Chicken pox question - Medical

[j26 10]

Hello!

 

I am based in the UK and on the email for the Medical appointment it says that if you have proof of chicken pox as a child to bring this in. I did have chicken pox as a child but this was never reported to the doctors by my parents as it wasn’t serious. 

 

Do they provide a blood test on the day/this doesn’t matter? I’m slightly worried I’ll need to get a blood test from my doctor’s beforehand to show immunity? Could someone let me know their experience with the medical and chicken pox?

Thank you

[Cw1977 102]

10 minutes ago, j26 said:

Hello!

 

I am based in the UK and on the email for the Medical appointment it says that if you have proof of chicken pox as a child to bring this in. I did have chicken pox as a child but this was never reported to the doctors by my parents as it wasn’t serious. 

 

Do they provide a blood test on the day/this doesn’t matter? I’m slightly worried I’ll need to get a blood test from my doctor’s beforehand to show immunity? Could someone let me know their experience with the medical and chicken pox?

Thank you

I was same. At medical in London they do a visual check to see if you have scars from chicken pox (I didn’t as it was 35 yrs ago!) so they do a blood test and you get results a few days later. If you have the immunity antibodies from that, no further action needed. If not, you need to arrange a vax, locally. 
 

nothing to worry about either way though. 

[j26 10]

Just now, Cw1977 said:

I was same. At medical in London they do a visual check to see if you have scars from chicken pox (I didn’t as it was 35 yrs ago!) so they do a blood test and you get results a few days later. If you have the immunity antibodies from that, no further action needed. If not, you need to arrange a vax, locally. 
 

nothing to worry about either way though. 

Thank you so much for this! Was the blood test at an additional cost or included in the price? I was worried I had to scramble to get a blood test from my doctors prior to my app!

[Cw1977 102]

1 minute ago, j26 said:

Thank you so much for this! Was the blood test at an additional cost or included in the price? I was worried I had to scramble to get a blood test from my doctors prior to my app!

extra cost. Maybe £70?

[j26 10]

3 minutes ago, Cw1977 said:

extra cost. Maybe £70?

Thank you! As long as they’re happy to do it on the day I’m happy to pay lol!

 

Thank you again for your help!

[Cw1977 102]

Just now, j26 said:

Thank you! As long as they’re happy to do it on the day I’m happy to pay lol!

 

Thank you again for your help!

No prob. Just checked and I think it’s less than I quoted. 
 

I paid 420 incl the blood test so I think it was maybe an extra 35/40

[yuna628 9,671]

In general they will take your word for it.

[appleblossom 2,479]

Myself, spouse and two teenage children had medicals in London last year, they never even asked us about it. They just ticked the 'Varicella History' box and that was it. 

[AndiB 677]

On 2/3/2024 at 6:12 PM, j26 said:

Hello!

 

I am based in the UK and on the email for the Medical appointment it says that if you have proof of chicken pox as a child to bring this in. I did have chicken pox as a child but this was never reported to the doctors by my parents as it wasn’t serious. 

 

Do they provide a blood test on the day/this doesn’t matter? I’m slightly worried I’ll need to get a blood test from my doctor’s beforehand to show immunity? Could someone let me know their experience with the medical and chicken pox?

Thank you

they just took my word for it that i had it as a kid

[Cw1977 102]

On 2/4/2024 at 9:19 PM, AndiB said:

they just took my word for it that i had it as a kid

I think they used to do this but it’s changed now - she even said to me they could do that before but that the US was tightening up on this (unless they didn’t believe me!!)

 

 

[appleblossom 2,479]

8 minutes ago, Cw1977 said:

I think they used to do this but it’s changed now - she even said to me they could do that before but that the US was tightening up on this (unless they didn’t believe me!!)

 

 

 

How strange, I wonder if it depends on the doctor. Ours were only 6 months ago ish, and none of us were even asked about it, both doctors just ticked the box to say we had a 'varicella history' even though it wasn't on our medical summaries. I had a photo of my son with spots on his face all ready to go and everything. 😂

[Cw1977 102]

5 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

How strange, I wonder if it depends on the doctor. Ours were only 6 months ago ish, and none of us were even asked about it, both doctors just ticked the box to say we had a 'varicella history' even though it wasn't on our medical summaries. I had a photo of my son with spots on his face all ready to go and everything. 😂

Yes, Very interesting.  Mine was in aug last year 

[appleblossom 2,479]

22 minutes ago, Cw1977 said:

Yes, Very interesting.  Mine was in aug last year 

 

Our was about the same time, really odd. We had two different doctors see the 4 of us, neither did any checking at all. 

[j26 10]

Hi all, 

 

Thanks for your replies!

Just an update, had my medical yesterday and the nurse asked me if I'd had chicken pox, I said yes but I'd never been to the doctors about it and she said she'd take my word for it, as most people in the UK had chicken pox as a kid and never went to the docs! So all good