A while ago we wrote a message where doctors and nurses came to light that common health should no longer believe lies. In the responses they cried more misconceptions about health and it is super eye opening. This is what they had to say:
1.“Getting cold or wet does not give you a cold. Being cold is caused by contracting viruses of other people – not by being cold or wet. We are more inside and around other people in the winter, causing more cold in the winter.”
—Anonym, 65, California
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2.“Sugar does not ensure that children are hyper. There is no such thing as a sugar bump. Children get hyper by being at a party and being strengthened from the environment.”
—Anonym, 65, California
3.“[It’s a lie that] Health insurers follow the best medical practice. Only because a treatment has been reported as effective or approved by the FDA and indicated for your illness does not mean that it will be covered by your insurance for your medical problem. In general, new and more expensive treatments and tests are refused for the first time or your doctor is grilled and tortured before they can get it for you. “
“Another common trend is that insurance representatives tell the patient that the doctor” has not provided enough information “or” just has to make a 10 -minute phone call “. In my 20-year experience I did not have a call of 10 minutes with insurance, except when I am put on hold and broken. Appeals are usually a fight with multiple phases and every success is a lottery. “
—Anonym, Massachusetts
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4.'Pediatrician here. Young women … we don't judge you. I have seen and heard it all, and what is going on with you will not surprise or shock me. I just want to keep you safe and make sure you have every opportunity to fulfill your dreams, but I can't do that if you don't let me help. “
—Anonym, 49, Tennessee
5.“Doctors and nurses do not perform laboratory tests. That is up to a full team behind the scenes of specialists, without whom the patient -oriented team would only guess. We in the Lab often receive phone calls from nurses and doctors who ask what certain test results mean.”
“Most laboratory technicians can diagnose and even recommend the correct antibiotic for a UTI without ever seeing the patient.”
—Anonym, 38, Texas
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6.“Azithromycine ('zpak' of zithromax) is een antibioticum en zal je verkoudheid niet genezen. Verkoudheid zijn virussen. Nee, je hebt geen sinusinfectie na twee dagen van congestie. Stop alsjeblieft het land van 18-35-jarigen dat een milde hoest, congestie, congestie, congestie, congestie, congestie, congestie, congestie, congestion, congestion, congestion and congestion and a doctor not a doctor's visit.
“Ask every urgent care provider what their most common patient is, and they will all tell you Uri (upper airway disorders/infection), which is 99.99% of the time viral and will usually solve alone !!! [Unless symptoms worsen or do not improve]Stop, stop going to urgent worries and especially people for a cold !!!!! “
—Anonym, 55, USA
7.'There -provider here. We hate as many waiting times as you. When the there is busy and you wait hours to be seen, try to change your perspective and be grateful for waiting. The people who don't wait die or wait close. The ERs are long for many reasons: overcrowding, entry patients who wait to be admitted or short staff. Fender Benders. I let people take ambulances there and then tell me that they only came for a work note and lied about their chest pain.
“We are busy because the government does not offer sufficient resources for people who have a mental illness; When people come in who are suicidal or violent, we have to keep them in the there, take a bed, sometimes for days, while they wait to get access to one of the few beds for mental health care available in the surrounding community. And often such patients require a one-on-one babysitter who is just 24/7 and looks at to make sure they don't hurt themselves. If the staff without a permit is usually not available to sit, we must instead paramedics and nurses ensure that the resources of the department further emphasize.
We are busy because you came on a Monday. Do not go to the there on a Monday, unless you are legitimate or dying. Otherwise you intend to wait for hours. Instead, keep your “emergency situation” on a Saturday morning. Likewise, keep your emergency situation early in the day. Most ERs have only one or two providers for the entire department at night! I work in a large, 40–50 bed there, and from 1 o'clock–6 hours, it is just two of us – one MD and one PA for all beds plus the waiting room. Come early in the morning when there is more staff.
Another reason why your waiting time is so long is because not all services are available in every hospital. If you come to see me for a legitimate reason that needs specialist attention, I may have to transfer you to our main hospital where the Ent, Ophthalmologist, Pediatric Specialist, Hand Surgeon, etc. can see you. That means that you are waiting for hours for an ambulance to convey you, and the bed in which you are located is blocked until you leave. Meet the hospitals in your area. If you have an eye -needed situation, do not go to a hospital that does not call on ophthalm skills, etc.
Finally, when you finally come back to a room, be nice to us! Although you scroll impatiently on your phone, we have done our best to give every person the time and attention they deserve – while we work hard not to hurry or miss something that can lead to an error or damage. We are called to scream, cursed, sometimes swollen or spitting up. We delivered bad news or manage crises. Show your doctors, apps (advanced practical providers), nurses, radiological staff, techs, etc., a little grace. “
—Anonym, 40, Ohio
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8.“If a medical care provider asks what your pain level is, don't say 12 !!! You would probably not be aware if it were. Try four or five. That is more realistic.”
—Anonym, 73, New Mexico
9.“Taking a couple of leftover antibiotics (Never Mind, You Shouldn't Have Any Leftovers In The First Place) Doesn't Miraculously Get You Better – Nor Does It Mean You Now NOW NOOD ANTIBIOTS ELE BETTER BETTER FOECTING FOECT First Place.
“Antibiotics bacterial infectionsNot your virus that takes longer or you feel worse than you would like. “
—Anonym, 42, Ohio
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10.“If you blow out on cough or green or yellow mucus, that does not mean that you have a bacterial infection. Green is your white blood cells that react to something, which can be a virus or simple allergies. You don't need antibiotics just because it has become a color.”
—Anonym, 42, Minnesota
11.“[It’s a myth] That Hospice kills patients or speeds up their death. Hospice helps people to fully live their remaining life, and offers a painless, comfortable death physically, emotionally and spiritually. “
—Anonym, 60, USA
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12.“We 'decide' not what you have to charge for a co-pay. Your insurance does, via the computer, immediately when we invoice the claim. They also determine how much delivery you get (30, 60 or 90 days). And yes, they can do it because they pay the claim!”
-Anonymously
And finally …
13.“The hospital will never give you a blood transfusion based on a blood group found on a medical alarm bracelet. The consequences of a blood type fault include death. You will always have a blood group analysis from the hospital before a transfusion (an exception would be the o -negative blood group, given in a real emerging situation.)
—Anonym, 61, Ohio
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Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, what are some other health “lies” and misconceptions that more people should know? Tell us in the comments below, or you can use this anonymous form.
