Walk In For Your Tuberculosis Test Any Day of the Week

Starting a new job comes with plenty of stresses, but work-related healthcare doesn’t have to be one of them. If your employer requires you to pass a tuberculosis test, visit Cape Regional Urgent Care near Stone Harbor, New Jersey. We offer walk-in TB testing every day of the week. You don’t have to schedule an appointment and can simply visit us at a time that works for you.

Testing for Tuberculosis: How it Works

When you visit us for a tuberculosis test, you’ll be seen by a licensed medical professional. We offer a tuberculosis skin test, which consists of injecting a reactive substance into the arm, waiting two to three days for a reaction to appear, and then evaluating the reaction (or lack thereof). This means that you’ll need to visit us on two separate occasions for your tuberculosis test: once to receive the injection and then again to have the results read.

If your tuberculosis test result is positive, you will need additional testing to determine whether TB infection or TB disease is present.

TB Infection vs TB Disease

Being exposed to TB can result in either TB infection or TB disease. The two are different.

TB Infection

TB infection occurs when a person has breathed in TB bacteria, but their immune system has been able to prevent them from developing TB disease. TB infection does not show symptoms, is not contagious, and can be easily treated with medication. However, if left untreated, it can develop into TB disease, so detection and treatment are necessary.

TB Disease

TB disease, on the other hand, is highly contagious and results in symptoms including a constant cough, loss of appetite, and chest pains. Extensive treatment is needed to treat active TB disease.

Get a Tuberculosis Test Today

Visit Cape Regional Urgent Care near Somers Point, NJ, today to get your tuberculosis test. If you have any questions about TB testing, please give us a call and we will be happy to help.