TB!!!!
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So was supposed to start my cimzia, bt when I got to the hospital. They found all my other blood tests results bt not the one for TB. I definitely had it taken last month. My nurse rang around various labs hoping to find out the results. In the end the lady whom she spoke to first over the phone said I had a positive TB test. So now being for chest xray and another consultant appt whom will prescribe me antibiotics. I do not work and have not been in anyone with TB, so how come I have caught this!!!
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Gloria814 bhav68317
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I am so sorry to hear that you had a positive TB test and that they had trouble tracking down the results. I know that my labs were done at 3 different labs and the TB test was done all by itself at a distant lab
You can have what I believe they call 'latent TB cells' in your body without having any symptoms of TB and not ever have a confirmed diagnosis. But once we start on these meds that lower our resistence to certain diseases then we can be positive for TB . I am not sure you were taking any ohter med before you were to start cimzia
But best of luck there are many good drugs for TB today so you will start on one of them and down the road you will be given Cimzia or another drug for RA
bhav68317 Gloria814
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I'm taking hydroxycholoquine and self injecting methotrexate. Will I have to be on antibiotics for long before TB disappears?? Thanks
natasa24657 bhav68317
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I was diagnosed positive latent TB. Which is most probably what you have. You will be given antibiotics for three months. Some of the biologicals can activate TB. That is why you need to treat the tb first. Good luck
bhav68317 natasa24657
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timothy11402 natasa24657
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natasa24657 timothy11402
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These are not the normal antibiotics. It was a 12 week course of Rifampicin and Isoniazid (Rifinah 300/150). But my gut is ok and blood test is normal. So no problem
lynn15111 natasa24657
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Do the antibiotics kill everything as far as the latency? But won't you still test positive because of the antibodies you will always have in your blood from exposure to TB. I'd never heard of the antibiotics you are taking. Will you still be able to go on the biologics once the course of antibiotics is complete?
natasa24657 lynn15111
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Yes I am able to go on biologicals now as it won't react but I will always be positive.
lynn15111 bhav68317
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It can happen that you were exposed to it because someone you were near had it. It doesn't mean you HAVE it, The test shows you have antibodies against it from unknown exposure at some point. A negative means a person has never been around anyone infectious. The problem is once you;ve had esposure, biologicals can actually activate it into an actual case of TB. Have them repeat it to be sure of the true result so as to be sure their result isn't in error, since there seemed to be a problem with them finding your result. You look at the site where they injected it and you would see something like redness or swelling for there to be a positive, unless they are doing the test differently these days.
Gloria814 lynn15111
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bhav68317 lynn15111
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