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Originally Posted by Killswitch
Because most doctors are retarded. I had an ear ache went in told the doctor exactly what was wrong, said I had one before I know what it was, I just need a prescription for some penicillin to get rid of it, he said Ok, came back did some tests and then said "yeah, you got an ear infection" I had to pay him $150 for him to tell me the same exact thing I told him when I came in the office.
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I'm so very, very happy I get to tell you what I won't be able to tell patients like you when I get them: you're a fucking imbecile
There are a number of things you could have had:
- acute otitis media - middle ear infection, extremely common, usually responds well to antibiotics.
- otitis media with effusion, could result from barotrauma, allergies or aom - quite common, can lead to hearing loss, antibiotics won't do shit. If resulting from allergies, antihistamines might help.
- acute mastoiditis - mild versions often occur with aom and will go away with antibiotics, but severe versions can also result which have the potential to kill or paralyze you if surgery isn't performed.
And that's ignoring quite a few other options which, while highly unlikely, are quite serious. For example, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, ossifying fibroma, fibrosarcoma, etc. are all things you'd probably want to get spotted early on.
But maybe you'd prefer it if doctors decided to automatically assume the most common cause without actually having a good look first? Just prescribe antibiotics without a proper diagnosis? The type of thing that would virtually guarantee that 50 years from now, virtually every bacterium in existence will be resistant to antibiotics?
I have to wonder... if a doctor overlooked something big, which caused permanent damage or even death in you or any of your loved ones, would you consider "Well, the patient googled his symptoms and was pretty sure it was something else" a good excuse?