What are you doing for World TB Day?

[Henry]

Oh, I wasn't planning much.. maybe throw a kegger, shoot a few b-balls in the back yard, play some OD&D...

but more seriously, thanks for the link. I knew it was still a health threat, but really didn't realize it was still so prevalent.

 

[francisca]

There is actually a grad student in the student death health center here at Purdue who was diagnosed with TB. I think they have tested 80/100 people they meant to test so far. Doesn't help that he was diagnosed during spring break, and 50 of the 100 were out of town.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Is there anything I can do if there is someone I see on a daily basis whom I suspect may have TB? There is this guy who comes in the library every single day and camps out on the public computers for hours. He coughs non-stop, and often goes into the bathroom to spit crap out. A few of us have come to the conclusion that it's either TB or lung cancer. I have to work on those computers, and don't really like the thought that I am dealing with this guys diseased air whenever I need to go near him.

 

[der_kluge]

Today I vow not to contract Tuberculosis.


And post a heck of a lot on the cross-gender threads. Jeez...

 

[MrFilthyIke]

CDC? Diaglo?

I'm suprised it hasn;t been renamed to the Center for 3E Control

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Today I vow not to contract Tuberculosis.

Me neither. Don't want it.

And post a heck of a lot on the cross-gender threads. Jeez...

As a member of the "cross-gender" club.

 

[cybertalus]

I'm gonna read me some Thoreau.* Well I would've anyway, because Walden is the current book I'm reading, but still....

*This is relevant because Thoreau died of tuberculosis.

 

[Brain]

Heh. I learned that the employee health services where I work wasn't doing TB tests today because of an administrative holiday coming up. Wacky.

 

[diaglo]

Is there anything I can do if there is someone I see on a daily basis whom I suspect may have TB? There is this guy who comes in the library every single day and camps out on the public computers for hours. He coughs non-stop, and often goes into the bathroom to spit crap out. A few of us have come to the conclusion that it's either TB or lung cancer. I have to work on those computers, and don't really like the thought that I am dealing with this guys diseased air whenever I need to go near him.

long term exposure is the problem. (usually scenario 8 hours in the same cramped space with no or little air exchange). the fomite theory(picking it up from touching something someone with tb touched) was debunked... spitting on something isn't the problem.. it is the droplet nuclei still floating around in the air from the spitting that will infect you...it is based on the size of the molecule (1 uM) and the airflow. walking causes 2mph air current.

short term exposure is less likely to cause you to convert. however, day in day out... is prolonged exposure....

if someone knows him. have them ask him if he is okay. or if you feel bold enough. have him visit the website. www.cdc.gov we deal with many health issues.

 

[diaglo]

CDC? Diaglo?

I'm suprised it hasn;t been renamed to the Center for 3E Control

Executive branch/ Department of Health and Human Services/ Public Health Service /
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention


and a whole bunch more bureaucracy to get to me... lab rat.