After being defered from the medical , I have just found out i have a hole in my heart , Im assuming it does , but can someone clarify whether or not this will stop me from joining?
Thanks a lot
andy
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Hole in the heart?
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just_me
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The doctors who did the scan send the results to the army who will either say yes , no or send it to nother specialist to have a look.
I think it will be a no because the army have to be deployable anywhere. He actually said that it could affect me at high altitudes including mountains.
Think i already know whats coming
I think it will be a no because the army have to be deployable anywhere. He actually said that it could affect me at high altitudes including mountains.
Think i already know whats coming
.Hello mate,
Sorry to hear about this. Gutting i know to find out you have any medical condition which might jepadise your application, especially when you appear to be perfectly healthy etc...
I got rejected from some OTC selection a few years back because on the medical inspection the quack found a possible heart murmer, even though i pissed all over the fitness tests and was in the top 10 etc...
I didn't want this to affect my application to the military in a few years time so i got to my doctor, explained the situation, and ended up having ECG scans and all sorts.
Finally got a cariologist's letter explaining my heart condition was totally benign and that should not affect my application into the military.]
Apparantly i also have a hole in the heart, whatever that means?!
This was all done through the NHS in a few weeks and no grief.
Apparantly the military doctor will knock you back if there is any whiff of a medical complication, as they have to cover their own arses insurance wise with all the bullsh1t court actions and sueing cases these days....
Wouldn't look good if someone dropped dead on excercise from some heart failure, after being told they were fit to soldier by the doctor..
Good luck with your application!
Sorry to hear about this. Gutting i know to find out you have any medical condition which might jepadise your application, especially when you appear to be perfectly healthy etc...
I got rejected from some OTC selection a few years back because on the medical inspection the quack found a possible heart murmer, even though i pissed all over the fitness tests and was in the top 10 etc...
I didn't want this to affect my application to the military in a few years time so i got to my doctor, explained the situation, and ended up having ECG scans and all sorts.
Finally got a cariologist's letter explaining my heart condition was totally benign and that should not affect my application into the military.]
Apparantly i also have a hole in the heart, whatever that means?!
This was all done through the NHS in a few weeks and no grief.
Apparantly the military doctor will knock you back if there is any whiff of a medical complication, as they have to cover their own arses insurance wise with all the bullsh1t court actions and sueing cases these days....
Wouldn't look good if someone dropped dead on excercise from some heart failure, after being told they were fit to soldier by the doctor..
Good luck with your application!
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Doc
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When we are born both atria, the upper chambers of the heart are as one, as we develop they split into two. In some people the join is incomplete and a "hole in the heart" is diagnosed.
Some murmurs are benign, such as with mitral vlave regurgitation, sometimes cause by an enlarged left ventricle from sustained excessive phys, and the valve is spereated slightly by the enlargement and blood flows backward on ventricle contraction back into the left atrium.
However, this can also be a sign of stenoisis, so all murmurs need to be checked out and sometimes the same diagnosis can have a different pathological origin and therefore affect on health and by default application to HM forces.
Some murmurs are benign, such as with mitral vlave regurgitation, sometimes cause by an enlarged left ventricle from sustained excessive phys, and the valve is spereated slightly by the enlargement and blood flows backward on ventricle contraction back into the left atrium.
However, this can also be a sign of stenoisis, so all murmurs need to be checked out and sometimes the same diagnosis can have a different pathological origin and therefore affect on health and by default application to HM forces.
