Suffering Hypertension, cheat?, pls advise
 

Dear all,

I am going to send the application for PR within australia.

However I found out that I may have hypertension recently. That could be the only reason for me to fail my application.

I would like to ask for any advices that can help my situation....

I am worrying about this for 3 mths, and up until now I still haven't done the medical check, and this is theo nly thing left.

I would like to ask, if i start medication to control my BP and go for medical check without telling them I am on medication for HBP, would they be able to chekc it out through my blood test? I know I shouldn't do it as it is cheating... but...

WHat would be the best way to overcome this/

thanks for your advices

Re: Suffering Hypertension, cheat?, pls advise
 

Re: Suffering Hypertension, cheat?, pls advise
 

You have absolutely NO worries there, I can assure you.

My wife suffers the same and she told the doc doing the medical, he said nothing to worry about!.

Good luck!.


;)

Re: Suffering Hypertension, cheat?, pls advise
 

First, not owning up to an existing medical condition will if found out almost certainly cause you more problems..

Second, do a search through the forum for 'blood pressure' or 'hypertension' you'll find plenty of messages from people in a similar situation who haven't found it to be major obstacle at all.

Finally and most importantly, don't hang delay getting the treatment, I don't know how high your BP is but everything else becomes rather irrelevant if you end up getting serious problems from untreated hypertension.

Cheers

Perry

Re: Suffering Hypertension, cheat?, pls advise
 

Having Hypertension in isolation of heart disease etc. will be unlikely to
cause you to fail a medical. You need to inform them that you are taking
medication for this, for how long & what medication it is. You will probably
have to get a cardiology report which will show if this has been a long-term
uncontrolled problem or not. It's a good idea to speak to the panel doctor
before you have your medical and suggest this so that you can bring the
report to the medical otherwise you will have 2 trips to the doctor - 2 sets
of fees unless he/she is very kind.

Don't worry about it - it'll only exacerbate the hypertension.

Good luck.

Siobhan


"kentcoast" wrote in message
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    > Originally posted by calviny:
    > >
    > > However I found out that I may have hypertension recently. That could
    > > be the only reason for me to fail my application.
    > >
    > > ......
    > >
    > >
    > > I would like to ask, if i start medication to control my BP and go for
    > > medical check without telling them I am on medication for HBP, would
    > > they be able to chekc it out through my blood test? I know I shouldn't
    > > do it as it is cheating... but...
    > >
    > >
    > First, not owning up to an existing medical condition will if found out
    > almost certainly cause you more problems..
    > Second, do a search through the forum for 'blood pressure' or
    > 'hypertension' you'll find plenty of messages from people in a similar
    > situation who haven't found it to be major obstacle at all.
    > Finally and most importantly, don't hang delay getting the treatment, I
    > don't know how high your BP is but everything else becomes rather
    > irrelevant if you end up getting serious problems from untreated
    > hypertension.
    > Cheers
    > Perry
    > --
    > PSW
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