Tb skin test?!
Question: Tb skin test!?
i have to get a tb skin test tomorrow!. its required before i can start working at a job i just got!. i was wondering does it hurt!? has anyone else gotten a tb test before!? what do they do!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I just got a TB test a few weeks ago for a volunteer job!.
It really doesn't hurt much (don't worry) it's not like a shot (more like a finger prick)!. I don't know if your doctor will do the test the same way but for me it was just a quick pinch on the inside of my arm!. Then I had to come back a few days later (if you have TB the spot will react in a certain way)
Its really quick and unlike some shots it doesn't really hurt afterwards!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It really doesn't hurt much (don't worry) it's not like a shot (more like a finger prick)!. I don't know if your doctor will do the test the same way but for me it was just a quick pinch on the inside of my arm!. Then I had to come back a few days later (if you have TB the spot will react in a certain way)
Its really quick and unlike some shots it doesn't really hurt afterwards!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
How is the tuberculosis skin test administered!?
The standard recommended tuberculin test is administered by injecting 0!.1mL of 5 TU (tuberculin units) PPD into the top layers of skin (intradermally, immediately under the surface of the skin) of the forearm!. The use of a skin area that is free of lesions and away from veins is recommended!. The injection is typically made using a one-quarter to one-half inch, 27-guage needle and a tuberculin syringe!. The tuberculin PPD is injected just beneath the surface of the skin!. A discrete, pale elevation of the skin (a wheal) 6 to 10 mm in diameter should be produced when the injection is done correctly!. This wheal or "bleb" is generally quickly absorbed!. If it is recognized that the first test was improperly administered, another test can be given at once, selecting a site several centimeters away from the original injection
uncomfortable!. not painful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The standard recommended tuberculin test is administered by injecting 0!.1mL of 5 TU (tuberculin units) PPD into the top layers of skin (intradermally, immediately under the surface of the skin) of the forearm!. The use of a skin area that is free of lesions and away from veins is recommended!. The injection is typically made using a one-quarter to one-half inch, 27-guage needle and a tuberculin syringe!. The tuberculin PPD is injected just beneath the surface of the skin!. A discrete, pale elevation of the skin (a wheal) 6 to 10 mm in diameter should be produced when the injection is done correctly!. This wheal or "bleb" is generally quickly absorbed!. If it is recognized that the first test was improperly administered, another test can be given at once, selecting a site several centimeters away from the original injection
uncomfortable!. not painful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com