Does The Horse haveTB?

@TheHorse We were vaccinated when we were kids and I am sure we repeated the vaccination years later. We do not need to be tested.

I think I've gotten TB tests on and off since I was a child.

@LadyDuck @TheHorse I'd forgotten that but we got vaccinated against it too. I had we had three vaccinations in one - whooping cough, TB and tetanus. Later we had the Salk vaccine for polio.

@TheHorse — no, he didn’t. I think even in the 70s he had that pretty well documented.

But of course. Did your dad have to jump through a lot of hoops to be "cleared"?

@TheHorse Not minute..LOL. I had a senior colleague who was coughing too much and had a bad cold. He did not know how to use computer and used to get his statements prepared by me. I got the cold from him, and at first I ignored it. When it crossed two weeks, I was concerned, and approached a doctor, who declared it was not something to be concerned about. When third week I was still feeling down, I approached my homeopath doctor, who immediately sent me to another allopath, asking me to be tested for TB. ESR was high, peptide test negative, westergren negative, x ray as mentioned. He still treated me for TB for a fortnight and thereafter the homeopath gave me medications for over six months. At the end of it, x ray was normal, and so also ESR. Not had major issues since then.

@vandana7 Do you think you actually had a mild case of TB? DE just posted that there is a high rate in India.

Do you know why you tested positive for a minute there?

Did they make you get them every four years or so?

@TheHorse I dont remember how often now but yes every so many years as you are at higher rick of getting it.

@wolfgirl569 What makes a person "at risk"?

@TheHorse You really don't have to worry...you eat so much non veg..

@vandana7 Does meat keep one from getting TB? But all those cute cows and chickens...

I knew I'd test "negative" It seems to be something here that's required when you get a new new job--especially one that involves working with people. The college I teach at also requires that I keep my TB "current."

Heh heh. Thanks!

@TheHorse No problem.

@TheHorse A lot of us kids then lived in very old cold and very damp houses so it was easy to come down with something like that. Thank you glad I never got it either and very glad your test was negative too.

Glad you managed to survive difficult times. A sign of character, I think. Of course my test was negative.

@lovinangelsinstead21 Glad you didn't get it either.

@TheHorse I can't recall ever getting sick from them.

@Tampa_girl7 I don't get a flu shot (I rarely get more than a yearly cold), but all of my other immunizations are up-to-date.

Hopefully they didn't make you sick!

@TheHorse Hmmm.... interesting. I always thought it was because we may come in contact with someone who already has TB, but then we would be tested after working in that environment for some time... I don't understand why we'd be tested before working in an environment where we might come in contact with someone who already has TB. That really doesn't make sense.

Maybe it's something that's required when people are going to work in settings where they will be in close contact with other people. I know that my college requires it as well.

@TheHorse I knew it came from Europe but not via the Dutch, now its invaded all the African people too who dont have a great immune against it. Glad you are CLEAR of the TB

@Inlemay So there a high incidence of TB among the native Africans? Has it spread to other countries?

My test was negative. Interesting info about the Dutch in South Africa. I hadn't known that.

That is true. (I told pony about my mom testing positive for TB when she worked at a nursing home. Hers was a false positive test.)

I got it read yesterday. They could tell it was negative quickly.

Monday's poke hurt more than usual (young nurse trainee?). But the test was negative.

@TheHorse I'm glad it was negative.

I wonder if there are any set "rules" about how often it's supposed to be done. At one of my jobs, where I stayed for fifteen years, I think they asked us to re-do it a couple of times. Now that I think about it, a nurse came in and did it on-site. That was convenient.

@NJChicaa Well, two seconds. One to poke you, and another to read it two or three days later.

@TheHorse they’ve never asked us to redo it. I wouldn’t mind if they did. It only takes a second.

Was there a particular reason (new job, etc.). Or do you just have one done periodically?

@TheHorse - No, I just get them once in a while, although I have gotten them for jobs before. I also have them test me for HIV and stuff every so often.

@TheHorse Testing positive doesn't mean you have TB, just exposure to it.

Glad to know there's treatment for it. I didn't get that far in my reading.

I got it read yesterday. No issues.

@TheHorse I was only on in the early morning and so did not see if you posted something. I am glad you got.