Tuberculosis?
If I have tuberculosis, in its dormant stage (where it did not reach the lung), what is the likelihood it will become active, and what then if I take drugs to suppress the bacteria that causes TB? And what does it mean for me if it is active? And because I had taken a TB vaccine a decade ago, is it possible that it had affected the Mantoux test (the TB test where they inject stuff into your skin and watch if it expands or something)?
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idk...but my mom's has been dormant for 40 years now...so i guess pretty unlikely...but maybe not for everyone...i dont know what it means for it to become active again....shouldnt u?
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I assume that you had a positive PPD test - which with having the vaccine could be a false positive. Your next step will be a chest x-ray and then possibly a sputum test/sample. Currently, the recommendations are that TB is to be treated even in the latent (dormant) stage. So if you are positive - you will be treated for at least 6-9 months. If it is active - that means that the disease is contagious to others as well as activing infecting you
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