Tuesday, September 16, 2008

what test can be most diagnostic to test Tuberculosis in children? Does body weight in all patients decrease

what test can be most diagnostic to test Tuberculosis in children? Does body weight in all patients decrease?
what are the signs, symptoms and diagnosis of enteric tuberculosis in children? Can blood test be diagnostic in such cases
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they'd probably just give you the normal TB test, but i dont know for sure- a shot with TB antigens in it, then they measure how big of a bump you get after 3 days. i forget what the test is called
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The PPD skin test is what is used to detect TB. Coughing and phlegm production is a sign, but the doctor mostly uses the TB skin test to detect it. One can be exposed to Tb and ten years later get the actual disease. Also if someone spits and the spit dries and is caught in the wind you can get it. That is why the health departments require hospitals, etc. to do yearly PPD skin tests.
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Isolation of the bacteria by stomach aspirates, sputum, spinal fluid, or biopsy provides definitive diagnosis. Blood tests are not generally helpful in TB. Skins tests can screen for the disease but are not perfect. Enteric TB usually occurs as a part of "miliary TB". Isolated involvement of only one organ is rare. You can learn more here: http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1476.htm Weight loss occurs in 80% according to this article.
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They don't do a blood test, its more like a prick of the skin. It's a type of lung infection, so if it would be positive they would do a chest x-ray to be sure. I don't know all of the symptoms but cronic coughing and coughing up blood. So if he/she starts to cough up blood then you need to go to the hospital. But if you think she might have it call your dr. and they can test her for it

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