do they do for a tb test? Are there any side effects?
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It is just a little needle that goes right under the skin. You go back to have the test read three days later. It doesnt hurt. But there is a new test that they take blood. But most places are not doing this test yet.
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Its nothing. Its not as bad as a shot. The only side affects are itching and redness at the sire of injection. Most people dont have any side affects.
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Don't worry about it. I've been getting them every year for 25 years plus! In addition, I also administer them. They really are no big deal. You will receive a intradermal needle prick. Think of taking a needle and just placing it under your skin. I know you probably did this when you were a kids, same thing!!! Doesn't even hurt.
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there is nothing to it. just a little needle. no side effects
5 :
This is absolutely the tiniest needle that you'll ever experience. The needle doesn't even go all the way through your skin, it goes in the skin itself. The injection is a tiny bubble and it doesn't hurt at all. Unless you have been exposed to tuberculosis, the bubble goes away, and that's the end of it. Your imagination is far worse than anything that is going to happen to you. Relax.
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they just do a little pinprick just below the skin surface on the forearm and inject 1cc of tuberculin there to make a samll bubble...just look the other way when they do it...in 48 hrs they will read it and if it is not red or raised , then you are fine..if postive reading is found, it means you were exposed to TB at one time or another (you might or might not have active TB)..your immune system may have controlled it
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My guess is that they want to do a Tuberculin Skin Test. They will press a small tester, which has a few pins, onto your skin. A few days later, they will check the area to see if you had a slight allergic reaction to the bacteria on the pins. There are no side effects, and if you test negative for Tuberculosis (TB), you'll soon forget that you ever had the test. If you test positive, TB is completely curable
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