Possibility of having tuberculosis ...am an immigrant...

Question

am from the philippines, a legal immigrant, ive been here for almost a year...of course i went through medical exams before i got my visa..am a class B.. what am worrying about is i dont know if i was diagnosed with tuberculosis,latent or not.. i cant remember if they did some skin test with me so am not sure...isnt it that U.S embassy wont allow you if they diagnosed TB whether its latent or not?..i mean since i was able to get here in U.S,does it mean i dont have TB?...oh am worried..can you give me some enlightenment?

Answer 1

If you are worried about it, go to a Doctor & find out!  If you were allowed into the country & have latent TB, you need to be tested frequently, it can flare up at any time. It's better to catch it sooner than later, treatment works better the sooner you start treating it!  GO TO A DOCTOR, NOW!  They did do the tests, whether you remember or not!

Answer 2

Why do your think you might have TB?  Go have a test done.  Or check to see if you can obtain your test results, chances are the US would NOT have allowed you entrance had you tested positive or they would have but would have told you the results so that you could consult a doctor for treatment.  

Answer 3

If you had active TB, you would have received a Class A Medical Notification, not a Class B. The vaccine you received as a baby gave you a positive result from the TB test.

You would have either been denied the immigrant visa or forced to apply for a waiver, and Public Health would have done a follow up, as Yak Rider told you.

I think you have nothing to worry about.

Answer 4

If you had active TB you'd have had to undergo 6 months treatment with INH (Isoniazid) and then been reevaluated before getting your US visa.

Almost 100% of Filipinos are converters, so the skin test is useless.

If you're worried see a doctor.