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Jan 29, 2007 16:24

has anyone ever had a chest x-ray?? Or a TB skin test...

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raalswordmaster January 30 2007, 00:09:50 UTC
yes for sure to the first, and i'm pretty sure yes for the second, if that's the thing where they inject it under your skin and check it a few days later to see if there's a bump there. it was years ago, though...

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niffer9389 January 30 2007, 02:13:28 UTC
cooooooool
What did they do? What did you have to do???

(See, I'm doing a project on tuberculosis and yeah :-))

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raalswordmaster January 30 2007, 02:28:19 UTC
uh, well, i would probably be more helpful if it had turned out i actually had TB (although I don't regret not having it that much :) ), but for the x-ray i just had to stand in front of this one blank white plate, and they x-ray you from behind.

and for the skin test they just inject a small amount of tuburculin under the skin of your inner forearm (because the skin is the most sensitive there, i guess) and you go away and come back in a few days (48 hours, i think) to see if there's a bump there. it's okay if it's just red, but a bump means you have some form of TB.

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niffer9389 January 30 2007, 03:56:57 UTC
how old were you?

Did they take a side x ray?

Why did they think you had it?

Did everyone else in your fmaily have to be testeD?

*might want to use Debi for TB patient (but you'd have to actualyl get it)*

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