Blood test injection.......!!!!!!

tarry67


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 14:21

My friend just had her blood test done in Girne (100tl) and was given an injection after they took her blood, and I was just wondering what this injection could of been for. The Dr didn't speak english so the question fell on deaf ears.

metin


Joined: 08/09/2008
Posts: 1588

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 15:08

They sort of scrape your arm....not an actual ınjectıon. İts for TB, if your arm swells up you are in trouble !!!



Unless its something else new !!!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 15:16

TB

she will have to go back after 2 days to check the result,if it blisters she will have to have a chest x-ray

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 15:33

I cannot understand why people who live here all the time use PAYG? PAYG is 30% dearer. It makes no sense for residents to use it. Once upon a time, you had to change phone numbers when changing from PAYG to post paid contract arrangement & many people would not change for that reason. This hasn't been the case for years now & it's easy to change.

At least if you have a contract, you receive an itemised bill & you have something that you can query?

I have used Turkcell for 9 years & have never yet had a problem with my bill. I keep it simple & have standart tariff.

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 15:35

Scruff



Wrong thread methinks

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 18:38

Tarry



The injection is indeed a test for TB. It's a very minor injection into the skin not the blood vessels. If after 48 hours nothing more than a slight irritation (a bit like a minor mozzie bite) occurs then they won't need to go for X-rays...



It may be slightly raised and red... goes away after day three.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 21:05

I suppose the government thinks that we [expats only] are all going to get TB after buying their country's 'craftsman constructed' 'concrete tents', knowing full well that these 'structures', minus any damp-proofing, are highly liable to harbour the 'Tuberculosis' virus.



I wish I could find the above funny - but what other explanation can there possibly be?

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
08/09/2010 23:57

Funny;



I could have sworn I was tested for that (TB) at school.



Obviously only non Turkish foreigners under the age of 60 can get or spread TB, HIV, Typhoid, Cholera, Hepatitis B etc.



Strange how British born Cypriots are immune from the above.



Must be in the genes.

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
09/09/2010 18:45

msg 5

fiendishpaul. re msg.4. 'oops I did it again' as Britney would say. lol