Diabetes and Chinese visa health check

[marcop1]

Hey this is my first post here. I was just curious will diabetes be an issue while I get my health check up done in china for my temporary residence permit?

Any help would be appreciated.

[mungouk]

Hi and welcome to the forums.

 

There is no mention of diabetes on the form to fill in before you go.  They're more interested in communicable diseases and "disorders endangering the public order and security".

 

I couldn't comment on what happens when you get to China as I haven't got that far myself yet. 

 

There's some discussion of the medical over on this recent thread.

 

 

[abcdefg]

If your diabetes is under control, as shown by basic blood and urine screening tests, you won't have a problem. 

[anonymoose]

No.

[marcop1]

Anonymoose are you sure?

[Dawei3]

Marcop1,

If you do go, bring all of your medicines & insulin with you.  In China, it's hard to know the quality of the drug and/or the insulin (and vaccines) that you buy.  

 

I can't comment on health check & your residence permit.  

[abcdefg]

16 hours ago, marcop1 said:

Anonymoose are you sure?

 

The health check I had as a student in China included a basic blood chemistry and a basic urinalysis. If those screening tests are still required today, then I stick with my earlier posting that if these results were seriously out of whack, questions would be raised.

 

For example, if your blood sugar came back as 600 and the urine glucose dipsticked 4+ it would raise eyebrows and trigger further investigation even in a very relaxed testing environment. 

[anonymoose]

16 hours ago, marcop1 said:

Anonymoose are you sure?

 

Yes.

 

I can't speak for abcdefg's hypothetical situation, but for what it's worth, I've never had to provide a urine sample in all the times I've had health checks in China between 2006 and 2014.

[marcop1]

8 hours ago, abcdefg said:

The health check I had as a student in China included a basic blood chemistry and a basic urinalysis. If those screening tests are still required today, then I stick with my earlier posting that if these results were seriously out of whack, questions would be raised.

 

Thankfully my diabetes is under control and yes the basic blood chemistry and urinalysis are still required

[roddy]

Can't ever remember anyone having a problem. It's not infectious, it's manageable, it's hardly unknown in China. Let us know how you get on, but I don't think it's anything to worry about.