Intimate Examinations at Medical??

[seldi 1]

It's not fun but it's part of life, just like pap smears.

so now people with STDs will have their visa denied or what's the point of that? I thought they only cared about AIDS/HIV ?

[iceyspots 0]

Hope your medical comes out fine...

It's one of your last steps to see your SO...

But you will know the difference between what is medically neccesary, and what is harrassment!

[mrc 0]

I've looked at the USCIS website. There's a whole page on the medical exams, including the form the civil surgeon fills in - AND what they're testing for.

Here's the thing: they test for gonorrhea and chlamydia. Well, the only way you can diagnose those things is a swab down the ####### for men and a smear-test-like swab for women.

Not true anymore. They can test for gonorrhea and chlamydia with a urine sample. Don't ask me how I know this.

[Tim and Bethanie 1]

It's not fun but it's part of life, just like pap smears.

so now people with STDs will have their visa denied or what's the point of that? I thought they only cared about AIDS/HIV ?

I would think they would at least expect you to get it treated if you had any form of STD.

Edited to say, strikes me as odd the OP has been a member for well over a year and this is what they post about, then never return.

Edited July 29, 2006 by Tim and Bethanie

[Joey559 1]

How many people die each year of breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer because God forbid someone see the plumbing??? Not to mention the people who don't get diagnosed with and treated for STD's that become bigger problems AND are spread on to others.

An attitude like this toward medical exams cuts the survival rate of millions of people. They can turn me upside down and shake me like a christmas tree for all I care. Get over what's basically just another patch of flesh.

Human Rights issue...oh brother...

[Itsmeitsmeitsree! 0]

How many people die each year of breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer because God forbid someone see the plumbing??? Not to mention the people who don't get diagnosed with and treated for STD's that become bigger problems AND are spread on to others.

An attitude like this toward medical exams cuts the survival rate of millions of people. They can turn me upside down and shake me like a christmas tree for all I care. Get over what's basically just another patch of flesh.

Human Rights issue...oh brother...

Quite well said!

[dani_christine 0]

interesting topic...

when my hubby (then fiance) had his medical in UK, he was seen by a "Dr. Bagdhadi"...who was an egyptian gynecologist. he said the exam was the most thorough exam he's ever had. apparently, there was quite a bit of close inspection of his "bits".

in the end, it was sooo worth it, though...because it meant we could be together. <3

[Risto 0]

I've looked at the USCIS website. There's a whole page on the medical exams, including the form the civil surgeon fills in - AND what they're testing for.

Here's the thing: they test for gonorrhea and chlamydia. Well, the only way you can diagnose those things is a swab down the ####### for men and a smear-test-like swab for women. The guidelines on the USCIS website for the doctors also state 'to include complete disrobing'. Sorry, but if this were Europe I think the Court of Human Rights would have something to say about that.

SURELY they don't do this??????????? Anyone had the medicals? Did it involve any genital stuff? If so I'd be totally outraged and would not set foot in the US if I didn't love my husband so much!

From hearsay, it seems as if not all these things are carried out on the ground, as it were. But if you look at the USCIS website this is what the doctors are instructed to do - it's DISGUSTING!

Why you are assuming this is the only way to diagnose those things???

See a shrink

[TracyTN 237]

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