john011

Bumrangrad Hospital did not do a blood test when I got my work permit medical certificate there last year. 

Unless there is something new I am not aware of, there is no requirement to indicate "reactive" OR "non-reactive". Only that yiu do not have tertiary syphilis.

The suggestion to go to Med Consult Asia (Dr. Donna) is good. They do these certificates all the time.

From my understanding of syphilis , the standard VDRL test will eventually show negative once you have been cured. But the problem is that this may take many months so cannot be used to evaluate how initially successful the treatment has been.
 
Other tests are used to indicate that the infection has been dealt with, but once infected these test may be positive for life.
 
Be aware that some clinics offer a fast syphilis test. As far as I understand this is not the same type of test as the VDRL test, and can in fact show you are positive from previous infection, but the VDRL test would show as negative. This happened to me. I tested positive with the fast test at a clinic, but negative from subsequent tests at a hospital. I had had a previous infection 10 years before.
 
You really need to see an experienced VD doctor to get the best advice. If the doctor is satisfied that you no longer have the infection I am sure he would sign off on your medical certificate that you are free from syphillis

There is no such thing as a "blood test for 3rd stage syphilis". The standard blood test detects only syphilis antibodies. While negative result rules out anything other than syphilis newly caught in past week or so, it will be positive in 1st, 2nd, 3rd stage and also in people who had syphilis in the past fully cured. 3rd stage syphilis is diagnosed based on clinical observations in a person who is sero positive for syphilis. It is entirely possible to determine someone does not have 3rd stage syphilis just by examining them and nothing to gain by doing a blood test in absence of clinical signs.
A doctor can quite honestly and acvurately check "no" for this without a blood test.

 
finally, a voice of reason. It's a stamp on a piece of paper.

Or Dr. Donna at Medconsult Asia.  
 
That would be the easiest and best solution. Just go see her.  No need to stress about it. 
 
http://www.medconsultasia.com/

From what I understand it is possible to do what you want to do: to protect your privacy and retain your employment prospect.
 
But I'm not  sure if it is possible to walk into a random clinic and get a certification by visual examination that would fulfil  MoL requirements. I'm sorry I don't know how to do it, but if I were you I would start right away and see what your test says and than take it from there with caution and level headedness talking to your trusted physician.

I'm sorry I didn't mean to cause panic.
 
The required medical documents I had to submit since the second year onwards working here, were lab reports that specify a certain reading; these lab reports were submitted together with a signed certificate by the doctor.
 
Have you or anyone successfully submitted such a medical certificate without lab reports?
 
Here my colleague's certificate from last year.

No, Im not in Bangkok. What I'm saying is the medical certificate is simply a formality. Just find a local clinic that will do the medical certificate, it should cost no more than 300 baht or so.
 
I think your post is genuine, and you just freaking out over nothing.
 
If your company demands you do a blood in the office or go to a specified hospital they are most likely trying to make you quit.
 
Do not worry, Thailand is a nice place, you just have to go through the motions.

Only stage 3 syphilis is a reason to deny a WP. Stage 1 or 2 is no problem for a WP.

Hello sir,
 
You do not need to go to a hospital, they are very expensive. You can go to a local clinic who will provide a valid medical certificate that is accepted by the employment office and determine whether or not you have syphilis by looking into your eyes and perhaps measuring your blood pressure to make sure you have a pulse.

My place requires a syphilis test every contract renewal.
 
If I ever failed then I would not get a new work permit.
 
Not sure you have privacy for the test that relates to this, past history should be private though.
 
Should.
 
Doesn't always mean it is.

Correct

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A week will clear anything,can also take ziphromax which is taken in 1 day

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How did you catch it?

I am in Thailand, yes! Do I need to take amoxicillin for many months? Or one or two weeks will do (like when you get a common bacterial infection)? Will amoxicillin help to ensure my blood test will no longer yield positive or reactive to the infection?


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Can I get amoxicillin without any prescription? I know it's antibiotic but how is the dosage for that and for how long will I take that meds?


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Hi,

I need some advice. My syphilis test 3 months ago was positive for primary (1st stage) syphilis. I had the first shot of penicillin. I will go for my regular blood test in the next week few weeks. However, I read a lot of information on the internet that even if syphilis has been treated, any future blood test for syphilis will always remain positive. I believe I am now fully cured, but the fact that the test will be positive has scared me a lot because my work permit will expire in August and by the time my employer will apply for renewal, I need to submit medical report, and part of that is syphilis test. 

I have some serious questions to clarify:

1. As far as possible, I need to keep my syphilis to myself and there's no way this should be known by any staff in my company. Is there any accredited hospital in Bangkok that will issue medical record without having necessary blood test? Is syphilis test really required? I remember our company staff in charge of visa would always ask for the medical report that reads: syphilis: non-reactive. 

2. Suppose my blood test will be positive, will I be denied work permit? What are the implications for this in terms of renewing my work permit? Will the company not employ me because Labor department will not issue me a work permit? 

Appreciate all your kind advice. I'm so down because of what happened to me. 

Thanks.