St. Luke's Medical experience with kids

[silvertongue 0]

Hi everyone,

My daughter and I will be taking our medical exam on Feb. 16...I have a few questions though..Does a 4 yr. old need to undergo a tubercullin skin test? How about a chest Xray? I have read that kids often have a positive result on the skin test..is this true? Could somebody who has been through the process enlighten me? I'm very anxious right now...thanx

[roseTX 0]

yes your daughter will undergo TST and the medical will take three days becuase St. lukes will wait fo the result fo your daughters TST result and if the TST is positive thats the time they will have an X-ray to make sure she has no TB,, just pray the X-ray is negative so both of you will pass the medical.

[silvertongue 0]

yes your daughter will undergo TST and the medical will take three days becuase St. lukes will wait fo the result fo your daughters TST result and if the TST is positive thats the time they will have an X-ray to make sure she has no TB,, just pray the X-ray is negative so both of you will pass the medical.

hi...

thanks for the fast reply...Yes, I'm hoping that she'll have a negative Xray result I'm soooo anxious I'm actually taking her to her pedia today to have a general checkup..just to be on the safe side. Thanks!