What is a tb vaccination

Is there a vaccine for TB?

http://www.pmedgroup.com/CRS/hhg/tbskinte.htm

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccination given to prevent tuberculosis. This vaccine is usually given to people who do not have TB but are likely to come in contact with people who have the disease. If your child has had the BCG vacc…

Is there a vaccination for TB

http://www.maptb.org.my/mainpage/quickfacts.htm

BCG vaccination, given to all Malaysian children at birth, protects against TB. However, it has been shown in a number of studies that BCG only protects against childhood forms of TB, such as TB meningitis and disseminated TB. Due to effect…

What Does the TB Vaccination Do?

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Protects Children･ According to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, the TB vaccine is most effective in reducing the … ･ As the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation explains, the TB vaccine is unreliable in preventing adult … ･ Accord…

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TB positive(+) should never get another skin test?

Q: If someone tested positive on a TB skin test, should they make sure to never get another one? Is that true health-wise? because another injection would risk causing an activation of tuberculosis?Also, what about people who have gotten TB vaccinations. I think it’s not the standard method in the United States but some countries issue vaccinations. I hear those don’t last you a lifetime, but wear out in around 8 years.

A: Once you tested positive on a skin test, any further tests should only be x-rays. As a child I had gotten TB vaccinations in Germany (so contrary to what somebody else stated on this board, there are vaccinations in countries outside the US). But these BCG vaccines are not given yearly like flu vaccinations. Exerpt from http://www.tbalert.org/tuberculosis/vaccination.phpUnfortunately the BCG vaccine is just not effective enough to make a significant impact on the incidence of tuberculosis in a community for the following reasons: The efficacy of BCG varies enormously from region to region – from around 80% to 0%! Even in those regions in which it has been shown to be effective, the protection is largely restricted to childhood tuberculosis which is rarely infectious. BCG has little impact on the prevalence of the infectious adult tuberculosis, responsible for the spread of the disease in the community. BCG would have no impact on the increasing burden of HIV-related tuberculosis as the immunosuppression from HIV would annul any immunity conferred by the vaccination. Mass BCG vaccination campaigns would, in terms of both effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, be inferior to the World Health Organisation recommended DOTS strategy in reducing the incidence of infectious cases of tuberculosis in a community and transmission of the infection. Having said that, BCG vaccination in young children should certainly be encouraged, as it prevents serious and life-threatening forms of childhood tuberculosis, even though they are rarely infectious. Most of us would have had a BCG jab when we were at school to protect against dangerous childhood forms of the disease. Usually it’s given between the ages of 10 and 14. If you haven’t had the vaccine, and 30% of us generally haven’t, there’s really no point in having it now. The BCG only really protects us when we are children, and is only effective for about 15 years. The risk for most people is small and TB is generally fully curable with antibiotics. The best way to prevent TB is to cure people who have it, then there will be fewer people to spread the disease. Once you are diagnosed with TB you will most likely be put on INH (isoniazid) medication for several months.

boys only vaccination ?

Q: My niece was saying that all the boys in her class (secondary school) are due to get a “boys only” vaccination soon and they will get their jag at the top of their leg but she doesn’t know what the boys vaccination is for and none of the boys will tell her what the jag is for, I know that it cant be the BCG or the TB vaccination as the girls get those too anyone know what this vaccination is for ?

A: I’ve never heard of a boy’s only vaccine. Maybe it was some sort of joke about puberty. Doesn’t make sense otherwise.

Can I refused to take the INH and don’t get my green card denial?

Q: This is a follow up of my question from yesterday. Thank you for the answers, I have good news, this can be useful for other people that are in my situation. I don’t know how to use this yahoo answers very well, but this is my case.I have a pending immigration case for my change of status I485, my skin test for TB was positive.I was vaccinated with BCG (TB vaccination) more than 30 years ago, I heard that there are few cases when people can get TB even though, they have been vaccinated. Maybe that’s the reason immigration got more particular about TB, but I also heard that most of people that had BCG will get the skin TB test positive, my X-ray was negative, but I guess that wasn’t enough to show I don’t have it. I didn’t want to take the INH without knowing for sure that I have TB, plus that I’d like to get pregnant soon, because I’m getting close to my expiration date. My certify doctor was very nice and prescribed me a TB blood test. I just got the results today and Thanks God it’s negative. I don’t have TB and she told me I don’t need to take the INH treatment. I don’t know what will be the answer from immigration, but when I get it I will let you know. My biggest fear was taking the treatment without being sick; it can have serious side effects to the liver and so on. If my blood TB test would had come positive for sure I will take INH treatment without complains, health is first.I just sent my I-693 complete to immigration today. I feel so relief (-:

A: The blood test (Quantiferon) is more sensitive to mycobaterium Tuberculosis which causes TB than the skin test. INH is preventive treatment which reduces your chances of developing TB disease. Since you have a negative quantiferon it means that you DO NOT need to take INH. I work with a TB Control Dept.