How to know when you have T..

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^My school... scared to death.

I'm not going to school tomorrow... I'm going to the doctors to get me checked up. Can they like x-ray my lungs to see if I got it? I don't wanna go through the skin test.

And I don't think I have it really but I had a cold a week or two ago. After the cold, I had pretty bad coughs (no blood) for like 2 days. I took some Tylenol and OTC drugs and I got rid of it in like 1 day. I'm fine right now, just so scared.

A TB skin test will tell you if you've been exposed to TB in the past (it is not a big deal if you need it, tough it up). A chest x-ray can tell you if you have active TB (this is bad). I'd be concerned about TB if you have had a cough for months, losing weight, night sweats, fevers, etc.

If you've had a cough for a few weeks after having a cold, this is probably a post-viral cough and may persist a few weeks or so but will eventually go away. Anti-inflammatories (aleve or prednisone) will help.

I would be surprised if you have TB, but you cannot blame your doctors for being thorough.

A skin test will tell you its very simple. You can also have a x-ray done on your lungs. But if you don't work in the health care field your chances of getting it are very low. If i were you i'd get tested. Here it costs 10 bucks. Plus if yu do have it just cause your cough is gone doesn't mean you don't have TB. TB can go dormant and stay that way for a very long time. If you live out west the air is dry and it tend to go dorman. Way back when, when people had TB they sent the out west.