Description
QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus, 1 Tube - QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus is an indirect test for M. tuberculosis infection (including disease) and is intended for use in conjunction with risk assessment, radiography and other medical and diagnostic evaluations.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. It usually affects the lungs, but sometimes also affects other parts of the body such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. A person with TB can die from it if it is left untreated. Usually, when people are sick from active TB germs, the germs are multiplying and destroying tissue in the body. They normally experience symptoms. TB disease is contagious if it’s in the lungs or throat (which it usually is). When these results are taken to a doctor, they will be prescribed with treatment to cure TB.
Symptoms of TB disease can be Sickness,Weakness,Unintentional Weight Loss,Night Sweats,Fever,Chest pain,Coughing or Coughing up blood.When a person with Tuberculosis disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, sings, or even just speak it puts out the TB germs into the air and risks other people around them.These germs can stay in the air for several hours, but it all depends on the environment.
