Donna Maindraul

In article <[email protected]>, abi <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Oh, did anyone else have to show proof of having their BCG?

That vaccine isn't approved for use in the US, so you don't need it at all. Since
you've had it, don't bother with the skin test that we give in the US to screen for
antibodies. You have them. Just ask for the chest X-ray immediately.

You might have a hard time explaining that you've been vaccinated for tuberculosis
since as far as US doctors are concerned, no tuberculosis vaccine exists. Presumably
the INS doctors are aware that Europeans disagree on this, but I wouldn't want to try
to explain it to a school nurse.

-Donna

Andy Platt

"Donna Maindrault" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > You might have a hard time explaining that you've been vaccinated for tuberculosis
    > since as far as US doctors are concerned, no tuberculosis vaccine exists.
    > Presumably the INS doctors are aware that Europeans disagree on this, but I
    > wouldn't want to try to explain it to a school nurse.

You could just send them to the CDC website which describes BCG (and says it's use in
the US as "not widely used"):

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm

Andy.

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abi

Hmmmm ok, so my child has to have the Hepetitis B? Can he get this free from the GP, as I am aware they charge for certain vaccinations....or can he get the first one done at the embassy, or even in the US? I wasnt aware that he even needed any vaccinations... And the course lasts for six months? So whats that..a jab per month for six consecutive months?

abi

Oh and do I need the hepetitis B course of jabs myself? As a K1?

Ameriscot

You can get the Hepatitis B done at your GP's, but they are entitled to charge you for it since it isn't a standard UK vaccination - the practice manager will be able to tell you what the fee is. I'm sure the folks at Dr Phelan's clinic would be more than happy to administer whatever is required - for a fee.

There are 3 jabs making up the Hep B series - the second one takes place 1 month after the first; the third is done 5 months after the second - so that's 0, 1 and 6 months.

You don't need the Hep B for yourself. You only need to be concerned with the MMR and Td - you can clear your mind of all other jabs.

Here is the vaccination requirements for UK residents, straight off the embassy website:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web...ccinechart.htm

Of all the things to worry about in the visa process, vaccinations are not it. Anything you are missing at this stage can be given by Dr Phelan or at AOS. You won't be denied your visa and you won't delay the process because of missing jabs.

Ameriscot

In London, they don't do the skin test at all (since most people have had the BCG), so it's straight to the x-ray. Children and pregnant women are exempt from the x-ray.

When I took my children to their first paed visit in the US in order to get the state-mandated Mantoux skin test for new residents, she asked if they had had the BCG as infants. With-it paeds are aware of what goes on outside the US, and is perhaps something to keep in mind when finding a doctor for foreign children. I don't know about other states, but Ohio says that the skin test has to be carried out under the supervision of a doctor - the school nurse just files away the bits of paper.

Ranjini

I do understand that. That is why I qualified by saying sometimes... because some
consulates do. And that too if you have never had it before. As for myself, I've
never had chicken pox and have heard it can be quite devastating when you have it in
adulthood. I was quite happy to go along with the consulate doctor and have it for
that reason. It was new on the market at the time and fairly expensive. My k2 and I
had two shots each, which cost quite a bit. I could have just said I had had it and
he wouldn't have given it to me. The way I looked at it, it was for our own
protection. Ranjini

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    > > You could save yourself the trouble of going back and forth to your doctor for
    > > your vaccination record by just complying with the
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    > > requirements. Which, usually, is pretty basic. MMR and TD. Sometimes Varicella.
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    > risk of chicken pox, typically newborn babies whose mothers had chicken pox in the
    > last few weeks of pregnancy.
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tara

Have you seen this visa bulletin Andy?

http://travel.state.gov/state53170.html

We also faced the option of isoniazid after a positive Mantoux, and a face to xray conversation with the Health Department.

In the end. the best reason they could give us for him to start on the 9 month treatment was that it was FREE.