Scared to death over PPD

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I have been crying all day. I have never tested positive for PPD until now! Nurse told me its a +4 I'm.so.afraid!!!! I don't have any symptoms but will need to have a xray and my doctor wants me to.start medication. Has this happened to anyone please help tears

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Specializes in ICU.

No, I hate to hear you are going through that. Can you trace your exposure? Sorry I really do wish you well.

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Thank u and yes I think I got it from a certain house I go to..I'm a private duty nurse

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Okay, just relax, get the CXR, see your provider and then regroup.

Best wishes as we can't provide medical advice but can offer support....

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

Been there, done that... TWICE. One time had to do CPR single resquer with mask on a guy who turned out to be positive.

I know how scary it is... it is a blessing that you can get isoniazide quickly and nip it in the bud. And do not forget to ask every employer thereafter if they 1) know the patient's/family status, and 2) provide and ENFORCE using of PPD.

Try not to worry that much. It is a bit of pain in you know where, but definitely not the worst thing that ever happened. Plus, it is an excuse to eat better under premice of protecting your liver :)

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Thank u so much I feel.better now

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The infection control nurse I shared an office with once said that if you've ever ridden on public transportation or sat in a movie theater you've been exposed to and infected by TB. I converted pretty floridly-- my whole forearm lit up like Times Square-- and I went on isoniazid and (I forget which B vitamin-- B6?) for six months. No idea what patient, could have been the subway. :) The good news is (as I am sure you'll want to discuss c your primary care) that this should do it for you assuming you don't have some immunosuppression going on. That was a lot of years ago and I haven't been asked yet to star in La Boheme or La Traviata.

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Remember, just bcos your positive doesn't mean your active. But yes, I would go ahead and start the meds. Your x-ray may just be negative.

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Thank u have no symptoms at all so I'm praying xray will be negative

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Thank u and yes I think I got it from a certain house I go to..I'm a private duty nurse

Oh my Gosh, I am so sorry. Hugs

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Be sure to have your household tested, and have the agency (they should be proactive in this anyway) suggest testing on any other patients/family you may have come in contact with.

As for the source, been to any superstore restrooms, restaurants, movie theaters, etc. lately? Do you know the difference from a flu-season cough, a smoker's cough, and a TB cough? I know I don't. Everyone is suspect:sneaky:.:cautious:

Living in today's society, there's just too much crap out there to worry about. So I don't worry about any of it. I simply do my part to keep myself and my patients as free of infection as possible.

And, just as I'm single-handedly keeping the cosmetics industry afloat, so am I with the makers of and hand sanitizer.:cheeky:

At the end of the day, any time that I come home without having grown a third arm, an extra eye, an 11th digit, etc., it was a good day.:yes:

You're probably MRSA+, too; you just don't know it yet (you pump gas and use shopping carts, right?). I might be, too. I use the sanitizer, but I'm not OCD about anything. Unless you live in a bubble....;)

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Well I took my chest xray at

Concentra Urgent Care and now I have to wait two whole days for results!!

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