TB Testing

[Guest guest]

I am 7 weeks pregnant. My boss has recently bought a Visiting Angels

franchise. Part of the requirements of employment is that every

employee gets a TB test or show a current with in the past year.

Are there dangers to getting tested for TB while pregnant? My OB said

it was ok but I'm very new to this. First pregnancy and all.

Thanks in advance,

Rose

[Guest guest]

Don't believe them - it has phenol in it.

See my pages -

http://www.wellwithin1.com/TBtest.htm

Sheri

---- nickrosewedding <nickrosewedding@...> wrote:

> I am 7 weeks pregnant. My boss has recently bought a Visiting Angels

> franchise. Part of the requirements of employment is that every

> employee gets a TB test or show a current with in the past year.

>

> Are there dangers to getting tested for TB while pregnant? My OB said

> it was ok but I'm very new to this. First pregnancy and all.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Rose

>

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[Guest guest]

TB Blood Test, Forget TB Skin Tests

Randall Neustaedter OMD

Excerpt from Child Health Guide, North Atlantic Books, Spring 2005

Tuberculosis skin tests have existed for 100 years to diagnose possible

infections. The test is presented as a benign, protective necessity.

However, TB tests may not be as benign as purported. A TB skin test, the

Mantoux (tuberculin) test or the Tine test, involves injecting a small

amount of tuberculosis antigen into the skin. A clinician will observe the

skin reaction to this test. If there is a positive reaction of swelling,

redness, or blistering then the test is pronounced positive. A positive

result means that the person has been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria at

some time in the past and developed antibodies. However, false positive and

false negative test results are common. If someone had a TB vaccination at

any time in the past, or if they were exposed to TB, then their antibodies

to the vaccine will cause a positive TB skin test. Ninety percent of people

exposed to TB will not contract the disease. The skin test fails to detect

half of people with latent TB, and false-negatives are common in individuals

with weakened immune systems. Usually anyone with a positive skin test for

TB is advised to complete at least six months of treatment with the

antibiotic isoniazid (INH). It is estimated that 50 percent of people

prescribed antibiotics on the basis of a positive skin reaction do not have

TB infection at all.

The injection of a small quantity of antigen is not supposed to cause any

systemic reaction, but it is possible that even this small amount of TB

antigen could trigger the body's immune system to react abnormally. I have

seen autoimmune disease processes begin soon after TB tests, and others have

also reported this occurrence. This observation does not prove that a TB

test can cause this reaction, but it should give us pause before allowing

the test to be performed on children.

A much safer, more accurate, quicker, and convenient blood test exists for

the detection of tuberculosis infection. The blood test is performed on a

plasma sample with results available in 24 hours. In Europe the blood test

was approved for use in July 2004 and will replace the tuberculin skin test.

This test is approved to detect both active and latent TB in infants,

children, and adults. The test detects T cell response to infection which

can exist in the body for years without symptoms. The population of latently

infected people acts as a reservoir of TB with undetected individuals

capable of spreading infection. A similar blood test was approved by the FDA

in 2001 for detection of latent TB in the US and recommended for individuals

at high risk or for screening purposes. Some labs do the test, but not all,

so it may take some searching to find it. The name of the test is the

Quantiferon TB gold blood test.

Randall Neustaedter OMD

Classical Medicine Center

1779 Woodside Rd., 201C

Redwood City, CA 94061

650 299-9170

www.Cure-Guide.com <http://www.cure-guide.com/>

Author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, North

Atlantic Books, 2005, and The Vaccine Guide, 2002

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Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:59 AM

Vaccinations

Subject: TB Testing

I am 7 weeks pregnant. My boss has recently bought a Visiting Angels

franchise. Part of the requirements of employment is that every

employee gets a TB test or show a current with in the past year.

Are there dangers to getting tested for TB while pregnant? My OB said

it was ok but I'm very new to this. First pregnancy and all.

Thanks in advance,

Rose

[Guest guest]

I have much on my webpage

http://www.wellwithin1.com/TBtest.htm

There is a blood test that can be gotten at health departments (many

schools and other places do not know about this yet)

The TB test does have parts of TB and I have seen autistic children

recovering, regress after TB tests, so there is something in there

(there is also phenol).

Sheri

At 08:55 PM 3/3/2009, you wrote:

>Greetings,

>

>I wonder if anyone has had experience with skirting the TB testing

>mandated when dealing with state institutions. I recently applied to

>do childcare for the state of AZ, but came up against a brick wall

>with the issue of TB testing. In order to be a licensed provider I

>would have to show proof of a negative skin test or blood test. Funny,

>I haven't coughed up blood lately. I would also need to get my entire

>family tested. It looks like I won't be doing childcare for the state

>because of our general aversion to vaccines and the injection of stray

>DNA bits, but I thought I'd check to see if anyone out there had come

>upon this issue and successfully/legally surmounted it.

>

>Thanks,

> d.

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