Can tuberculosis infect in latent period

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I have a friend who shares a house with me. However, she was found to be infected with tuberculosis during her physical examination, but she did not show any adverse symptoms. She said that she was still in the incubation period. Generally speaking, is the incubation period of tuberculosis contagious? Let's take a look at the following.

Can tuberculosis infect in latent period

First: your partner is a latent TB patient, not a tuberculosis patient, and only tuberculosis patients are infectious, other tuberculosis is generally not infectious. That is to say, the incubation period of tuberculosis is not infectious. Only when we know the onset of tuberculosis can we have it.

Second: you really can not rest assured that you can go to the hospital to do a PPD skin test and tuberculosis antibody test to determine whether you have been infected with tuberculosis. Of course, the specific diagnosis and treatment should be completed under the guidance of doctors. This will also ensure your health. In addition, pay attention to more precautions in public places.

Third: Although you have been in contact with people infected with tuberculosis for a period of time, your possibility of being infected is not very high. In fact, the incubation period of tuberculosis is not very terrible. In fact, the infection rate of tuberculosis in our country is very high, but it is not certain that we will be infected. The key is our own resistance, so you don't need to worry too much.

matters needing attention

Tuberculosis is mostly transmitted by coughing, followed by the dust formed by spitting. In public places, we must pay attention to personal hygiene habits, and we can choose to wear masks where there are many people.