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Will Taking Medicine For TB Viruses Have Any Side Effect On A Kid ?
My son who is 2 yrs old was asked to take BCG vaccine for the 2nd time for which he had to undergo some test. 1st time the test was negative and was supposed to be given the vaccine but after taking an opinion they said it is not good to vaccinate twice for BCG. 2nd time again when the test was done a slight swelling occured and doctor said it is positive and tb viruses are slightly there in his body for which he has to take medicines for 3 months but baba is not ready to take medicines . After checking with doctor he said it could be given with little honey. His urine is red in colour which is frightful but doctor said not to worry. would like to know whether these medicines would not have any serious side effects on the other organs of the body. Kindly help us what should we do.
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Read your prob, if you gave BCG once it provided immunity for life long. so there is no need to be given other dose. you got mountex test slight swelling occure in every child, if induration is more then 15mm then it considered as positive n start medicine for it. if swelling or induration is less then 15mm then no need to be started any medicine. after taking these drugs urine becomes red so do not worry about that ,its normal.
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Will Taking Medicine For TB Viruses Have Any Side Effect On A Kid ?
Hi Welcome to HCM Read your prob, if you gave BCG once it provided immunity for life long. so there is no need to be given other dose. you got mountex test slight swelling occure in every child, if induration is more then 15mm then it considered as positive n start medicine for it. if swelling or induration is less then 15mm then no need to be started any medicine. after taking these drugs urine becomes red so do not worry about that ,its normal.