Another happy customer - *updated

As they say,

Word-of-mouth advertising is important for every business, as each happy customer can steer dozens of new ones your way

Here is one happy camper

Positive Mantoux Test - update
I just realized that I never posted the update for my son who tested positive for TB (but negative chest xray). His pediatrician was ready to put him on 9 months of meds, but then his endocrinologist contacted an infectious disease Dr. at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she works, and he informed us that there is a fairly new blood test that we could do which would tell us if he really was exposed to tb. So, we went to the hospital, did the blood test (quantiferon r - tb gold) and it was NEGATIVE!!! We were so happy because that means he was not exposed to tb, and he doesn't have to take any meds. It definitely pays to ask around and find doctors who have the most updated info.

Thought I would pass this along in case it helps someone else along the way.

and here is a not-so-pleased camper

Wow! I wish we had heard of this earlier this summer. Alex has been taking tb meds most of the summer b/c his tb test came back positive (xray normal). Do you know if this test can be done at this point? The meds he is taking sound pretty powerful. He hasn't had any side effects but he has to take B vitamins and get liver panels done to make sure the meds aren't doing harm.

The response..

Hmmmm, I don't know if it would work at this point, but maybe you can find an infectious disease Dr. to check with?? Our local hospital didn't know about it, but the Dr. at Children's had all of the info. Guess it would be worth making a few calls to see if you can find out? I will send you a pm with the info.

It would work at this point, it's a shame that doctors are being misled by dubious statistics.

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