Does a strong positive skin test for tuberculosis require medication?

Strongly positive TB skin test needs further examination to determine whether there is TB infection, and medication is needed to determine whether there is TB infection, but no medication is needed if there is no TB infection. You can’t judge whether you have tuberculosis by the result of tuberculosis skin test alone, you can further check sputum antacid staining smear, chest CT, T-cell spotting test, blood sedimentation, etc., and comprehensive history and whether there is low-grade fever, cough, sputum, and local lymph node enlargement signs to judge whether you have tuberculosis infection. If it has been determined that there is pulmonary tuberculosis, intestinal tuberculosis, genital tuberculosis and so on one of them, you can consider taking anti-tuberculosis drug treatment, need to be full dose, full course, as early as possible anti-tuberculosis treatment. It is recommended to use the medication under the guidance of a doctor . If only the TB skin test is positive, but no basis for TB infection is found elsewhere, medication is usually not needed, and regular rechecks are required.