FAA Medical Question

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It doesn't matter to the FAA what your doctor calls something, what matters
is numbers, as in your doctor can say you have high blood pressure but the
only thing the FAA cares about is that it is under 155.

I am not sure that is true; are you? The question on form 2120-0034 is: "HAVE
YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN DIAGNOSED...". You have only two blocks to check for
each listed condition: "Yes" or "No". If you check "Yes", it is up to your AME
to resolve to issue as per FAA guidlines, or deny you. My point is that the
thresholds that your doctor uses are subject to change based on current
research, and they are likely not the same thresholds found in FAA regulations.

Also, as you get older and don't take a private physical first, there is the
chance you will be denied and there goes everything, including Sport Pilot.

Yes, and that might well play into your decision to get a prior physical...or
not. If you happen to be a professional pilot, Sport Pilot privaleges may not
be terribly important to you.

FYI Myself, I see my doctor regularly. I wat to keep flying, but continuing to
live is even more important to me.

Vaughn

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It doesn't matter to the FAA what your doctor calls something, what matters
is numbers, as in your doctor can say you have high blood pressure but the
only thing the FAA cares about is that it is under 155.

I am not sure that is true; are you? The question on form 2120-0034 is: "HAVE
YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN DIAGNOSED...". You have only two blocks to check for
each listed condition: "Yes" or "No". If you check "Yes", it is up to your AME
to resolve to issue as per FAA guidlines, or deny you. My point is that the
thresholds that your doctor uses are subject to change based on current
research, and they are likely not the same thresholds found in FAA regulations.

Yes, the FAA uses the FAA numbers.

If you were to check yes becuase, for example, your blood pressure was 145,
which most doctors concider "high blood pressure", in the notes you say it
was 145.

The AME in any case is going to take your blood pressure and if it is under
155, that is the end of it.

Taking a private physical well in advance gives you the opportunity to get
a treatable condition under control to FAA standards and get the required
paper done to prove it before you see the AME.


Also, as you get older and don't take a private physical first, there is the
chance you will be denied and there goes everything, including Sport Pilot.

Yes, and that might well play into your decision to get a prior physical...or
not. If you happen to be a professional pilot, Sport Pilot privaleges may not
be terribly important to you.

Again, it gives you the opportunity to get a treatable condition under
control to FAA standards and get the required paper done to prove it
before you see the AME.


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Jim Pennino

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It doesn't matter to the FAA what your doctor calls something, what matters
is numbers, as in your doctor can say you have high blood pressure but the
only thing the FAA cares about is that it is under 155.

I am not sure that is true; are you? The question on form 2120-0034 is:
"HAVE
YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN DIAGNOSED...". You have only two blocks to check
for
each listed condition: "Yes" or "No". If you check "Yes", it is up to your
AME
to resolve to issue as per FAA guidlines, or deny you. My point is that the
thresholds that your doctor uses are subject to change based on current
research, and they are likely not the same thresholds found in FAA
regulations.

Yes, the FAA uses the FAA numbers.

If you were to check yes becuase, for example, your blood pressure was 145,
which most doctors concider "high blood pressure", in the notes you say it
was 145.

The AME in any case is going to take your blood pressure and if it is under
155, that is the end of it.

Suffice it to say, I think the above is very dangerous advice that does not
match my personal experience.
Since I am not about to discuss my own medical past here, this is where it ends.

Vaughn

vaughn writes:

I am not sure that is true; are you? The question on form 2120-0034 is: "HAVE
YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN DIAGNOSED...". You have only two blocks to check for
each listed condition: "Yes" or "No". If you check "Yes", it is up to your AME
to resolve to issue as per FAA guidlines, or deny you. My point is that the
thresholds that your doctor uses are subject to change based on current
research, and they are likely not the same thresholds found in FAA regulations.

It's not true. The actual name of the diagnosed condition matters a lot,
although numbers matter, too.

Mxsmanic wrote:
vaughn writes:

I am not sure that is true; are you? The question on form 2120-0034 is: "HAVE
YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN DIAGNOSED...". You have only two blocks to check for
each listed condition: "Yes" or "No". If you check "Yes", it is up to your AME
to resolve to issue as per FAA guidlines, or deny you. My point is that the
thresholds that your doctor uses are subject to change based on current
research, and they are likely not the same thresholds found in FAA regulations.

It's not true. The actual name of the diagnosed condition matters a lot,
although numbers matter, too.

The numbers are the only thing that matters to the FAA unless the diagnosis
was something like an aneurism about to blow.



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vaughn writes:

For example: if your doctor diagnoses you with type 2 diabetes, you
will be required to report that on your medical application and then you will be
required to jump through the appropriate hoops to get your medical, even though
you may (probably will) pass the AME's very crude urine-based blood sugar test.

The doctor doesn't have to diagnose it. He may simply have a concern about
high blood glucose, which is not the same as a diagnosis of diabetes. The
diagnosis must be reported, but not just the doctor's verbally articulated
concern. And indeed, an occasionally high blood glucose doesn't necessarily
equate to diabetes, so jumping to a diagnosis isn't always warranted.

In contrast, if there really is diabetes, then it's better to get it diagnosed
and fixed, and whether this occurs before or after the FAA medical is
irrelevant. If you are diagnosed a day after the FAA medical, then you are no
longer fit to fly until you get it fixed.

Mxsmanic wrote:
vaughn writes:

For example: if your doctor diagnoses you with type 2 diabetes, you
will be required to report that on your medical application and then you will be
required to jump through the appropriate hoops to get your medical, even though
you may (probably will) pass the AME's very crude urine-based blood sugar test.

The doctor doesn't have to diagnose it. He may simply have a concern about
high blood glucose, which is not the same as a diagnosis of diabetes. The
diagnosis must be reported, but not just the doctor's verbally articulated
concern. And indeed, an occasionally high blood glucose doesn't necessarily
equate to diabetes, so jumping to a diagnosis isn't always warranted.

Your are contradicting yourself.

The doctor either says you have diabetes or he doesn't.

There is no obligation to report generalities, only diagnosis.

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The doctor either says you have diabetes or he doesn't.

Yes. If he says so, you've been diagnosed. If he doesn't, you haven't. Noting
that your blood glucose is unusually high is not the same as diagnosing
diabetes.

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The doctor either says you have diabetes or he doesn't.

Yes. If he says so, you've been diagnosed. If he doesn't, you haven't. Noting
that your blood glucose is unusually high is not the same as diagnosing
diabetes.

No ****, then why did you babble on about diagnosis and observations?


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