Medical Exam and Medical Records

[goldfinger]

Hey there - I was reading through the medical exam records, and found this

- IMPORTANT: If you have a previous or existing medical condition, bring any medical reports, test results or prescriptions
that you may have with you to your appointment. This may help reduce the time it takes for your application to be
processed. -

What should we bring? My wife has had a few benign health history pieces (mucus retention cyst, a relatively benign heart defect called "atrial septal aneurysm"). Do we bring documentation of this, or is it fine to just verbally disclose it? The documentation she has contains an erroneous note stating that she had heart surgery at 17 (she didn't. It was discovered at 17, but no surgery was required, and it's been checked since with no required folllow up otherwise) so I feel a little weird bringing those documents.

We have a list of her prescriptions and all of that, but it seems like it would be unnecessarily complicating to have a stack of papers for medical history that could otherwise be disclosed?

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

 

[GandiBaat]

Hey there - I was reading through the medical exam records, and found this

- IMPORTANT: If you have a previous or existing medical condition, bring any medical reports, test results or prescriptions
that you may have with you to your appointment. This may help reduce the time it takes for your application to be
processed. -

What should we bring? My wife has had a few benign health history pieces (mucus retention cyst, a relatively benign heart defect called "atrial septal aneurysm"). Do we bring documentation of this, or is it fine to just verbally disclose it? The documentation she has contains an erroneous note stating that she had heart surgery at 17 (she didn't. It was discovered at 17, but no surgery was required, and it's been checked since with no required folllow up otherwise) so I feel a little weird bringing those documents.

We have a list of her prescriptions and all of that, but it seems like it would be unnecessarily complicating to have a stack of papers for medical history that could otherwise be disclosed?

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

Honestly, the guidelines are vague. A lot depends upon the doctor. I disclosed that I was taking Vitamin B injections and Vitamin D capsules because somehow my body is not able to get either of them well enough. Doctor did not mention it in the form. I had one IBS bout more than a decade back and since then nothing. I thought it was wasteful to bring reports of that bout (it was more than 4 KG of documentation including tests, x-rays, CT scan and what not. Doctors wanted to rule out anything and everything before they conclude it was just IBS). I did mention it to the doctor and told him that I have not brought documentation for that condition because I am not taking ANY medication for it and the symptoms are not just there anymore.

Usually, any condition on disease that is ONGOING needs to be disclosed with its history and documents. Any condition that was serious in past and now mitigated without any further treatment may be mentioned in the exam. A condition that is benign and existed for 10 years or more and needs no treatment may be skipped or at worst mentioned in exam.

 

[goldfinger]

Honestly, the guidelines are vague. A lot depends upon the doctor. I disclosed that I was taking Vitamin B injections and Vitamin D capsules because somehow my body is not able to get either of them well enough. Doctor did not mention it in the form. I had one IBS bout more than a decade back and since then nothing. I thought it was wasteful to bring reports of that bout (it was more than 4 KG of documentation including tests, x-rays, CT scan and what not. Doctors wanted to rule out anything and everything before they conclude it was just IBS). I did mention it to the doctor and told him that I have not brought documentation for that condition because I am not taking ANY medication for it and the symptoms are not just there anymore.

Usually, any condition on disease that is ONGOING needs to be disclosed with its history and documents. Any condition that was serious in past and now mitigated without any further treatment may be mentioned in the exam. A condition that is benign and existed for 10 years or more and needs no treatment may be skipped or at worst mentioned in exam.

That makes a lot of sense, and I feel like it resonates with what I'd plan.

Thanks!