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12-12-2007, 06:24 AM

Location: Mississippi six,715 posts, read 12,910,363 times Reputation: 4302

To make a very long story short, I had a PPD done several years ago. It was in the military machine, and to exist quite honest I'm a little leery of the diagnosis. After three days the 'bump' had gone completely abroad and in that location was just a slight little red marking. I wouldn't even telephone call it a rash. The doctor told me that I had tested positive and gave me 9 months worth of pills to accept. She told me that I shouldn't take another TB test done because it could cause the bacteria to 'activate'. At present, the affair that gets me, is when I was leaving Nihon (where I was stationed) I had married a Japanese adult female and function of our green carte du jour paperwork was to get a TB test done on her as well. In Nippon, they still gave the TB vaccination when she was born ( I call back they nevertheless practise) and she had this giant bump on her arm. I saw another guy walk in with his Japanese wife and apparently they had gotten the aforementioned thing and her 'bump' was just virtually the same size every bit my married woman's. I really started to wonder... would I have anything to worry nearly if I had never taken the meds? They really made me feel horrible. Edit: I'one thousand not certain if this matters or non, but about a year subsequently I was diagnosed with a mild exzema(sp?).

12-12-2007, 07:27 AM

Padgett2 7,102 posts, read 26,012,133 times Reputation: 7425

Troop, for your own peace of mind, run across your doctor and accept an Xray done. A positive exam only means that at onetime in your life, yous were exposed to the TB virus and adult some antibodies to it. The original test caused some to develop, the echo test caused these antibodies to react. I wouldn't swear to information technology, simply I think it's adequately common to take a reaction to the test. Dorsum in the dim recesses of my mind, I seem to remember that anybody used to dread getting them as there was ordinarily a bump. It was at ane time required for a lot of things. TB seems to exist making a comeback every bit resistant strains have managed to develop.

12-12-2007, 09:09 AM

mm_mary73 Location: in a house 3,574 posts, read xiii,788,880 times Reputation: 2393

Quote: Originally Posted past GCSTroop To make a very long story brusque, I had a PPD done several years agone. It was in the military machine, and to be quite honest I'thousand a little leery of the diagnosis. Later three days the 'bump' had gone completely abroad and there was just a slight little red mark. I wouldn't even call it a rash. The doctor told me that I had tested positive and gave me 9 months worth of pills to accept. She told me that I shouldn't take another TB test done because it could cause the bacteria to 'actuate'. Now, the thing that gets me, is when I was leaving Nihon (where I was stationed) I had married a Japanese woman and office of our light-green card paperwork was to get a TB test done on her as well. In Nippon, they withal gave the TB vaccination when she was born ( I think they nonetheless do) and she had this giant bump on her arm. I saw another guy walk in with his Japanese married woman and patently they had gotten the same thing and her 'bump' was merely most the same size as my wife'south. I really started to wonder... would I have anything to worry nearly if I had never taken the meds? They really fabricated me experience horrible. Edit: I'm not certain if this matters or not, but about a year afterwards I was diagnosed with a mild exzema(sp?). If your wife had BCG vaccination, she can't take the PPD; it is non accurate. Needs a chest film. In your case, non seeing the mark, I tin can merely say we measure the amount of induration, that is, how big is the raised expanse. PPD results SHOULD Exist recorded in mm - mine is 0mm - but oftentimes is not. What constitutes "negative" or "0mm" depends on your immune status, whether yous are in an surround with active/potentially active TB, or 100% () good for you no risk. Personally, I don't accept "negative" as a outcome. It tells me nothing whereas a event of 4mm in a person with NO risk factors is OK, but is Non so in an immuno-compromised (due east.g., active HIV disease) person.

12-12-2007, 02:34 PM

Tzaphkiel 18,177 posts, read sixteen,382,078 times Reputation: 13885

The two people I've known who were told the TB test came positive were instructed to have a second test done, which came out differently, and so it was a "false positive." They were pissed because it was a scary thing for them to go through. Where they worked had sort of dubious process for "reading" the test and they were pissed about that too.

12-12-2007, 06:xi PM

Location: Mississippi 6,715 posts, read 12,910,363 times Reputation: 4302

Quote: Originally Posted past mm_mary73 If your wife had BCG vaccination, she can't have the PPD; it is not accurate. I'grand pretty sure she did... the giant bump on her arm was a pretty good indication Quote: Originally Posted by mm_mary73 Needs a chest flick. Me or her? Quote: Originally Posted by mm_mary73 In your case, not seeing the mark, I can merely say we measure out the amount of induration, that is, how big is the raised area. PPD results SHOULD BE recorded in mm - mine is 0mm - only often is not. What constitutes "negative" or "0mm" depends on your immune condition, whether you are in an environment with active/potentially active TB, or 100% () healthy no adventure. Personally, I don't accept "negative" every bit a result. Information technology tells me nothing whereas a result of 4mm in a person with NO risk factors is OK, but is Not and so in an immuno-compromised (e.grand., active HIV illness) person. As I said, there was no raised area at all. In that location was a very small slightly carmine area (tad scrap blotchy perhaps?) that was measured at 19mm if memory serves me correctly. As far as my surround was concerned, I had been in Asia/Japan for the last two years and was about to head back to the States.

12-xiii-2007, 12:44 PM

ReturningWest Location: Stuck in NE GA right now four,585 posts, read xi,790,468 times Reputation: 6645

At that place are several things that tin brand a TB skin examination wait positive without having TB...become a chest xray...that is nevertheless the difinative diagonostic tool...good luck

12-13-2007, 08:56 PM

Katarina Witt Location: Foot of the Rockies 90,373 posts, read 112,943,971 times Reputation: 35920

[quote=GCSTroop;2238070]I'm pretty sure she did... the giant bump on her arm was a pretty good indication [quote] What mm_mary means is that your wife's PPD won't be accurate b/c she had the vaccine. Though recently, the "rules" nigh this have changed a fleck and I tin can't quote them accurately, then I won't.

12-13-2007, 10:fifteen PM

Location: Mississippi 6,715 posts, read 12,910,363 times Reputation: 4302

Quote: Originally Posted by ReturningWest There are several things that can make a TB pare test look positive without having TB...get a chest xray...that is nevertheless the difinative diagonostic tool...proficient luck Well the chest x-ray volition only show if the TB has 'activated' correct? Not if I have been exposed to information technology, at least as far equally I know. I'm hesitant to get a re-exam washed, because if I was positive to begin with I'm afraid of calculation more fuel to the burn, then to speak. On that note, I did take a breast x-ray done virtually a yr ago for an unrelated issue. It came back clean, merely I was wondering if yous are supposed to drink that "glow juice" in order to take the tubercules show upwardly??

12-15-2007, 08:21 AM

eddiek 436 posts, read 725,925 times Reputation: 133

Visit your md's office and talk over having a test, or going for x-rays. No "glow juice" is required. And so- make certain y'all re-appear for the reading of the results, at the prescribed fourth dimension frame- very important. Your physician will measure out the area effectually the test to determine your vulnerability to a positive test result. A positive test event does not mean you lot take TB. It ways you have been subjected to the organism which can crusade TB. If positive, you will about likely be sent for a chest exam (two views). Your physician volition discuss the results with you lot, and make up one's mind if you lot see see an communicable diseases specialist. I accept been positive for years, having been exposed in Portugal. I spent 1 year on IHM medication therapy every bit a preventative. if y'all have a positive PPD, you do not take the test any more. If your task requires TB results, you volition need to go the breast x-ray, commonly every two years, or sooner if symptoms appear. Needless to say, if you become symptomatic of TB affliction, yous should visit your physician immediately. Please inform your doc of any medications you lot are taking at the time of the test.

12-15-2007, ten:21 AM

Miss Blue 13,640 posts, read 23,161,974 times Reputation: 18536

Eddiek is right..My daughter, a nurse, had a positive several years ago..Her arm was a mess..Her job does require annual ppd tests from which she is exempt and has the xray instead..

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