Once you test positive for tb do you always test positive for tb?
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The previous answer is wrong. She is a moron, Yes you will always test positive for the TB antibody, but they can easily to a sputum swab to test you for the actual bacteria. You don't need a lung x-ray.
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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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Yes.  Just ask the volunteer group you are working with to get you a list of what you should get.  Usually its stuff like Hep A, Tetanus, Flu, and Pneumonia.  They will also want to do a TB test.
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that you have been exposed to TB
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No, swimming should not cause a false positive.  But it is still possible to have a positive mantoux and not have TB...If you have had a positive mantoux, you will most likely be getting a chest x-ray next and that should definitively tell you your status.
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How is TB spread?\n\nTB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.\n\nWhen a person breathes in TB bacteria, the bacteria can settle in the lungs and begin to grow. From there, they can move through the blood to other parts of the body, such as the kidney, spine, and brain.\n\nTB in the lungs or throat can be infectious. This means that the bacteria can be spread to other people. TB in other parts of the body, such as the kidney or spine, is usually not infectious.\n\nPeople with active TB disease are most likely to spread it to people they spend time with every day. This includes family members, friends, and coworkers.\n\nLatent TB infection:\n\nIn most people who breathe in TB bacteria and become infected, the body is able to fight the bacteria to stop them from growing. The bacteria become inactive, but they remain alive in the body and can become active later. This is called latent TB infection. People with latent TB infection\n\nhave no symptoms \ndon't feel sick \ncan't spread TB to others \nusually have a positive skin test reaction \ncan develop active TB disease if they do not receive treatment for latent TB infection \nMany people who have latent TB infection never develop active TB disease. In these people, the TB bacteria remain inactive for a lifetime without causing disease. But in other people, especially people who have weak immune systems, the bacteria become active and cause TB disease.\n\n\nActive TB disease:\n\nTB bacteria become active if the immune system can't stop them from growing. The active bacteria begin to multiply in the body and cause active TB disease. The bacteria attack the body and destroy tissue. If this occurs in the lungs, the bacteria can actually create a hole in the lung. Some people develop active TB disease soon after becoming infected, before their immune system can fight the TB bacteria. Other people may get sick later, when their immune system becomes weak for another reason.\n\nBabies and young children often have weak immune systems. People infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have very weak immune systems. Other people can have weak immune systems, too, especially people with any of these conditions: \n\nsubstance abuse \ndiabetes mellitus \nsilicosis \ncancer of the head or neck \nleukemia or Hodgkin's disease \nsevere kidney disease \nlow body weight \ncertain medical treatments (such as corticosteroid treatment or organ transplants) \nspecialized treatment for rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn’s disease \nSymptoms of TB depend on where in the body the TB bacteria are growing. TB bacteria usually grow in the lungs. TB in the lungs may cause symptoms such as\n\na bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer \npain in the chest \ncoughing up blood or sputum (phlegm from deep inside the lungs) \n\nOther symptoms of active TB disease are:\n\nweakness or fatigue \nweight loss \nno appetite \nchills \nfever \nsweating at night
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If the virus is dormant, it will still be detected by the test.  It's a bit confusing, but when people talk about the virus being dormant they basically mean it's chilling out in the patient's body but not making him/her sick (in which case the patient is HIV-positive but does not have AIDS).  The virus is not immediately detectable (I believe whoever it was that said 3-6 months after exposure is right), but a patient can have HIV that will be detectable by an HIV test for several years without showing any symptoms.  The risk of a false negative on an HIV test is fairly low (I don't remember the exact number), but if you've had an HIV test that came back negative and are still worried about it you can always get tested again in a couple months.
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Can TB Re-occur?\n\nYes it is possible. Like any bacterial infections, it can be caught and cured more than once. So if you have any doubts, please consult your local doctor.
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False negatives are quite common.  I had a friend who never had a positive home test...but went to he doc and was 3 1/2 months pregnant.  I would highly reccomend going to see your doc.  He would be able to do the much more sensitive blood test.
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Yes, especially if you are taking a narcotic (pain killer) or some sleeping pills.  Testing positive shouldn't be an automatic reason for termination of employment.  Most people who have a positive test are notified that they tested positive and are allowed to explain that they are on prescription medication.  The employer (or rather the agency that actually performs the test) will then contact your physician for a list of your medications.  If the medications match what you came up positive for (IE if you come up positive for cocaine and you have a prescription for lidocaine) then you will pass and your employer is usually never notified that you were on meds, they will simply be told that you passed.  However, if you test for something that you don't have a current prescription for then you will fail.
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If you have HIV in it's early stages, it's near impossible to detect without going t the doctor to get a blood teat. BUT if you have AIDS, it may be easier to detect. AIDS is the last stage of the HIV and is marked by repeated viruses and infections due to the weakening of our immune systems. But at the same time, ither diseases and viruses may result in susceptibility to infection of viruses. Blood tests are always the best choice in detection methods. Don't hesitate, it's your life and you make the calls.
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It doesn't take much to test positive.  The stuff can show up in urine up to 30 days later.  The more often you use the higher the level builds.  It seems like the pot is already destroying your brains ability to think.  Hope you fail and learn a lessen.
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Because a negative test result likely indicates absence of HIV infection (i.e., high negative predictive value), a negative test need not be repeated in clients with no new exposure in settings with low HIV prevalence. For clients with a recent history of known or possible exposure to HIV who are tested before they could develop detectable antibodies (129,130), the possibility of HIV infection cannot be excluded without follow-up testing. A false negative result also should be considered in persons with a negative HIV-1 test who have clinical symptoms suggesting HIV-1 infection or AIDS. Additional testing for HIV-2 and HIV-1 group O infection might be appropriate for these persons.\n\nThis basically says that if your results are non-reactive, you are not HIV positive, but if you are still in a high-risk group (multiple partners without using protection, drug user, health care worker, etc.) you should retest in the near future. It also would be important that this initial test was done within the timeframe that it would be accurate, and not too early after the exposure.  I hope this helps.  \n\nIf you are indeed lucky this time, please be smart and take the precautions to protect yourself, your life, and the lives of those you care about.
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According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, TB skin testing is safe during pregnancy and there is no reason to delay the test.\n\nhttp://www.med.umich.edu/ehs/tbfaq.htm\n\nTuberculin skin testing is considered valid and safe throughout pregnancy. However, testing with QuantiFERON®-TB and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold has not been evaluated for diagnosing M. tuberculosis infection in pregnant women.\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/250160.htm
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Nope.. TB is curable.\n\nOnce cured, you will not fail the medical exam.
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HIV tests may be of different types.Like the screening tests(SPOT TEST,Easy to do but not confirmatory) or the confirmatory tests(Western Blot).A person will go in for the confirmatory tests when he/she comes out positive in the sceening test,Mind you that person can still be a false positive,so to confirm they goes in for the confirmatory test.To answer your query i would have to say,he/she go for these tests if he/she feels that they might have been exposed to the virus by any of the known modes of transmission.
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No.  Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, a slow-growing bacteria that thrives in areas of the body that are rich in blood and oxygen, such as the lungs.