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Positive PPD on a 5 year old
by Ladydarkness_1, Aug 17, 2009 06:58PM
My 5 year old son recently was seen in a clinic...The nurse droped the needle on the floor while trying to give my son a PPD test and then gave him the test anyway....When I returned today to have his arm read they said he had a positive test.....He has a red area but there is no raise or hardness at all...My sister has a sensitivity to the injection also and the same thing has happened to her..She is a nurse and is checked frequently. Her tests have always been negative but had a red area also. Can a test be called positive if there is NO RAISE or BUMP on his skin at all just a redness?..Should I have him retested or go for the chest X-RAY?..I do not want to have him put on INH if there is no medical reason for it... Thank you
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