Has a doctor ever misdiagnosed you?
By Giggles88
@Giggles88 (542)
United States
February 27, 2007 9:00pm CST
My doctor tends to misdiagnose me a lot. He told me I had a bladder infection when I went in for stomach pains and when it wouldn't go away with antibiotics I saw another doctor that told me there was no infection at all. Why do doctors jump to conclusions without actually doing any tests? Are they not responsable? Has this ever happened to you?
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Yes a few of them all said there was no hope I was going to die...Guess what I'm still here and feel great!
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@Giggles88 (542)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Well I'm glad you're still here to spread hope around mylot. Stupid doctors.
@greengal (4286)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Uh oh, then you should really think about changing your doc. Luckily I haven't had any such experiences and our family doc is a good one. Sometimes docs suggest medication suspecting a particular misfunction. If you are doubtful then it's always good to take the opinion of more than one doc.
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@Giggles88 (542)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I hope my doc is right about the strep throat I supposedly have right now. I don't want to die yet or lose a lung or something.
@Tweety2035 (662)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Some doctors are just out for the money and will keep telling you things just to keep you coming into the office.Every time you go to see a doctor whether you have a copay or not they make money from your insurance company.
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
28 Feb 07
yes this has happen to me an i was so mad..it costed me so much money.i went the frist time for bites on my arm an they told me it was a spider bite.they gave me some med.an sent me home..well it got worse.i was getting more bites on my arm an it was hurting really bad with pain.i went to another dr.an come to find out i had shingles.i was walking around an spreading the shingles an didnt know it.all because of a dr.who didnt know what he was doing.dr. are crazy anymore an dont care about people like they uses to
@Giggles88 (542)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Wow that's a pretty big mistake. That must have really sucked. I'd be pretty pissed too.
@hezoid (2144)
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1 Mar 07
Yup, i have some weird form of eczema that was slightly infected on the skin around my eyes, and the doctor i went to maintained there was nothing wrong, and went i pusehd him for an answer saying there clearly was, since my skin wasn't normally like that, he said it was an alleric reaction ot my eye make up (which i'd been fine with for like the past year!) and then finally decided it was acne! Around my eyes!!! He gave me some crappy cream, which didn't work, and made it worse, so i went to the drop in centre where the nurse diagnosed me straight away and gave me some cream that worked within a few days. Fecking docotor!
