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12-20-2012 at 11:42 AM
speer06
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Tuberculosis

Sooo I'm waiting for call back from the pediatrician.  Anyhow my husband calls me because one of our cousins, who lives with his parents, has TB.  His father works with my husband.  Is this something I need to be overly concerned about?  I'm kind of freaking out and it may just be a knee jerk reaction, who knows...

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12-20-2012 at 3:34 PM
Meery82
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TB is pretty contagious, but if any of those other people you mentioned who were exposed don't get sick, I wouldn't worry too much. But I would definitely give the pedi a heads up. They will be able to tell you what symptoms to watch for.

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12-20-2012 at 3:58 PM
Starbear06
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I would maybe let the pedi know in case there are precautionary things they want to do. But I think it depends if the TB is active or inactive that determines if they are contagious right?
 
12-21-2012 at 9:26 AM
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Thanks guys.  Our pediatrician confirmed your responses and with what I searched, we seem to be ok.  My husband did go get tested and from the looks of it we're in the clear.  Trying to get information about what's going on and explain to people what active vs latent means over text message is like pulling teeth on a tiger.  Hopefully our cousin's family will get it together and get themselves tested as well.  Again, thank you for your input!

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