tb questions

[jarl 0]

Hello guys.

Does anyone here still remember if we had tb shot to prevent tuberculosis before we came to u.s.a.

Just worried because i have tb skin test but my skin reaction is positive.

[jarl 0]

I wanna know if somebody remember during medical exam if they given us,a shot to prevent tb.

Because i am on tb skin test its positive.

[Anh map 2,098]

I wanna know if somebody remember during medical exam if they given us,a shot to prevent tb.

Because i am on tb skin test its positive.

A positive skin test typically means they will check the chest x-ray and make sure you don't have active TB.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

A Tb vaccination is NOT given during the immigration medical exam.

[Tahoma 2,291]

You probably had the BCG vaccine when you were young. If so, that's why your skin test is a false positive. It's common with many Filipinos.

If you want to check further, you could have a chest x-ray, smear tests, and a culture.

[Loida and Ed 11]

What u were given was a TB Tine Test.. On some people they have a reaction which looks positive, but will recede ( go away some) before the reading. Years back my wife (now deceased) and I adopted a child who had many ailments including a positive TB test. At that time, it was common to go through INH Therapy. The same should still apply for today. The standard "token" of testing precedence is once you have tested positive for TB, you will "always" test positive. that is with and without the INH Therapy. Back in the states though, he was again tested years later and the results came out and still is negative. ( maybe it was the agressive treatment as a newborn??) This might not specifically answer all your question but can serve as guidance

I also refer you to http://travel.state....ml#_What_if_the ...

Best Wishes

Ed & Loida

Edited August 1, 2012 by Loida and Ed

[ajyukie1580 0]

as far i remmber 5yrs ago i had x-ray only no tb skin test.

[ChrisB0707 4]

It's positive a lot for Filipinos that's why they do X-ray

[jarl 0]

I was positive tb skin test just because i had bcg shot when i was kid and born and grow up in the philippines. X-ray was abnormal,sputum negative and other test was negative . Is this enough evidence to the doctor to make conclusion ,that i am tb positive or tb disease..please i need advice and how to get second openion.

[Anh map 2,098]

I was positive tb skin test just because i had bcg shot when i was kid and born and grow up in the philippines. X-ray was abnormal,sputum negative and other test was negative . Is this enough evidence to the doctor to make conclusion ,that i am tb positive or tb disease..please i need advice and how to get second openion.

This is a question to ask a doctor, not an immigration forum.

You get a second opinion by going to a different doctor.

[Tahoma 2,291]

If your smear tests were negative and your culture was negative, then it's unlikely you have TB.

Besides the smear test and the culture, there are other tests for TB. Ask your doctor about them.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

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[Kathryn41 3,205]

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