tb test result?

[marivicandshane 0]

guys i need you again,

the tb skin test reslut says im possitive? is this mean that i am really possitive ,i dont have any history about tb .besides i took my chest xray in the philippines nov.12 2008. at the st luke during my medical if i am a positive for tb how come the st.lukes medical didint knew about it? i know for sure they took my chest xray. what is that for if its not for the tb result/? and guys i think i am pregnant and i know i cant go for chest xray,,,what happen to me now? how does it works on my adjustment of status? the tb skin test result? i cannot file it?pls help me guys,

thanks

[Eric & Althea 0]

Positive skin test means you were exposed to tb but it does not mean you have a tb. If you had a BCG vaccine before that would most likely make the mantoux test/skin test positive too (not true to all cases). Chest-xray would not even tell that you have tb too. The gold standard test would be the culture test. When we visited the tb clinic here in DC the nurse insisted that I will have a skin test and I & my husband hesitated for her to do that bec I have a Chest Xray and sputum result with me. However, when we met the physician we told him that we have the xray and sputum result and he was like, what are you here for? Then. he gave us the clearance. You can still file the AOS package as long as the civil surgeon will sign your I-693 with negative tb. That's my two cents.

[rrobin 2]

guys i need you again,

the tb skin test reslut says im possitive? is this mean that i am really possitive ,i dont have any history about tb .besides i took my chest xray in the philippines nov.12 2008. at the st luke during my medical if i am a positive for tb how come the st.lukes medical didint knew about it? i know for sure they took my chest xray. what is that for if its not for the tb result/? and guys i think i am pregnant and i know i cant go for chest xray,,,what happen to me now? how does it works on my adjustment of status? the tb skin test result? i cannot file it?pls help me guys,

thanks

Having a positive skin test does not mean that you have an active TB infection. A positive skin test coupled with negative X-ray could mean (1) You were exposed to TB germs at some point in your life but don’t have active germs in your body or (2) You had a TB vaccine (BCG).

Most of the civil surgeons would categorize your situation (positive skin, negative x-ray) as latent TB infection (LTBI). In most of LTBI cases, civil surgeon would not recommend you for any further treatment and would sign the I-693 right away. But if he has some reason to believe that you are carrying active infection, he will ask you to visit the local Health Department and get treated.

Your problem is that you can’t go through an X-ray to override your positive skin test. My guess is the civil surgeon won’t sign I-693 without a negative X-ray, so ask him if he will accept your recent X-ray from Philippines.

[rrobin 2]

Positive skin test means you were exposed to tb but it does not mean you have a tb. If you had a BCG vaccine before that would most likely make the mantoux test/skin test positive too (not true to all cases). Chest-xray would not even tell that you have tb too. The gold standard test would be the culture test. When we visited the tb clinic here in DC the nurse insisted that I will have a skin test and I & my husband hesitated for her to do that bec I have a Chest Xray and sputum result with me. However, when we met the physician we told him that we have the xray and sputum result and he was like, what are you here for? Then. he gave us the clearance. You can still file the AOS package as long as the civil surgeon will sign your I-693 with negative tb. That's my two cents.

Okay I got out-typed by Eric & Althea

Edited January 15, 2009 by rrobin

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

There's a lot of information on the links found on this page from the CDC 2008 Tuberculosis Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons

[marivicandshane 0]

guys i need you again,

the tb skin test reslut says im possitive? is this mean that i am really possitive ,i dont have any history about tb .besides i took my chest xray in the philippines nov.12 2008. at the st luke during my medical if i am a positive for tb how come the st.lukes medical didint knew about it? i know for sure they took my chest xray. what is that for if its not for the tb result/? and guys i think i am pregnant and i know i cant go for chest xray,,,what happen to me now? how does it works on my adjustment of status? the tb skin test result? i cannot file it?pls help me guys,

thanks

Having a positive skin test does not mean that you have an active TB infection. A positive skin test coupled with negative X-ray could mean (1) You were exposed to TB germs at some point in your life but don’t have active germs in your body or (2) You had a TB vaccine (BCG).

Most of the civil surgeons would categorize your situation (positive skin, negative x-ray) as latent TB infection (LTBI). In most of LTBI cases, civil surgeon would not recommend you for any further treatment and would sign the I-693 right away. But if he has some reason to believe that you are carrying active infection, he will ask you to visit the local Health Department and get treated.

Your problem is that you can’t go through an X-ray to override your positive skin test. My guess is the civil surgeon won’t sign I-693 without a negative X-ray, so ask him if he will accept your recent X-ray from Philippines.

i dont have my xray result with me the immigration get all of my documents .what i have is the cd? is this ok with the surgeon?