Tuberculosis skin test and ..

i recived a positive skin test for tb and had to get a chest x-ray. they called me and told me that i have to get a ct scan for a 2 cm spot. i feel absolutley healthy... should i be worried?

The tuberculosis bacteria can lie dormant inside healthy people. This means you are a carrier of tuberculosis. If you ever became ill with a disease that compromised your immune system, this could activate the tuberculosis. Usually, when you have this latent form of TB, you can't spread it to other people. It is likely you will have to take antibiotics to clear your body of the bacteria so that you will no longer be a carrier and thus you won't be susceptible to the disease if you become immunocompromised.

Yes, you can have tb in your body and it not be "active" but it is still there so they need to test you to make sure!

the same thing happened to me and you have probally been exposed to someone with it probally when you were a kid or something if the doctor says ur okay then trust it , u h=just can't ever get another tb test from now on x-ray