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Raw Water - Please Don't!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 727043" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>It was something they tried in the late 60s. I think the idea was to get away from the needle test, which is difficult for some to do as the tuberculin has to be injected between the skin layers, can be painful, and causes most children to freak out. I think the patch test was only in use for a short time, then they went to the prong test. Last time I was tested, it was the prong test, but that was close to 40 years ago.</p><p></p><p>I had a weakly positive reaction then, so had to have a chest x-ray. They found a small, calcified nodule in the lower lobe of my left lung. Apparently I was exposed to TB as a child, but my body fought it off, walled off the infected area of lung, and over the years it calcified. I now ask for a chest-x-ray if they need a TB test because of the false-positive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 727043, member: 1963"] It was something they tried in the late 60s. I think the idea was to get away from the needle test, which is difficult for some to do as the tuberculin has to be injected between the skin layers, can be painful, and causes most children to freak out. I think the patch test was only in use for a short time, then they went to the prong test. Last time I was tested, it was the prong test, but that was close to 40 years ago. I had a weakly positive reaction then, so had to have a chest x-ray. They found a small, calcified nodule in the lower lobe of my left lung. Apparently I was exposed to TB as a child, but my body fought it off, walled off the infected area of lung, and over the years it calcified. I now ask for a chest-x-ray if they need a TB test because of the false-positive. [/QUOTE]
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