This will usually involve blood, sputum or urine tests and chest x-rays.
55589
If you haven't had a tetnus shot in a while may wanna do that now. Get checked for hepatitis too. Never know where that needle was. Call your MD.
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Usually there has to be an order from a physician to check for certain things. But some doctors order tests like hepatitis b, c and hiv if the patient is pregnant or seems to be at high risk for infection, If you feel that you need to be tested contact a local health department. the price is not as expensive as private doctor office and of course all test results will be confidential Good Luck
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TB is an extremely dangerous and contagious disease!  If you are kissing someone who has it, you need to get tested right away!  You can pass it on to your family members and other close friends!  Stop kissing the person!  Get to a doctor immediately!!!!  I am really not kidding!!!
934689
its a test.. will you go for it
345497
Instead of wasting your time here asking for opinions from anyone with a computer, GO TO THE DR.. What are you waiting for.....My 3 year old son died, what should I do? Go to the emergency room NOW! Or, you could wait for a while and see if anyone agrees with you to do nothing.\n\nYes, I guess you should have mentioned you spoke with a DR.. You say it the test was negative. Tested for what? Blood? Did you feed your son beets?
781995
My advise wold be not to do it again before the test.  If you "had to," you need to run/walk EVERYDAY and drink LOTS of water.  Good luck.
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There have only been two reported cases of M. phlei infections in humans.  One was an infection of the tendons in the foot of a adult male.  I was unable to find anything other than a passing mention of the other case.\n\nIn addition, exposure to M. phlei can cause a false positive TB skin test in healthy individuals
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It depends on a lot of things, such as if you were just near it or if you were sitting in a cloud of it, your weight, how much water you drink, whether you used drugs regularly previously, etc. I wouldn't worry about it too much though. Just drink a lot of water between now and the test and you should be fine. Also, depending on how negligible the results are to your test, they might assume something like that has happened or that there was an error and retest you anyways.