TB Shin test positive but negative X-ray???

[mike42979 57]

My wife had her medical in Jamaica but they only did an X-ray which they noted as negative, we thought she was missing a round of vaccines so i got her another medical stateside where the doctor asked if she had the TB skin test in which she answered no; so he administered one and it ended up being positive. He told her she didnt need another chest X-ray as the last one was fairly recent within 6 months so he filled out the I-693 where on page 2 he checked the box for (No class A or Class B TB) for the X-ray; but put Positive for the skin test that he did.

I guess my question is will the positive skin result have an effect on her AOS??

[Thrilla In Manila 1]

My wife had her medical in Jamaica but they only did an X-ray which they noted as negative, we thought she was missing a round of vaccines so i got her another medical stateside where the doctor asked if she had the TB skin test in which she answered no; so he administered one and it ended up being positive. He told her she didnt need another chest X-ray as the last one was fairly recent within 6 months so he filled out the I-693 where on page 2 he checked the box for (No class A or Class B TB) for the X-ray; but put Positive for the skin test that he did.

I guess my question is will the positive skin result have an effect on her AOS??

NO , it will be ok. Positive skin test only means 1 of 3 things, 1. she had a TB Vaccination sometime in her life, 2. She was exposed to TB at one point in her life, or 3. She had TB onetime in her life. When the TB Skin test is positive then an X-ray is ordered to rule out if she currently has TB or not. Since she already had a recent x-ray and it was negative then they go by that. You can always get another x-ray to double check if your worried for personal reasons, but you should be good to go as to the AOS.

Edited February 5, 2012 by ThrilaInManila

[RenCor 2]

Been there an all comes ok..will not affect the AOS

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

If she had the TB Vaccine, like most Filipinos, she will come up positive for the skin test. There was no reason to have the medical redone.

[mike42979 57]

If she had the TB Vaccine, like most Filipinos, she will come up positive for the skin test. There was no reason to have the medical redone.

Thank you all for your responses we had another medical done because the one done in Jamaica had the box Vaccine history incomplete checked so we thought this meant she needed another round of vacsines.