Lucy

"DonnaElvira" <member35233@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > We are currently going through the Green Card process, and our medicals
    > showed us to be positive for TB. Not surprising since, along with (I
    > believe) everyone else in the UK, we were vaccinated against TB as
    > teenagers.

How strong of a reaction did you show? I did have a reaction due to the fact
that I was immunized as a teenager, but they just told me that was fine and
that they often see that with people from the UK or other countries where
vaccination is routine.

If your x-ray comes back clear, I see no reason for you to take antibiotics.
They said this was a recommendation, right? Meaning it was just that
doctor's opinion, and not a requirement for immigration. It's up to you, of
course.

You could also go to your regular doctor and see what they say.

Lucy

Anti-Climacus

    > We are currently going through the Green Card process, and our
    > medicals showed us to be positive for TB. Not surprising since, along
    > with (I believe) everyone else in the UK, we were vaccinated against
    > TB as teenagers.
    > Our doc now says that: "even tho you've been immunized it is assumed
    > that you have "latent TB" meaning that the bacteria are walled off
    > somewhere - with a 10% chance lifetime of creating active TB in each
    > of you
    > ..we generally recommend that patients take isonizad x 9 months in
    > your situations to decrease the active TB risk to about 1 %".
    > I am gathering information on the Net about this but would be grateful
    > for any informed British opinions. I am extremely reluctant to take a
    > powerful antibiotic for 9 months. Surely the British government would
    > not have this vaccination programme if there was a real risk?
    > I'm surprised that this does not seem to have come up here before. Has
    > no one else faced this problem?
    > TIA for any explanations or advice.

Donna, do NOT take the antibiotics, especially for that long a time--it
could jeopardize the effectiveness of antibiotics later on in your life
if you have a grave bacterial infection.

Taking the x-ray and confirming that you have a passive form of TB
should be sufficient for immigration purposes!!!

Your doctor is overreacting, for some unexplained reason. If your
doctor insists on taking antibiotics before he/she can write up a
positive medical report on you, DROP the doctor and go through the exam
with another one! Paying some extra money is not worth posing risks to
your health.

Genc_ymeri

Well, I would like to share to you my story, probably may be the same case
for some over here. My wife and I showed up as TB positive. We were scared
to death while the doctor gave us already the prescription drugs.....
Fortunately I did talk to a couple of friends before I started the
medications and they told me that all of the easter europeans who has taken
the vaccination for TB show up as TB positive. Then I made more phone calls
to people from my coutry who already had the green card and they told me the
same story...

After that I told that to the doctor and she confirmed that with other
doctors too.

Oh what a relief.






"DonnaElvira" <member35233@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > We are currently going through the Green Card process, and our medicals
    > showed us to be positive for TB. Not surprising since, along with (I
    > believe) everyone else in the UK, we were vaccinated against TB as
    > teenagers.
    > Our doc now says that: "even tho you've been immunized it is assumed
    > that you have "latent TB" meaning that the bacteria are walled off
    > somewhere - with a 10% chance lifetime of creating active TB in each of
    > you
    > .we generally recommend that patients take isonizad x 9 months in your
    > situations to decrease the active TB risk to about 1 %".
    > I am gathering information on the Net about this but would be grateful
    > for any informed British opinions. I am extremely reluctant to take a
    > powerful antibiotic for 9 months. Surely the British government would
    > not have this vaccination programme if there was a real risk?
    > I'm surprised that this does not seem to have come up here before. Has
    > no one else faced this problem?
    > TIA for any explanations or advice.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Ben

    > Well, I would like to share to you my story, probably may be the same
    > case
    > for some over here. My wife and I showed up as TB positive. We were
    > scared
    > to death while the doctor gave us already the prescription drugs.....
    > Fortunately I did talk to a couple of friends before I started the
    > medications and they told me that all of the easter europeans who has
    > taken
    > the vaccination for TB show up as TB positive. Then I made more phone
    > calls
    > to people from my coutry who already had the green card and they told
    > me the
    > same story...
    > After that I told that to the doctor and she confirmed that with other
    > doctors too.
    > Oh what a relief.
    > "DonnaElvira" <member35233@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:34$289210$2137479$...
    > > We are currently going through the Green Card process, and our
    > > medicals
    > > showed us to be positive for TB. Not surprising since, along with (I
    > > believe) everyone else in the UK, we were vaccinated against TB as
    > > teenagers.
    > > Our doc now says that: "even tho you've been immunized it is assumed
    > > that you have "latent TB" meaning that the bacteria are walled off
    > > somewhere - with a 10% chance lifetime of creating active TB in each
    > > of
    > > you
    > > .we generally recommend that patients take isonizad x 9 months in
    > > your
    > > situations to decrease the active TB risk to about 1 %".
    > > I am gathering information on the Net about this but would be
    > > grateful
    > > for any informed British opinions. I am extremely reluctant to take
    > > a
    > > powerful antibiotic for 9 months. Surely the British government
    > > would
    > > not have this vaccination programme if there was a real risk?
    > > I'm surprised that this does not seem to have come up here before.
    > > Has
    > > no one else faced this problem?
    > > TIA for any explanations or advice.
    > > --
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

We had our medicals a year ago and my reaction came up (husband's
didn't) and it was a huge reaction - nurses couldn't believe how big it
was! They measured it, recorded it and took an x-ray which was clear.
Sealed the x-ray up in an large envelope and put on our medical form
that I had had a reaction, what size the reaction was and that the x-ray
was clear. End of story. No antibiotics. I was told by the doctor
(from India actually) that we shouldn't get a reaction but I told her I
would because for some reason I always react to tests when I have had
either the immunization or the disease, and I was right. Our greencards
have just been approved so not having the antibiotics made no difference
to the outcome of our greencard.

I know quote a few UK citizens who went to London for their Greencard
(rather than do the new AOS) and they weren't even given the test. They
were told there was just no point, they were given the x-ray straight
away and it was put into an envelope for them to bring through
immigration on the way back. None of them were ever looked at.

If your x-ray comes through clear, if I was in your shoes, I would not
take the anitbiotics. Too risky for the long term in my opinion.

DonnaElvira

    > We had our medicals a year ago and my reaction came up (husband's
    > didn't) and it was a huge reaction - nurses couldn't believe how big
    > it was! They measured it, recorded it and took an x-ray which was
    > clear. Sealed the x-ray up in an large envelope and put on our
    > medical form that I had had a reaction, what size the reaction was and
    > that the x-ray was clear. End of story. No antibiotics. I was told
    > by the doctor (from India actually) that we shouldn't get a reaction
    > but I told her I would because for some reason I always react to tests
    > when I have had either the immunization or the disease, and I was
    > right. Our greencards have just been approved so not having the
    > antibiotics made no difference to the outcome of our greencard.
    > I know quote a few UK citizens who went to London for their
    > Greencard (rather than do the new AOS) and they weren't even given
    > the test. They were told there was just no point, they were given
    > the x-ray straight away and it was put into an envelope for them to
    > bring through immigration on the way back. None of them were ever
    > looked at.
    > If your x-ray comes through clear, if I was in your shoes, I would not
    > take the anitbiotics. Too risky for the long term in my opinion.

Thanks everyone. We had our x-rays done on Friday, so hopefully we'll
know soon that we're clear.

It's good to know that we do not have to take these antibiotics.

Another US over-reaction? (So nothing new there...)

Genc_ymeri

What if the canditate is pregnant ? Should she take the x-Ray ????



"DonnaElvira" <member35233@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    >> We had our medicals a year ago and my reaction came up (husband's
    >> didn't) and it was a huge reaction - nurses couldn't believe how big
    >> it was! They measured it, recorded it and took an x-ray which was
    >> clear. Sealed the x-ray up in an large envelope and put on our
    >> medical form that I had had a reaction, what size the reaction was and
    >> that the x-ray was clear. End of story. No antibiotics. I was told
    >> by the doctor (from India actually) that we shouldn't get a reaction
    >> but I told her I would because for some reason I always react to tests
    >> when I have had either the immunization or the disease, and I was
    >> right. Our greencards have just been approved so not having the
    >> antibiotics made no difference to the outcome of our greencard.
    >> I know quote a few UK citizens who went to London for their
    >> Greencard (rather than do the new AOS) and they weren't even given
    >> the test. They were told there was just no point, they were given
    >> the x-ray straight away and it was put into an envelope for them to
    >> bring through immigration on the way back. None of them were ever
    >> looked at.
    >> If your x-ray comes through clear, if I was in your shoes, I would not
    >> take the anitbiotics. Too risky for the long term in my opinion.
    > Thanks everyone. We had our x-rays done on Friday, so hopefully we'll
    > know soon that we're clear.
    > It's good to know that we do not have to take these antibiotics.
    > Another US over-reaction? (So nothing new there...)
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

HunterGreen

    > What if the canditate is pregnant ? Should she take the x-Ray ????
    > "DonnaElvira" <member35233@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:34$289210$2144968$...
    > >> We had our medicals a year ago and my reaction came up (husband's
    > >> didn't) and it was a huge reaction - nurses couldn't believe how
    > >> big
    > >> it was! They measured it, recorded it and took an x-ray which was
    > >> clear. Sealed the x-ray up in an large envelope and put on our
    > >> medical form that I had had a reaction, what size the reaction was
    > >> and
    > >> that the x-ray was clear. End of story. No antibiotics. I was
    > >> told
    > >> by the doctor (from India actually) that we shouldn't get a
    > >> reaction
    > >> but I told her I would because for some reason I always react to
    > >> tests
    > >> when I have had either the immunization or the disease, and I was
    > >> right. Our greencards have just been approved so not having the
    > >> antibiotics made no difference to the outcome of our greencard.
    > >> I know quote a few UK citizens who went to London for their
    > >> Greencard (rather than do the new AOS) and they weren't even given
    > >> the test. They were told there was just no point, they were given
    > >> the x-ray straight away and it was put into an envelope for them to
    > >> bring through immigration on the way back. None of them were ever
    > >> looked at.
    > >> If your x-ray comes through clear, if I was in your shoes, I would
    > >> not
    > >> take the anitbiotics. Too risky for the long term in my opinion.
    > > Thanks everyone. We had our x-rays done on Friday, so hopefully
    > > we'll
    > > know soon that we're clear.
    > > It's good to know that we do not have to take these antibiotics.
    > > Another US over-reaction? (So nothing new there...)
    > > --
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

No! Pregnant women are not allowed to have X-rays done.

Elaine

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