I took a TB test 2 days ago and I got a positive for it today. I'm only 15, but it seems like I might have caught tuberculosis from my friends who were already diagnosed with it. I still need to get xrays tomorrow, but there's a chance I might have it. I was wondering how deadly is this? What are the chances of it spreading to others around me, and the chances of death. I'd rather die than get others to wound up like me, so it'd be greatly appreciated if I could get some answers. thanks!
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Ok TB won’t kill you but it has got bad effect in it, you’re lucky you got it now not years ago when it would have killed you. TB was once a major killer in Britain. Ok some kind of TB can’t be passed on unless you eat someone’s green thing that comes from the throat, and others can be passed on through the air, you will need to get HIV test as well, because there can be linked. Plus these only a 6month treatment in where the capsules reduce the amount by each month, some from 11 a day to 3 a day. These are 2 different type one is early and other is latter, here these are below the symptoms that you should be feeling. Early infection symptoms: Fever Chills Sweating Night sweats Flu-like symptoms Gastrointestinal symptoms Weight loss No appetite Weakness Fatigue Symptoms of chronic lung infection (pulmonary tuberculosis): Persistent cough Chest pain Coughing up bloody sputum Shortness of breath Breathing difficulty Recurring bouts of fever Weight loss Progressive shortness of breath Urine discoloration Cloudy urine Reddish urine Sadly you can never knew where you got the TB from or how long you had it for, the best thing is not to boost about it and keep it to yourself, your not a danger and you be ok.
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first of all, you dont have tb. you tested positive to EXPOSURE to tb. if your chest xray comes back negative, then you have latent tb. if it comes back positive, you have active tb. both latent and active tb are treated with antibiotics. latent is treated with an oral antibiotic over 4-9 months, depending on whats going on. active tb, is a 4-drug combination therapy that is pretty aggressive. both have an extremely good success rate of recovery (near 100%). if not treated, and you have latent tb, you may never develop active tb and may live the rest of your life fine. but if you do develop active tb, then it is 100% fatal if untreated. as i said, if treated, the opposite is true. best wishes. you have nothing to fear.
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TB is really deadly disease.the best thing you can do is to do ACID FAST BACILLI test.then you can start the treatment once you are positve. If you drink the medicine very well the death will not come.as we know that this disease is airborne infection which can transmit thru air and remains in environment and will infect more peoples around you.so...take action to cure you from this disease
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