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Answer» You should get a TB test if:
- You have spent time with a person who has active TB.
- You have the symptoms of TB: coughing for more than two weeks, pain in the chest, coughing up blood, and fatigue.
- You have a chronic disease such as diabetes, or another condition that WEAKENS the immune system.
- You have lived or traveled in a foreign country where TB is common.
- You have lived or worked in a place where TB is common: migrant farm camps, prisons, homeless SHELTERS or other crowded places where disease can spread.
- You use drugs injected with needles that may not be STERILE.
- You have HIV infection.
- You are going to start a TNF INHIBITOR or other immunosuppressive therapy (get tested before STARTING).
- You are being evaluated for treatment with immunosuppressive drugs such as TnF inhibitors for arthritis.
You should get a TB test if:
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