I have recently been diagnosed with tb.
We are trying to find out where I got it.
Can anyone tell me, how long does the tb
germ live in the air after it has been
expelled by an infected person?
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Rheinau
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Posted: 10-01-07 16:43pm
5 hours
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icefire1142
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Posted: 10-01-07 22:17pm
hello shell so whats you condition now? i
have it also
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Rheinau
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Posted: 10-02-07 12:54pm
Shell - I have latent TB and I've done
some reading on the CDC website among
other sites. From what I've read it
normally takes a significant amount of
exposure (8-12 hours) to become infected,
but it depends on how infective the person
was.
I also tried to determine who/where I was
infected. It is likely from a plane ride
to & from Germany in 2005 or from a
creepy dude who sat beside me on the DC
metro years ago and whom I spoke with for
about 5-10 mins.
Do you have active TB or are you latent?
Are you taking meds? Any neg side
effects?
I am 40 years old and am debating as to
whether I should take INH. My last test
measured 9mm so I am borderline positive.
One doc tells me not to take INH but
another recommends it. I am afraid of
taking the meds but I know it is a
gamble.
I have children and don't want to risk
infecting them so I will probably go on
the INH. I wish there were better meds
available but they are 3-5 years out.
Good luck.
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Rheinau
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Posted: 10-02-07 12:56pm
icefire1142 - Are you active or latent?
Are you on meds?
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miparaiso
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Newly Diagnosed Posted: 10-04-07 16:06pm
me too have been newly diagnosed. They
looked at my exray/ct and said there was a
slight change from last year (still
debatable whether it is tb or not).
I had 3 sputum tests and they were all
negative for tb. the culture which is
being tested for growth has not grown any
bacteria at all for tb. They tested it in
8/24 and to date no bacterial growth.
Meanwhile, I was required to take the meds
(4 kinds all together). I don't know if I
do have the tb or not but i was required
by the state to take the meds.
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mluce211
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Posted: 10-14-07 11:10am
hi
I never found out where i got it from but
it was likely a plane journey to the
states. You have to be very close to
someone with a productive cough for a
reasonable amount of time... but in
planes, the air can be partly recycled for
the entire flight, increasing the odds
basically.
Miparaiso, all i can say is that in the
USA, the drugs are pushed upon you much
more than here in the UK. Your on all 4
meds for negative sputum tests and a no
growth culture?? What was the reason for
the xray in the first place if you dont
mind me asking? Tb symptoms?
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Rheinau
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Uk Procedures? Posted: 10-15-07 06:21am
mluce 211 - my xrays were negative and a
sputum test (I requested) was neg as well.
They told me to get retested again in 1
year and when/if I measure 15mm or more
then they'd put me on INH. What are the
procedures in the UK?
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miparaiso
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Mluce211 - Uk Procedures Posted: 11-01-07 12:57pm
When I had the exrays (due to chest pains
- thought I was getting a heart attack or
embolisim) they found granulomata in my
right lung. They right away suspected tb.
The doctor did a lung procedure where he
looked at my lungs through a tube and took
samples from my left and right lungs. The
samples were tested for tb and they were
negative. Then they grew the samples as
cultures for 8 weeks and it was also
negative for tb.
They are basing the meds (9 in total I
take everyday) on the granulomata that
they found in my ct scan.
