I recently took a TB test, and i got positive result. Does this mean that i have TB? I mean i got positive result before about 5 years ago when i took TB test, and i took X-Ray and it showed negative. I also took the antibiotics for 9 months. And the doctor said that the result was negative. Now i took TB test shot again and it shows positive. Am i supposed to redo the same thing over again? What should i do? Does anybody know? Same exact thing happened to me. I took the Meds for 9 months too. They had me on Isoniazid 300 mg. I talked to my doctor about it while taking them and he told me that people like us most likely have a dormant form of TB in our bodies. Meaning it hasn't attacked our lungs or kidneys. We were just exposed to it at some point in our lifetime. The Medicine just reduces the risk of the disease becoming active in your body. If you were to take the medicine for 6 months it reduces the risk by 70-80% and if you were to finish the whole 9 months then it reduces it by 90-95%. Also he did tell me that the skin test will always show up positive for the rest of my life. Because the TB will always be there. Just keep a copy of your proof that you took the medication and all will be good. You shouldn't have anything to worry about unless you start coughing up blood or having unexplained dry coughs, but I'm sure you know that. Hope this helps. you will have to have the chest x-ray again and they will use that to determine if u have tb... but if the same thing happened to you before i wouldn't worry about it! Do not ever take the skin test again. You will always test positive for the rest of your life. It just means that you have developed antibodies to TB, not that you have the disease.
If you have an employer that routinely tests for TB, explain that you have tested positive, taken INH, and have negative chest xrays. You should keep all your records AND chest xray films for proof.
They will probably want to repeat the chest xrays up to yearly to be sure you have not developed active disease-- which is VERY low possibility. if you weren't born in usa that could be why you get positive results...i tell you this because im from mexico and when babys are born at mexico they put the tb in their shoulder and they put the tb virus not the vaccine against it but the virus.and when i came to the usa i went to high school and it happen the same as you but it doesn't mean i have tb is just that at mexico they put the virus on me and not just mexico but i think there are othr latin places where they do the same just get a yearly chest xray..... If you want to know a Natural Way to Cure TB, check below.
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Tuberculosis or consumption is one of the most dreaded diseases. It is a major health problem in India and often rated the number one killer. Over 5 lakh people die of this disease every year.
Tuberculosis is caused by a tiny germ called tubercle bacillus which is so small that it can be detected only by a microscope. The germ enters into the body through the nose, mouth and windpipe and settles down in the lungs. It multiplies by millions and produces small raised spots called tubercles.
Tuberculosis is not hereditary but an infectious or communicable disease. Those suffering from the disease for a considerable time eject living germs while coughing or spitting and when these enter the nose or mouth of healthy persons, they contract the disease. Mouth breathing and kissing as well as contaminated food and water are also responsible for spreading tuberculosis.
Symptoms: Tuberculosis is of four types, namely of lungs, intestines, bones, and glands. Pulmonary tuberculosis or tuberculosis of the lung is by far the most common type of tuberculosis. It tends to consume the body and the patient loses strength, colour, and weight. Other symptoms are a raise in temperature especially in the evening, a persistent cough and hoarseness, difficulty in breathing, pain in the shoulders, indigestion, chest pain, and blood in the sputum.
Causes: Lowered resistance or devitalisation of the system is the chief cause of this disease. This condition is brought about mainly by mineral starvation of the tissues of the body due to an inadequate diet; and the chief mineral concerned is calcium. In many ways, therefore tuberculosis is the disease of calcium deficiency. There can be no breakdown of the tissue and no tuberculosis growth where there is adequate supply of organic calcium in the said tissue. Thus an adequate supply of organic calcium in the system together with organic mineral matter is a sure preventive of the development of tuberculosis.
Lowered resistance also results from a variety of other factors such as suppression of the disease by drugs and medication, use of stale, devitaminised and acid forming foods, eating wrong combination of food, such as taking fruits with starchy foods at one meal, causing fermentation the stomach; wasting of energy through excessive loss of semen and living in ill-ventilated houses. Other causes include exposure to cold, loss of sleep, impure air, a sedentary life, overwork, contaminated milk, use of tobacco in any form, liquor of all kinds, tea, coffee and all harmful drinks. The factors prepare the ground for the growth of germs of various kind, including tubercle baccilus. These germs may be present in the body but are quite harmless for those who are full of vitality and natural resistance.
Treatment: Tuberculosis is no longer considered incurable if it is tackled in the early stages. An all round scheme of dietetic and vitality building programme along natural lines is the only method to overcome the disease. As a first step, the patient should be put on an exclusive fresh fruit diet for 3-4 days. He should have three meals a day of fresh, juicy fruits, such as apples, grapes, pears, peaches, oranges, pineapple, melon, or any other juicy fruit in season. BANANAS, DRIED OR TINNED FRUITS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN. For drinks, unsweetened lemon water or plain water either hot or cold may be taken. If losing such weight on the all-fruit diet, those already under weight may add a glass of milk to each fruit meal.
After the all-fruit diet, the patient should adopt a fruit and milk diet. For this diet, the meals are exactly the same as the all-fruit diet, but with milk added to each fruit meal. The patient may begin with a litre of milk the first day and increase by quarter litre daily up to 2 to 2-1/2 litres according to how the milk agrees. The milk should be fresh and unboiled, but may be slightly warmed if desired. It should be sipped very slowly. The fruit and milk diet should be continued for four to six weeks. Thereafter, the following dietary may be adopted:
Breakfast: Fresh fruits, as obtainable, and milk. Prunes or other dried fruits may also be taken, if desired.
Lunch: Steamed vegetables as available, one or two whole-wheat chappatis and a glass of buttermilk.
Dinner: A bowl of raw salad of suitable vegetables with whole-wheat bread and butter. Stewed fruit or cooked apple may be taken for dessert.
At bedtime: A glass of milk.
The chief therapeutic agent needed for the treatment of tuberculosis is calcium. Milk, being the richest food source for the supply of organic calcium to the body, should be taken liberally. In the dietary outlined above at least one litre of milk should be taken daily. Further periods on the exclusive fruit diet followed by fruit and milk diet should be adopted at intervals of 2-3 months depending on the progress. During the first few days of the treatment, the bowels should be cleansed daily with the warm-water enema and afterwards as necessary.
The patient shooed avoid all devitalised foods such as white bread, white sugar, refined cereals, puddings and pies, tinned, canned and preserved foods. He should also avoid strong tea, coffee, condiments, pickles, sauces, etc.
The custard apple is regarded as an effective food remedy for tuberculosis. It is said to contain the qualities of rejuvenating drugs. The Ayurvedic practitioner prepares a fermented liquor called sitaphalasava from the custard apple in its season for use as medicine in the treatment of tuberculosis. It is prepared by boiling custard apple pulp and seedless raisins in water on slow fire. It is filtered when about one third of water is left. It is then mixed with powdered sugar and candy and also the powder of cardamom, cinnamon, and certain other condiments.
Indian gooseberry has proved to be an effective remedy for tuberculosis. A tablespoonful each of fresh amla juice and honey mixed together should be taken every morning in this condition. Its regular use will promote vigour and vitality in the body within a few days. Regular use of radish is also beneficial.
The patient should take complete rest of both mind and body. Any type of stress will prevent healing. Fresh air is always important in curing the disease and the patient should spend most of the time in the open air and should sleep in a well-ventilated room. Sunshine is also essential as tuber bacilli are rapidly killed by exposure to sun rays. Other beneficial steps towards curing the disease are avoidance of strain, slow massage, deep breathing, and light occupation to ensure mental diversion.
Water Treatment: Certain water treatments are helpful in cases of tuberculosis. The patient鈥檚 vital resistance can be built up by a carefully planned graduated cold bath routine twice a day. The intensity of the cold applications should be gradually increased to achieve satisfactory results. However, care must be taken to keep the patient from catching a chill. A short hot fomentation with alternate short cold application to the chest and back, and in the stomach region or a neutral immersion bath (water temperature 98 degrees to 100 degrees F) for 1 hour just before retiring at night is also beneficial.
Certain yogic practices are beneficial in the treatment of tuberculosis in its early stages. These include asanas like viparitakarani, sarvangasana and shavasana and jalneti kriya and anuloma-viloma pranayama.
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