Your general thoughts on fish tuberculosis?

new2tanks said:
Can the Tb shots you get protect you against the fish TB?
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Just as a public service announcement, rarely are people in the US given "TB shots", although there are other parts of the world where it has been given routinely in the past (India, etc.). Yes, the treatment for confirmed TB is 6-12 months of antibiotics (usually isoniazid +/- others). HOWEVER, most people who are exposed to TB do not get the chronic disease - the majority of us will develop resistance and clear the organism from our body. Most people who develop chronic, full-blown TB are either immunocompromised to begin with or are exposed to a large amount of TB.
 
plah831 said:
I'm so glad we have a physician on this site :) I really am, I'm not being sarcastic.
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It's all good until people start posting pictures of their moles on their bodies for us all to look at and comment on. ;) Just kdding, this is a great site and I am glad to be a part of it.
 
i have 5 other people and three birds living in this house so im sad to say i would have to get rid of it all if it happened. i cant take any chances, and TB can be spread from human to human and im pretty sure that birds can get it from humans too, and i dont know of any treatment for them, but human treatment takes months...

and i didnt know there was a physician on this site...
im going to go to college in a few years and then medical school to become a surgeon ;)
 
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jm1212 said:
and i didnt know there was a physician on this site...
im going to go to college in a few years and then medical school to become a surgeon ;)
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Well, I am a physician but it's not like I'm the "Site Physician" or anything - I'm just another schmoe who likes fish. I thought about becoming a surgeon but the idea of having to stand in one place for hours at a time without being able to pee kinda turned me off. :p:
 
If some people are confused, the aquatic version isn't like the human version. If you catch it from your aquarium, it will usually infect an open wound, and sometimes you will get small purple bumps. It does not infect your lungs like the human variety.
 
Grundy said:
Well, I am a physician but it's not like I'm the "Site Physician" or anything - I'm just another schmoe who likes fish. I thought about becoming a surgeon but the idea of having to stand in one place for hours at a time without being able to pee kinda turned me off. :p:
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lol i get it now :)
 
ROLLIN said:
If some people are confused, the aquatic version isn't like the human version. If you catch it from your aquarium, it will usually infect an open wound, and sometimes you will get small purple bumps. It does not infect your lungs like the human variety.
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Yes, he's right. The page I linked shows fish with all kinds of horrible skin lesions, so I think it's mostly dermal in them, too, until it gets so bad that their spine is affected. By then, it's far too late to help them.
 
Grundy said:
It's all good until people start posting pictures of their moles on their bodies for us all to look at and comment on.
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Darn, I was just about to do that! :D Actually, I ask my boyfriend's mom to check out my moles all the time, as she is a nurse practitioner :)
 
Well, until I actually take a fish in to get tested, I think I am just going to forget about the possibility of tuberculosis and enjoy my fish like I used to.
 
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