You may remember DUmmy Aerows from last summer.
During the big George W. Bush-caused drought, she came to the DUmp with a serious concern.
She was sure the price of eggs would spike due to the drought.
With no rain, the chickens would have nothing to drink, and she had heard that thirsty chickens lay fewer eggs.
DUmmy Aerows is nearly as stupid as DUmmy rsmithnumbers.
In this lame bouncy for some reason she's bitching about a doctor:
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 06:58 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
Have you ever been to a doctor for a generalized problem
and they didn't take your blood pressure, didn't take your temperature and didn't weigh you or take your height?
I'll give you an example. I went to the doctor with a raging ear infection, and it was ostensibly an ear doctor. Nobody checked to see if I had a fever. Nobody checked my blood pressure, nobody did checked my weight or height.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023029750Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:01 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
3. I had an ear infection
I went to see this guy and they never checked if I had a fever (I'm sure I still do). They didn't check my blood pressure. All the doctor did was get offended because it hurt when he checked the inside of my ear.
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:01 PM
dlwickham (884 posts)
2. did you ask them why they didn't take your temp, etc
Response to dlwickham (Reply #2)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:03 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
7. I felt like crap
it didn't dawn on me until now, and I still feel like crap. He gave me some drops for my ears, and they aren't working because I feel like I'm still running a fever. I even told him that. "I felt like I was running a fever."
Nobody even bothered to take my temperature, but they bothered to take my $150.00 for the visit.
Maybe she's just bragging about having $150.
You can always expect to get great advice at the DUmp:
Response to Aerows (Reply #7)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:59 PM
MADem (87,119 posts)
35. Call him back and complain about the standard of care, demand another appointment, and after you're
done, tell him he isn't going to charge you, because he misdiagnosed you the first time and didn't take your vitals.
You might need one of those z packs. I know they are overused, but if he gives you one, take it.
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:03 PM
Rod Walker (19 posts)
6. I've been to see various doctors a *lot* in the last couple of years. Every single time they took
my blood pressure, temperature, weight, etc...even when I saw the same doctor the next day.
Response to Aerows (Reply #10)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:13 PM
FarCenter (13,496 posts)
13. Normally, this stuff is done by the nurse before the doctor sees me.
The doctor may or may not recheck the blood pressure.
I have never seen a doctor take a blood pressure reading himself. It's always done before he enters the room.
Response to FarCenter (Reply #13)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:17 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
14. I went to the doctor's office (so I thought)
no one at the doctor's office that has never seen me before took my pulse, my blood pressure or took my temperature when I was explicitly there for an ear *infection*.
Now don't you think you should take someone's temperature if they have an infection?
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:06 PM
bike man (430 posts)
9. Did you know what the doctor's speciality was, else why was it "ostensibly an ear
doctor"? Did you ask about your temperature and/or blood pressure?
It is possible to be an active participant in your own medical care.
Response to bike man (Reply #9)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:19 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
15. I stated it twice
No one took my temperature, no one took my blood pressure. I thought I was at the "ear doctor" and when I was at the "ear doctor" and said I had an ear issue and thought I was running a fever they would look into that.
Whoa! Now the DUmp's Surgeon General weighs in:
Response to Aerows (Reply #12)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:26 PM
Aristus (29,773 posts)
18. Not necessarily.
I'd say 80% of the ear infections I treat present without fever.
Keep in mind, fever is a very non-specific symptom. But it has a specific definition: 101.0 degrees Fahrenheit, or 38 degrees Celcius or higher.
I have a lot of patients who insist they have a fever, when their temp is only, say, 98.9 or so.
Some patients tell me that they have a normally low temperature; 96.6, for example. And so that 98.6 for them is a fever. I tell them 'no, fever isn't a relative thing. Fever is fever for everyone.', and then I give them the definition I just gave you
DUmmy Aristus is expecting us to believe there's a medical doctor somewhere who has thirty thousand posts on a web forum for political lunatics.
The only doctors that crazy are Ron and Rand Paul.
Response to Aerows (Reply #22)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:34 PM
Aristus (29,773 posts)
24. Once again, not necessarily.
'Fever', 'chills', and 'night sweats' are all things we ask about. And they can all present independent of one another.
Response to Aristus (Reply #24)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:43 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
29. All three
Your opinion?
Finally! A DUmp diagnosis!
Response to Aerows (Reply #29)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:45 PM
Aristus (29,773 posts)
30. Definitely an ear infection.
Response to RebelOne (Reply #16)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:26 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
17. I was there for an INFECTION
They didn't even take my temperature or my blood pressure.
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:30 PM
quinnox (16,000 posts)
21. usually the general doctor would do my weight and blood pressure but
I did have a problem, and both the regular doctor and a specialist doctor seemed to be clueless about it, and couldn't tell me what was wrong. And I know I had a problem, because it has now progressed to be more of a problem. In short, these doctors made me think many doctors don't have a clue.
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:32 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (34,893 posts)
23. Last time I went to the doctor's office (for a bad case of bronchitis), they did all that stuff.
And when I returned a few days later for a follow-up visit they did it again, even though I commented that my height and weight wouldn't have changed much in such a short time. Seemed like it was just this routine thing they always did.
Reponse to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:39 PM
elleng (40,892 posts)
27. No, I don't think so.
they always check, to keep records, to know weight etc for medications, and to note changes, I assume.
Going for check-up Tuesday; ask me then!
And going to 'ear doctor,' for infection, and temperature not taken???
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:40 PM
Aerows (14,570 posts)
28. Here's my issue
I have been running a fever. I have specific issues with my ear, including pain, feeling like there is an ocean in my head behind one ear, and fever.
I stated that specifically. Now do you think perhaps it's time to take somebody's blood pressure (to test for pain) and their temperature (to test for fever)? I don't mean to bitch, but I shelled out $150 to this idiot that did nothing but hand out $35 drops and told me I had swimmer's ear.
Response to Aerows (Original post)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
Prism (3,461 posts)
32. No
I often attend disabled individuals on appointments - I've probably seen three dozen different doctors this year alone in the course of my job - and every single time weight, blood pressure, and temperature are checked by a nurse or assistant before the doctor even enters the room.
How many times will DUmmy Aerows be called a liar?
Poor addled grasswipe Judy embarrasses herself and her six generations of offspring once again:
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 09:51 PM
grasswire (36,872 posts)
38. I'd be happer if I ever saw them wash their hands!
My clinic is connected to a large medical school. My primary care person is a nurse practitioner. There often is a medical student accompanying her. I never see them wash their hands. Not on entering the room, not on leaving the room. However one day she called an M.D. into the room to look at my skin. He carefully washed his hands before and after examining me.
And yes, I am always weighed and vitals taken but rarely does anyone listen to my heart or lungs despite having a history of some cardiac concerns.
I wonder if poor addled grasswipe Judy removes all those layers of overcoats in the examining room.
