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I had a tb skin test it showed a 15 mm bulge on skin and also I had high esr of about 72 so what would be predicted. 15 days back I had tonsillectomy operation does these symptoms show anything worse.
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If no symtoms of TB toxaemia, then test only shows that you are infected with TB bacili, but not disease. ESR may be raised due to tonsilectome operation which only shows some inflamation in body.
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