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- From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Tuberculosis
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.000028.3024@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 00:00:28 -0600
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
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- [reply to Fulk%Cs.Rochester.Edu@f595.n106.z1.fidonet.org]
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- >Second, since he told me this, I've been hesitant to visit them. I'm
- >running out of excuses why I can't come over. Is it as contagious as
- >I think it is. Am I being overly cautious by not visiting there?
-
- >If the case is inactive, you probably don't have anything to worry
- >about. If her case is active, however, you should be somewhat worried.
- >TB is not as contagious as a cold, but it is contagious.
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- It's contageous enough that OSHA now makes us wear respirators that make
- us look like Darth Vadar when we encounter known TB cases in the ER.
- Caveat respiror.
-
- David Nye
- nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
-