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What Should I Know Before Lip Kissing A TB Patient?

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I have make out lips kissing with a tuberculosis patient. at the end of that she told me that she is a patient of t.b. and since she was receiving treatment for one week. but i dnt know before doing that.. what i do now..? i'm afread. guid me plz.?
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a disease transmitted by droplet infection and droplet nuclei, and it is highly communicable from one patient to others.

Untreated pulmonary TB patient can transmit TB to 10-15 normal individual. But the bacilli is highly sensitive to Anti TB drugs like rifampicin and isoniazid.

As she is taking treatment for TB from last one week, suggests me that atleast she has taken three tablets of rifampicin which is a bactericidal drug which destroys the bacilli and make her non infective.

If she is on treatment nothing to worry be care full with the risk behavior like kissing with the disease like TB which is transmitted by droplet infection.

Thank you.
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What Should I Know Before Lip Kissing A TB Patient?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Pulmonary tuberculosis is a disease transmitted by droplet infection and droplet nuclei, and it is highly communicable from one patient to others. Untreated pulmonary TB patient can transmit TB to 10-15 normal individual. But the bacilli is highly sensitive to Anti TB drugs like rifampicin and isoniazid. As she is taking treatment for TB from last one week, suggests me that atleast she has taken three tablets of rifampicin which is a bactericidal drug which destroys the bacilli and make her non infective. If she is on treatment nothing to worry be care full with the risk behavior like kissing with the disease like TB which is transmitted by droplet infection. Thank you.