Hysteria
Comment on A tense moment.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Really, the doctor would probably not see anything recognisable, and ask the patient if they think they are making it up, or if they’re a woman, that its their period.
Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Yup, my arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy went undiagnosed because my first cardiologist found it easier to just tell me to stop being fat. There’s more to the story, but if it had been caught then, I might not have needed a heart transplant later on.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Stop pretend the healthcare system has the resources to deal with unknown diseases.
If they can’t find a diagnosis, you’ll get told that you’re probably anxious or depressed, or malingering, and get told to exercise and eat healthy.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Oh wow
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Awful and I can even try beginning to imagine the kinds of things patients affected might be told by doctors… (“I get tired too, …, get more sleep before your next appointment”)
Wishing the best for you and the community
boonhet@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I ha the the fact that the first half of it sounded exactly like me
However, as soon as it got to the hallmark symptom, I felt pretty lucky. I don’t have any sort of post-exertional crash or anything. I’ll be a bit tired but feel good
obinice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kinda sounds like you’re refering to a particular country’s healthcare system (whilst assuming OP meant this same one), but you didn’t specify.
You could be talking about Brazil, Kenya, New Zealand, even France. Without that bit of info, it’s hard to learn much from what you’re sharing.
Anyway, bloody awful what happened to you, madness! I hope once you got your diagnosis that things improved, and that you’re doing grand these days :-)
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Having worked for advocacy groups for my disease, this is literally a universal issue and affects even the best systems. The only cases where this tends not to be an issue are extremely expensive private doctors who take all the time in the world to investigate for you.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Yeah, even with a great public system not every doctor can look after a patient with the same amount of care
I would assume that, however, private hospitals have better services in countries with better public healthcare since they would have less customers and would be inclined to serve the best of what’s possible