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anonymous
Q: Is diabetes a reason for failing a health check?
There's been some talk about the health check. Has anyone had a personal experience being diabetic?
11 years 19 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
They are more concerned about things that can be transmitted to other people. Like an STD or Ebola or something like that.
Same here in the UAE. Diabetes is mostly a disease that can be well-managed. Thanks for the info.
They will check the box on the medical report for blood sugar level, note the diabetes, ask you if you are taking insulin or another medicine, perhaps note that on the report, and that will be the end of it.
Haaike:
Great. Reminds me of a colleague who recently said: My mother-in-law is so dumb, she failed her blood test!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-pollution-plays-significant-role-diabetes-study-055031393.
I'm not buying the premise, if it were true, eveybody in China would be diabetic.
icnif77:
It is difficult to pinpoint out the causes for the disease, and when number of patients are increasing, cause for that is mostly guessing ...
https://www.rt.com/news/431363-air-pollution-diabetes-study/
Stiggs:
I'm no scientist so can't comment on the diabetes claim, but the shitty air is almost definitely playing hell with people lungs and respiratory conditions.
They are more concerned about things that can be transmitted to other people. Like an STD or Ebola or something like that.
When you do the medical exams in China for resident permits no fasting is required before they draw the blood samples, and the blood glucose levels are not evaluated. So if they are not asking, then don't tell.
If you voluntarily disclose you're diabetic, that may show up on the information that is transmitted to the medical insurance provider by the medical testing service, and the diabetes could be treated at a pre-existing condition if you need medical treatments because of that. The medical insurance system in China is far from transparent.
As the others said, the medical exams are screening for STDs, TB and other infectious diseases, health conditions that point towards imminent hospitalizations, and other very serious health problems. That's not to say diabetes or high blood pressure or being overweight aren't significant health issues, but they typically are not exclusionary factors for employment eligibility.
