Possible medical denial Please help!

[Sebastiangator 0]

I'll try and keep this short. My fiances sister who resides in the same house was denied her travel visa for having "active Tuberculosis". Sister is being treated. Other family, Mom and Dad tested negative. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tests ran where chest x-ray as well as injection under the skin. Bad news my fiance tested positive for exposure ONLY on skin test. Showed negative results on chest x-ray. Dr. prescribed her medications as a precautionary measure.

I have NOT submitted any forms to U.S. or Philippine government as of yet. Now my question is will her testing POSITIVE for EXPOSURE ONLY prevent her from obtaining her visa to come the U.S.?

Salamat in advance.

Sincerely,

Ian

[dale_trisha 3]

Was your finance's test done at St. Lukes? It is not clear in your posting. If it was not done at St. Lukes then no worries until that happens.

[sjr09 155]

TB skin test in which a health care worker will inject a small amount of TB extracts under the skin on your forearm. An immune reaction to these extracts will result in swelling that can be detected within 2 to 3 days.

If the chest x-ray is clear, then she does not have active, but Latent TB. People who have latent TB infections do not have TB symptoms and cannot spread the infection to others, but they are at risk of developing an active infection.

Latent TB will not effect the visa, if the x-ray is clean but once she is in the US I would strongly recommend treatment (medication for 9 mo. in most cases)

EDIT

Latent TB can be treated with a 6- to 9-month (9 months in the US) course of isoniazid, an antibiotic, in most simple case that kills the bacteria that causes TB.

The meds can be given to her free by the public health nurse in your US city if your insurance does not cover her at this time.

Edited July 13, 2012 by sjr09

[Sebastiangator 0]

TB skin test in which a health care worker will inject a small amount of TB extracts under the skin on your forearm. An immune reaction to these extracts will result in swelling that can be detected within 2 to 3 days.

If the chest x-ray is clear, then she does not have active, but Latent TB. People who have latent TB infections do not have TB symptoms and cannot spread the infection to others, but they are at risk of developing an active infection.

Latent TB will not effect the visa, if the x-ray is clean but once she is in the US I would strongly recommend treatment (medication for 9 mo. in most cases)

EDIT

Latent TB can be treated with a 6- to 9-month (9 months in the US) course of isoniazid, an antibiotic, in most simple case that kills the bacteria that causes TB.

The meds can be given to her free by the public health nurse in your US city if your insurance does not cover her at this time.

[Sebastiangator 0]

I'll try and keep this short. My fiances sister who resides in the same house was denied her travel visa for having "active Tuberculosis". Sister is being treated. Other family, Mom and Dad tested negative. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tests ran where chest x-ray as well as injection under the skin. Bad news my fiance tested positive for exposure ONLY on skin test. Showed negative results on chest x-ray. Dr. prescribed her medications as a precautionary measure.

I have NOT submitted any forms to U.S. or Philippine government as of yet. Now my question is will her testing POSITIVE for EXPOSURE ONLY prevent her from obtaining her visa to come the U.S.?

Salamat in advance.

Sincerely,

Ian

What will happen at St. Lukes when she will obviously test positive for exposure? I will advise her to fax/scan copies of the medical records as well as scripts to be able to show proof that she has been/is being treated. Good idea? Yes?

The tests/x-rays where done where she lives in Butuan City. So, basically we don't have much to worry about then as long as she continues to take her medications. I do believe it was the one you were refering to in your post. She is going to email me all of the meds names that her family is prescribed. Thanks to all that contributed.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Sebastiangator

[Fight for Love 98]

I'll try and keep this short. My fiances sister who resides in the same house was denied her travel visa for having "active Tuberculosis". Sister is being treated. Other family, Mom and Dad tested negative. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tests ran where chest x-ray as well as injection under the skin. Bad news my fiance tested positive for exposure ONLY on skin test. Showed negative results on chest x-ray. Dr. prescribed her medications as a precautionary measure.

I have NOT submitted any forms to U.S. or Philippine government as of yet. Now my question is will her testing POSITIVE for EXPOSURE ONLY prevent her from obtaining her visa to come the U.S.?

Salamat in advance.

Sincerely,

Ian

NOPE not at all...since then I had/have been positive in skin for tb test but hey I’m here in the US been here for 16years since my dad petition me...lol

Most of the people who came from 3rd world country are usually positive in skin for tb shot....and they ARE here(came here) in the USA without problem

as long that the xray is NEGATIVE no problem

Edited July 13, 2012 by takis

[sjr09 155]

What will happen at St. Lukes when she will obviously test positive for exposure? I will advise her to fax/scan copies of the medical records as well as scripts to be able to show proof that she has been/is being treated. Good idea? Yes?

The tests/x-rays where done where she lives in Butuan City. So, basically we don't have much to worry about then as long as she continues to take her medications. I do believe it was the one you were refering to in your post. She is going to email me all of the meds names that her family is prescribed. Thanks to all that contributed.

You can bring any test, x-ray medical records for comparison proposes St. Lukes will be the defining word on her exam, not her doctor or the above. Keep in mind she will be informed of the findings, at St. Lukes if test prove LTBI or otherwise.

I'm not sure the of the LTBI treatment regimens/timelines for individuals diagnosed with latent TB infection, in the PI. In the US it's 9-month regimen of isoniazid (INH)

I do know TB is 6mo. treatment (PI) and she would need to stay in Manila for the entire time. Don't know if this applies for the above LTBI.

Likely not.