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What Are The Symptoms Of Potential Tuberculosis?
Hi ,I had tuberculosis 2 years back .I took the medicine for 9 months .Now my medical was done for residency in Middle east.They are going to take my blood test n my sputum test as my xray was not clear.My question is can my sputum test come positive by any chance
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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I had gone through your question and understand your concern. See , you had tuberculosis infection in past ,and because of that your x-ray is showing changes. Such x-ray changes remains even after tuberculosis has been cleared. Hence , if tuberculosis was completely treated back then , then there are NO chances that sputum test will come positive.
I hope this information was of help
Thankyou.
I had gone through your question and understand your concern. See , you had tuberculosis infection in past ,and because of that your x-ray is showing changes. Such x-ray changes remains even after tuberculosis has been cleared. Hence , if tuberculosis was completely treated back then , then there are NO chances that sputum test will come positive.
I hope this information was of help
Thankyou.
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