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Is that what the field is asking for, “country of passport”?

I doubt that will be needed but let’s see. Not if I can avoid it.

As clear as “country of residence”? See above. Sure. But if I can avoid it, I will. Like I said, guess I’ll just have to try my luck. My guess is that no one will give a <deleted> when I show up with PR but no form.

Nope. Never did that since I have PR.

Yeah.

Seems also “simple” and “clear” that PR isn’t mentioned on the priority or Thai national lanes, yet PR holders can use those lanes. Likewise, the term “Country of Residence”also seems “simple” and “clear”, yet I can’t select Thailand. If what they write really was so “simple” and “clear”, a PR holder would have to fill it in because he’s not a Thai national, but he can’t fill it in because his country of residence is Thailand. I guess I’ll just go to the lanes for Thai nationals without this form and see what happens.

I never claimed I’m a Thai national or that PR makes me a Thai national. My question was whether PR holders need to fill this in. It doesn’t say whether it’s required for PR holders.

Any idea whether PR holders have to do this? It says “all non-Thai nationals” or something like that but I never had to fill in those arrival cards.

I did a confirmatory test to make sure there’s really no STI. PCR test came negative for all seven bacteria. ln addition the doctor suggested a PCR test that checks for 33 different viral infections. This one came back positive for Rhinovirus. I understand that’s basically the common cold. Is it possible to have that chronically? It’s been 6 weeks with this and it doesn’t feel like your common cold. I feel and inflammation in the right side of my neck, a dry throat (no pain at all), not much mucus, and a little bit stuffed nose (almost not noticeable).

It’s definitely possible. I just don’t understand why it doesn’t go away once the dog is gone. I have this for almost six weeks now. The dog stayed with me a week before it started and two weekends during the six weeks. Would it be expensive to test for dog allergy specifically (instead for several different allergies)? And would they need the dog (or his fur or saliva) or can they test without that?

Would you have a recommendation for a specialist who could test for allergies (including dog allergies)? It seems the STI test was a false positive: 1) Culture 1: nothing found 2) PCR 1: Gonnorhea and Trich 3) Took treatment for Gonnorhea, not for Trich 4) PCR 2: Mycoplasma Hominis (no NG and no TV) 5) Culture 2: nothing found 6) PCR 3: Nothing found No sexual activity between the tests. No other antibiotics taken. Cultures can be unreliable, especially in the throat, so I’ll ignore those. Gonnorhea is a common STI in the throat. Trich seems to be so uncommon in the throat, CDC actually says it’s impossible to get it but I found one case report in a medical journal. But if that first PCR was correct, how would Trich suddenly disappear despite no treatment, an Mycoplasma Hominis randomly show up despite not sexual activity in between? Looking at the timeline of my symptoms, they started shortly after I had my friends’ dog stay with me for a week and sleep in my bed. A dog allergy would be odd because my ex has a dog and he would always sleep in the same bed on the other hand we didn’t spend much nights together and I also heard an allergic reaction can depend on the specific dog/breed. I cleaned my bed room and turned my HEPA filter on highest setting and thought my symptoms slightly improved and got slightly worse when the dog stayed over again but this could as well be a coincidence or my imagination. Anyway I thought I should check it.

Can you recommend a doctor in Bangkok who I could talk to about antidepressants and who would be able to prescribe an antidepressant if warranted? In particular looking for someone who: 1. Can perform a psychological assessment first before prescribing anything — especially want to avoid doctors who just hand out antidepressants like candies; 2. Knows different types of antidepressants so he can help find the right one; 3. Monitors the process of starting the antidepressant so that he can potentially switch to a different one if warranted

So I ended up getting a throat PCR for STI myself since I’m sexually actively (but most unprotected oral sex) and it came back positive for two pathogens. I’ll go to a hospital now to get treated (and hope the two antibiotics I started didn’t cause resistance). It seems I really got the flu from going to the hospital on that day. Guess I should have checked for STI directly instead of going to the hospital. in fact, that was actually the reason I went to the hospital in the first place but the infectious disease docs weren’t available so they transferred me to a general practitioner who suggested I should try that antibiotic. Bad luck.

Not really much of a diagnosis. The main reason was “you have sore throat for two weeks now”. The only examination performed was to look into the throat and into the nose (throat slightly inflamed and nose stuffed).

@Sheryl so I went back to the doc because I still feel a swelling at that right side of my throat and an inflamed throat but also stomach issues. The doc said the lymph nodes are fine and referred me to the ENT. The ENT looked in my throat and prescribed one week of Levofloxacin. Now I know a bit about antibiotics and this class of antibiotics in particular. I also know a bit about how Thai doctors tend to hand out antibiotics like candy. Is this really warranted? I know it’s like a the nuke option but I’m reluctant to take such a strong antibiotic without a test confirming (1) a bacterial infection and (2) susceptibility to this (and only this) class of antibiotics. But I also know that a throat swab isn’t always reliable. After I shared my concerns the doc now changed to Augmentin but I’m still wondering whether I should just empirically take an antibiotic for a week. The first time I came to this hospital they already wanted to send me away with Levofloxacin and it doesn’t make me feel good.