A little about tuberculosis?

Question

Anyone know if one can get infected even if they had a vaccine shot against it previously? If yes, how? Also, how frequent is it in western countries such as UK? Can you visit the patients and spend time with them in the hospital?

Answer 1

There is NO vaccine for TB !!!
You must have had a TB skin test which involves a needle that test is to see if you have TB, NOT PREVENT TB.

You can visit someone with TB after they have had 2 weeks of treatment with antibiotics until then a special mask should be worn by the person with TB.

It is the people that have TB that don't know they have TB that are a problem. It is a terrible disease.

Answer 2

Yes, you can. The vaccine only gives about 70% protection. It protects from disseminated YB like miliary TB (blood borne, spread all over the body to different organs, with millet- seed like shadows in the lungs on X ray) and TB meningitis, but not against lung TB.It is very rare in Western countries, except in immunocompromised persons and those with HIV AIDS. TB is less infectious and needs prolonged contact to develop, so you can visit patients, especially if they have been on treatment for some time and are sputum negative. Make sure that they cover their mouth when coughing and do not cough in your face, or spit out sputum.

Answer 3

usually there are slight probability for you to get infection if you have been given vaccine shot...(because the vaccine is from the strain of Mycobacterium bovis)...but you can visit your family as frequent as possible but make sure you have a renew shot of TB vaccine...and your entire family too...just make sure once you get back from visiting your family...you get it all clean including your shirt...because you may be the transport of the tubercule attach to your shirt from the TB ward...