One dangerous place - a doctor's clinic

Hiya beamer, Glad you Son is better already. Things we have to put up with really I suppose when we go to those kind of places. Although there are infections going around if we are healthy enough I don´t think that we will pick them up anyway. There is chance that we might but on the whole no. Even though we think that we might catch something else. It has never really bothered me in that sense and I was always in the Doctors Surgery with my Sons one in particular at least twice a week. Also I had to make trips to the Hospital because he had Asthma too. Don´t let it worry you too much. Hope you are all well have a great Weekend.

yah you are right about the risk of acquiring diseases in the Hospital/clinic that is why there is so called Nosocomial/ hospital acquired infection which is a very common infection that the patients might have in the hospital especially those client who stayed long in the hospital.,, but the best thing to do is to be aware on how does diseases be transmitted and knowing those things might help you on how to avoid having those diseases like for example most of the respiratory diseases can be acquire by droplets (airborne) and some diseases are can be acquire if you have open wound or if you are expose on any body fluids of from any sick person like blood, saliva, sputum. etc. so always protect your self with the use of sanitizer frequent hand-washing and if you will be stayed on a hospital better have a disposable face mask.. but also consider that anywhere and anytime you could be expose to diseases so always protect your self and be healthy to have strong immune system..^_^

Yes they can be very dangerous just as hospitals are, many people pick up infections from hospitals, you would think hospitals would be the best place to be protected....

I never thought of it that way...you're right. I hardly ever go to the doctor, maybe once a year. Maybe that's why I'm healthy

hi beamer, hope your son is well now or gets well soon. Anyway my suggestion would be let us bring our children or go to an expensive clinic whenever we can afford to, why? because high end clinics have better doctors, better and disinfected more often, less people so possibility of getting other infections is reduced, and if possible a specialized pedia clinic to eliminate the possibility of contact with adults who are also ill. I am not discounting public hospitals in our country or public health centers, they also have good and qualified doctors and cost next to nothing but we all know how they are maintained (not all but most of them), so go there only as a last resort or if you have financial restraints Now whether public or private, we also have to take our own precaution when getting a check up, bring along your own disinfectant or hand sanitizer, handkerchief or face mask and avoid touching the premises like walls or that pew where we sit to wait. I agree with you that the doctor's clinic is a dangerous place, but it's lesser evil over evil because it's worst if we don't bring a sick individual there. Good luck and again hope your son is well

Yes, when you come to think about it, what you said it absolutely true. I had never thought of it that way. Thanks.

I have to take my son to the doctor for checkups on several different things, and I hate it. Every time we do, one of us is sick within a day or two. Usually me, as he is in a wheelchair and doesn't have to sit in the chairs in the waiting room that the sick ones already have. I hate going.

You are right! I know a lot of times people go into the hospital to get better and then they wind up with an infection that doesn't respond to antibiotics. Hospitals and clinics are not good places if you have to be around a lot of sick people. Thanks for sharing!

That is why we hate to go to these kinds of places. Speaking of such, we'll be taking our son to the government clinic which is just next to us for his routine check up since they need to measure his weight & all that stuff!~Oh well, we can only pray & trust God for His protection

It is true. When I bring my son in to the Clinic for check ups, I worry that he could get the germs at the clinic, I definitely don't want him to go in healthy and leaving sick... I can see the kids and the teenage sneezing, coughing all over the place...

Oh! no, its sounds like a bad hospitality is located there, it is better to keep away your child from like that places. And how is your child's health now. God bless him. Give full rest and healthy food to him.

The place is not safe instead of getting better you might enter the critical stage. I hope they have to improve their facilities.

hi beamer, i actually don't like hospitals because i know how dirty the place is even the air we breathe when we are inside are dirty. but well what can i do, i studied nursing and hopefully i can pass my board exam which i will be taking soon so i can finally be a nurse hehehe. i know what you mean because i also hate the fact that the clinic of my nephew's doctor is just in front of the pulmonary section and people who go there have pulmonary problems like tuberculosis, asthma, cough and all that. instead of getting better, they make each other get worse heheheh i never go to bed nor sit on my bed when i get home from the hospital, even when i was in college. after 12 hours of duty, i still take a shower and my room mates would tell me that i was already trying to kill myself. but i rest for like 30 minutes after i take off my uniform (which i separate from all the other laundry). it would be worse if i don't take a shower, i wont only get myself sick but also my room mates right? so it's better be safe than sorry. prevention is always better than cure hehhee i am glad your son is okay now. kids are so prone to infections, since they don't really know much about aseptic techniques yet. we should just always tell them to wash their hands and take a shower everyday oh and when i went to manila, i was amazed to see how clean this hospital we went to. well, way better than our hospitals here hehehe take care beamer and sorry for the very long response

That's true, that's why if you will notice there are different wards in hospital. Medical, Surgical, OB, Pediatric,.. that's the setting of all hospitals to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

You are very right. That is why it is good to go home, wash your hands, maybe brush your teeth, and even, possibly change clothes if it was very crowded there. Even worse is to have to go to the Emergency room. I have had jobs that involved me taking people to the emergency room and to the doctors. It seemed like I always got sick when I did so.

Oh Yes, I have learned about this recently because my poor mother-in-law had to visit the doctor because she has a serious heart condition and needs to get check-ups and medication on a regular basis. Well, she has caught a very bad cold even though she has had a -flu shot. Make me think that I am glad I didn't bother to have a flu shot as it causes more problem than help for me. _Derek

Hi. beamer88. At Doctor's Care many of the patients that were waiting to see the doctor, was wearing a blue greenish mask over their nose and face. I wonder why they don't have these at the doctor's clinic that you have went to with your son. They were wearing one when I was not feeling well one day. Germs are everywhere. It is contagious. They should order non-surgical masks to wear to keep from themselves being exposed to germs, even when they are sick or not. Schools may need to start wearing these too. It is so many nasty germs here. My kids have been sick like crazy. I know that most of the germs that they have picked up have came from school and from the air as well.

Yes, I do see the irony in the whole point being made here. But there really is no other place that you can go to get medical advice. So I would just deal with it and go to the clinic to have a doctor check me out if I was really sick and needed to get better. I would visit a clinic if I had a fever for a long while and there was nothing I could do to make myself better.

Oh yes I have wondered this also as I could not help but think about virus floating in the air. Wouldn't it be best if they can give us an appointment and see us right away so that we do not infect others and others do not infect us. But what can we do because the doctors sometimes run behind as some people need more examination time. I do hope your son feels better.

yeah right! you can all kinds of sickness on it. just be careful always going on this place.