uberculosis Case Discovered
at Langara College

ealth authorities urge staff, students fo attend testing sessions

Troy Watts and Hannah Sutherland, Langara Voice (Langara College)

ANCOUVER (CUP)—Students at Langara College
e being advised to get tested for pulmonary tubercu-
bsis after one of their classmates fell ill.

The student, who cannot be named due to doctor-
tient confidentiality, was pulled from classes at the
ancouver school this month with symptoms of the
iisease.

TB is an infection in the lungs and is spread when
bmeone coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe
h the bacterium that is spread into the air, according to
memo from Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Symptoms include weight loss, chest pains, short-
ess of breath and a chronic cough that may contain
ood.

Reka Gustafson, medical health officer for
lancouver Coastal Health, said a positive test for TB
fection does not necessarily mean sickness will occur.

“TB infection is very different from TB disease,”
ustafson said. “Only 10 per cent of people infected
ill go on and get sick.”

The test will determine if an individual was exposed
>) TB at some point in their life. Antibiotics are pre-
tibed to prevent an infection from developing into
he disease. An infected individual is not contagious,
ustafson said — only people with active TB are con-
gious.

Skin testing will take place on Oct. 16 and 17 for
yone who attended classes with the individual. Two
blitical science classes are affected, along with classes
Latin American studies, economics and Spanish.

Langara College Health Services was not available
br comment.

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