tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post7746030451717641958..comments2024-03-11T14:44:28.150-05:00Comments on Pretre's Adoption Blog: Immigrant TB TestingAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00325586248965829415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-35458414469426131232010-10-15T14:22:35.752-05:002010-10-15T14:22:35.752-05:00We brought our daughters home from Ukraine on 9-15...We brought our daughters home from Ukraine on 9-15-2009 and the very next week had them in for physicals. Both of their Tb tests were positive and then we immediately had the chest xrays as well - both were clear. We were issued the Isoniazid for 9 months as well, also at the expense of the health department who sent it right to the docs office for us to pick up. no cost and no copay. my friend who worked at the health department at the time said that since Tb is a public health issue the medication is issued for no charge. the girls were 10 and 11 when they started the Isoniazid and also took for 9 months with no knows side effects. This was such interesting information on the blog - thank you for passing it along!PlainJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995940958074570894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-6141575160515930882010-10-11T00:05:56.950-05:002010-10-11T00:05:56.950-05:00In the Ukraine one of our three children tested po...In the Ukraine one of our three children tested positive for TB. We were told to get a chest xray when we got home. Within a couple weeks the CDC in Utah contacted us and had us retest all three children. All three tested positive for TB. All three had to have chest xrays, all were clear. All three of our children had received the BCG shot in the orphanage. <br />They told us about the Quantiferon Gold blood test, but the government wouldn't cover it where we had already had the standard TB test (they said they would have covered it if we had requested it instead of the TB test). Who knows, but the blood test was 450 dollars a child (our insurance ended up covering it, we had to beg and show documents of everything we had had done). In the end two of our children were positive and one negative. The two who were positive were on Isoniazid for 9 months. They didn't have any side effects from the meds, but we were also told that the older you are when you take the meds the greater probablity you'll be sick on them. We then recieved a certificate stating they had gone through the treatment (and told they would always test positive so they need to show the paper instead of having a TB test or they could end up doing the treatment again).<br />Get the TB test, if it's negative your good, if not there are options. The government did pay for the 9 months of medications (after our 25$ copay). Just happy to have it behind us now. We have met two other families who have done the blood test (one positive one negative, both had had positive TB skin tests).Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926886949092986555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-83939623841252941332010-10-10T22:15:20.959-05:002010-10-10T22:15:20.959-05:00Ours didn't either. I suppose the medical che...Ours didn't either. I suppose the medical check for the Embassy didn't feel it was necessary.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325586248965829415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-58140660280479995422010-10-10T20:56:39.835-05:002010-10-10T20:56:39.835-05:00none of my kids had chest xrays leaving ukraine. 2...none of my kids had chest xrays leaving ukraine. 2 came home exactly a year ago. 4 came home 2 months ago. the little russian didt get one either 6 years ago.MoonDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707506968348810606noreply@blogger.com