Menstrual Health Certificate Application Process

It is completely possible to apply for a health certificate normally during menstruation. Only a few special positions that require transvaginal gynecological examination can apply to postpone the examination. The other routine items will not be affected. The overall process is almost the same as that during non-menstrual period. There is at most one more step to inform the medical staff of the menstrual status. There is no hard requirement that "you must wait until the end of menstruation".

Last week, I accompanied my best friend Xiao Nan, who had so much menstrual cramps that she was breaking into a cold sweat, to apply for a health certificate for a catering job. Before going out, she saw several posts saying, "If you fail to pass the urine test for the health certificate during menstruation, you need to re-examine." I almost canceled the appointment directly. Finally, I went with the mentality of giving it a try. I completed all the items in 22 minutes and successfully obtained the certificate 3 days later. I didn't even need to make an extra trip to make up for the items. I had to buy iced milk tea to celebrate when I came out (of course I don't recommend that you drink iced drinks like her during menstruation).

Why are there so many sayings on the Internet that "you cannot get a health certificate during menstruation"? In fact, there are currently two different practical tendencies in the industry: one is the official guidance of the local centers for disease control, which believes that the core screening purpose of the health certificate is to rule out viral hepatitis, active tuberculosis, dysentery, typhoid and other infectious diseases. The blood collection, chest X-ray, stool routine, general surgical palpation and other items involved are not affected by physiological changes during menstruation. Even the urine routine that everyone is worried about will not be judged as abnormal even if a small number of red blood cells are detected as long as the menstrual period is clearly marked, and the certificate can be issued normally. ； The other type is the conservative advice of some private medical examination institutions. They are afraid that users will have objections to the marked urine test results. They will give priority to recommending that the urine test be done 3 days after the end of menstruation, but they do not require other items to be postponed, and they will not refuse your application.

I accompanied Xiao Nan throughout the whole journey, and I really didn’t think there was anything special about it. She made a toll-free appointment with the local government service in advance. When she arrived at the site, she received a physical examination form and filled out her job information and personal data. When queuing up for blood collection, she casually mentioned to the nurse that she was on her menstrual period and was afraid that there would be problems with the urine test. The nurse directly stamped her urine test application form with a stamp of "submit for menstrual examination", and also specifically reminded her to keep her urine in the middle to avoid contamination by menstrual blood. She also took two pills of ibuprofen for pain relief that morning. Worried about affecting the liver function results, she asked the doctor for a long time. The doctor smiled and said that a regular dose of painkillers would not cause abnormal fluctuations in liver function indicators, so there was no need to worry about it.

Of course, it’s not that there are no extra trips. I met a sister who was applying for a confinement post during a prenatal checkup a while ago. Their health certificate required a transvaginal gynecological screening for susceptible pathogenic bacteria such as Candida and Trichomonas, which was just in time. During her menstrual period, she applied to the physical examination department to postpone this item. The hospital kept the results of the blood tests and chest X-rays that had been completed for 30 days. When her menstrual period was over, she came to have a make-up gynecological examination three days later. The certificate was issued on the same day without paying any extra money, which was very convenient.

To be honest, I used to think that applying for a health certificate during menstruation would be troublesome. After going through the process twice, I discovered that many of the "waste" and "failure" rumors on the Internet were due to a lack of communication in advance. If you really want to apply for a health certificate just in time for your menstruation, you don’t have to change the appointment time. At most, you can just mention it to the doctors and nurses that you are on your period, and they will deal with it accordingly. If you have severe menstrual cramps, you can also apply for priority projects that do not require standing for a long time. Most of the processing points now are quite user-friendly. The only thing that needs to be confirmed in advance is that the free health certificate applications in a few districts and counties have a validity limit for re-doing items. Before going there, you can call the public number of the application point and ask to avoid running into special rules. However, I have asked friends who work for disease control and more than 90% of the application points across the country accept the results of urine tests marked with menstrual periods, so there is no need to be too anxious.