my girlfriend told me a few days ago that her two friends had visited someone in the hospital with Tuberculosis. When they came home, they spoke with my girlfriend, who was unaware they had visited someone with TB. After a small talk, the two friends told my girlfriend that they had visited someone with TB and that before they left the hospital, the doctor told them that since they visited the TB patient, they might want to be tested just in case they got it now! WTF???!!! THEN THE TWO DUMB BITCHES TELL MY GIRLFRIEND AFTER TALKING WITH HER!!!! We are all roomates in a house. However, the two dumb bitches live upstairs and my girlfriend and I live downstairs. The two dummies brushed it off and they said they aren't going to go get tested. My girlfriend is frieghtened now. I don't know what the hell to do. Should my girlfriend get tested or are we just overreacting? Do you think my girlfriend got contracted when The 2 dummies said they wore face masks when visiting. Please help
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I can tell you right now TB is a weird disease. Look some stuff up about and you will know what i mean. I think she will be ok. But just to be safe make sure she gets tested. Oh and if she does have it they do have medicine for it. Just a couple of pills. No biggie. Good luck
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She should get tested just to make sure and put your minds at rest. Unfortunately because of my work, I got infected by a patient. I did become very ill but the drugs worked fine and it went. You should not let your g/f worry about it and gt her tested. It's just a quick test. For the record, it is NOT just a couple of pills if you are infected with TB. IT is a 6 month course of tablets. I had to take 12 tablets for the 1st months, then less after that but even after I was cleared, I still had to take them for a while.
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I doubt anything was transmitted. However to ease your girlfriends mind, go to the health dept. in your area and tell them she was exposed. They will hopefully test her for free. I really hope she will do this to ease her mind. Take care and good luck. PS: I'd move from the upstairs idiots....
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TB is a contagious and serious respiratory disease that you hear a lot of people getting in other countries and has even been brought in from people coming in from these countries.. If they visited their friend in the hospital you are made to wear a special mask called a TB mask and even a isolation gown to protect you from the spread of the infection. They even put the patient in a special reverse isolation room that vents the air in special way cutting down on the germs in the air(since it is a air and droplet borne disease). I have taken care of TB patients as a nurse for several years and haven't caught TB. You must wear those protective clothing when going into visit a person with TB and always wash your hands when you leave. The only reason why the Dr. would want them to get a TB test is if the where in contact with this person before she was diagnosed or weren't wearing the isolation clothing while visiting. If you are concerned go to a doctor and have the test done. It is a simple skin test that takes about 2-3 days to read or a chest x-ray can also tell you if you have TB. If you need further information look it up on line
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