Tuberculosis shot during pregnancy?

is it safe to procure a TB shot during pregnancy?
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Yes. Here is why: the TB "shot" really isn't a shot at all. It is a simple skin interview to determine whether or not you have be exposed to active TB or not. It is not approaching a vaccine where you are injecting a virus into your system to build up an imperviousness. With the TB skin test, you are simply injecting PPD or purified protein derivative merely under the surface of the skin. Those that hold been exposed to live TB will have a spontaneous effect of redness and swelling greater than 15mm in diameter. The experiment is read 48-72 hours after it is administered. There should be no adverse reaction to you, or your fetus.

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