2006-06-22 15:18:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
It's a vaccination used to prevent tuberculosis.
2006-06-22 15:30:32 · update #1
Yes! take on your sole
2006-07-02 08:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by bratshree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When properly administered the BCG vaccine will leave a scar when it 'takes'. If there is no scar then there is a high chance that the vaccination didn't 'take'. A Mantoux test can be done to give an indication of the effectiveness of the vaccination or you can go for getting the vaccination repeated to ensure a proper 'take' since an incomplete 'take' might show as Mantoux positive but give very little protection, or it will wear off too quickly. Being able to easily check that the scar is there is one reason why doctors are very reluctant to give the BCG vaccine other than in the upper left arm.
2016-05-20 12:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Its pretty much shrunk and become like a piece of scab. Mine was the last batch of students to get the BCG injections. I've seen other people with terrible scars though..
BCG's are compulsary vaccinations for primary 6 students. It is now no longer needed.
2006-06-22 15:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Andrea L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, ive got a tiny little mark where mine is, and it never went really minging like most of my friends. One of my mates had this like, big green boil and I remember it burst on her blouse. Yuck! After I got my BCG
I had no probs with it. Wonder if thats why Ive got a tiny mark, and wonder if Im still immune to TB then?
2006-07-04 03:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't have to have it but most people i know still bare the scar my kids have all had it and the scar is very visible.I noticed you don't pick out a best answer so try give me the 10 points cheers miss fidget
2006-06-23 06:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by andy f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a BCG when I was a baby. I do have a scar but it is not too noticeable.
2006-06-23 01:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by meagain2238 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, mine is about half an inch wide. I've seen people with almost no scar and people with scars larger than mine, so i'm not worried about that. it does not mean I am more or less protected than you, it's just different
2006-07-02 08:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by F. Carr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twenty years ago you might of had a bad scar...but today's technology is so much better..you only get a small scar now..
better to have the injection now than be sorry later
2006-07-02 08:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by spotonmybum01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never had one, so I never got a scar, I know some people who had theirs some had scars and some didn't.
2006-06-25 06:17:59 · answer #9 · answered by Mummy of 2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should of seen the size of mine it grew and greew and grew then pused up and i eneded having to go 2 hostipital to have it like removed. it was well scary
2006-07-04 06:38:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it didn't. Looks no different than a chicken pox scar.
2006-07-02 08:27:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋