Do People with a positive TB skin test sometimes need to take TB medication even if they aren t feeling sick?
Yes this is correct. Some people with a positive TB skin test will get sick from TB in the following year. If you have a positive TB skin test your doctor can decide if you need to take medication. Proper medication will prevent TB in people with a positive skin test. Back to Index 19. “Do people who are sick with TB need to be Quarantined?” Yes, usually, short periods of quarantine are needed to protect other people from getting infected with TB. People with TB can give TB to others by coughing in the air they breath. They are usually kept in a private room in a hospital until the infection is under control. A person with TB does not need to be quarantined for very long. Most people cannot give TB to others after they have been treated for two weeks. For this reason, TB patients are usually sent home after two weeks in the hospital. Back to Index 20. “If you have HIV, is it easier to get sick with TB?” It is much easier for people with HIV infection to get sick from TB. However, if yo
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