Medical at Boot Camp

sweetmtn · 01-24-2013, 04:42 PM

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

Malarkey · 01-24-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetmtn

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

Thought that was only for nukes?

maggio1994 · 01-25-2013, 08:42 AM

Oh yeah the TB test, everyone gets it.

A corpsman will inject something into your arm and it'll leave a little bubble, then a few days later another corpsman will check the injection spot to see if there was any type of reaction. If you have a reaction you'll have to get it looked at closer and you may have to take some antibiotic for 6 or 9 months.

FutureSailorNAD · 03-10-2013, 07:56 PM

What are the xrays about?

griz3232 · 03-10-2013, 08:32 PM

I wear what I guess they call a flipper in my mouth. It is pretty much a deal that holds a fake tooth wear I do not have one. a cheap cheap version of an implant I guess. Will they do a better false tooth i.e a bridge while I am there or will I have to wait till I get to A school

cire · 03-10-2013, 11:29 PM

Girls will also get a pregnancy test, some of those girls will be sent home because they whored around before they left.

I was very glad to get rid of my BCG's.. I dumped them in my drinking glass the morning of my last boot camp meal before going to A school. The guy cleaning dishes was like HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I was like whatever dude.. I'm outta here.

CoolHandL · 03-11-2013, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cire

Girls will also get a pregnancy test, some of those girls will be sent home because they whored around before they left.

I was very glad to get rid of my BCG's.. I dumped them in my drinking glass the morning of my last boot camp meal before going to A school. The guy cleaning dishes was like HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I was like whatever dude.. I'm outta here.

Dude, you could stand to be a bit less judgemental, and work on your attitude toward women. They obviously had sex before they left. So did a lot of the guys, but you don't say they "whored around" about men, do you? Too, some of those women likely were in committed relationships, so it was just a birth control failure. You don't know and it is none of your business. Nothing about a woman's sexual behavior is any of your business unless it involves you personally, nor does her supposed promiscuity entitle anyone to disrespect her personal boundaries.

JSlattery · 11-21-2014, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by FutureSailorNAD

What are the xrays about?

TB usually attacks the lungs. Hence why most people with TB cough up blood. If you get a positive, or false positive, they're going to xray your chest and see what your lungs are doing.

Auridan · 11-22-2014, 03:14 AM

I wonder if we can make threads auto-lock after a few months...

LT Guppy · 11-22-2014, 05:54 AM

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I wonder if we can make threads auto-lock after a few months...

Probably, but I wouldn't because there are some older threads with good information that are good to keep alive.

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01-24-2013, 04:42 PM	#1
sweetmtn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N. CA Posts: 3,792 Rep Power: 0	I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

01-25-2013, 08:42 AM	#3
maggio1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	Oh yeah the TB test, everyone gets it. A corpsman will inject something into your arm and it'll leave a little bubble, then a few days later another corpsman will check the injection spot to see if there was any type of reaction. If you have a reaction you'll have to get it looked at closer and you may have to take some antibiotic for 6 or 9 months.

03-10-2013, 07:56 PM	#4
FutureSailorNAD Newbie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	What are the xrays about?

03-10-2013, 08:32 PM	#5
griz3232 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 140 Rep Power: 0	I wear what I guess they call a flipper in my mouth. It is pretty much a deal that holds a fake tooth wear I do not have one. a cheap cheap version of an implant I guess. Will they do a better false tooth i.e a bridge while I am there or will I have to wait till I get to A school

03-10-2013, 11:29 PM	#6
cire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: WA, from CA Posts: 335 Rep Power: 0	Girls will also get a pregnancy test, some of those girls will be sent home because they whored around before they left. I was very glad to get rid of my BCG's.. I dumped them in my drinking glass the morning of my last boot camp meal before going to A school. The guy cleaning dishes was like HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I was like whatever dude.. I'm outta here.

11-22-2014, 03:14 AM	#9
Auridan Active Duty Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sea level Posts: 713 Rep Power: 0	I wonder if we can make threads auto-lock after a few months...