Would you seek medical treatment from an acquaintance?

I am Doctor Xiaoying. It is said that there are people in the court who are good at serving as officials, and there are people in the hospital who are good at treating patients. Today is an emotional society. No matter what you do, you have to ask if there are any acquaintances there. If there are acquaintances, they are looking for help from acquaintances. In hospitals, it has become normal to seek medical treatment from acquaintances. Everyone feels that without the help of acquaintances, it will be difficult to see a doctor. It is also difficult to queue up for examination. It takes a long time to wait for a bed, especially in tertiary hospitals. With the help of acquaintances, everyone thinks that the doctor will be more careful in treating patients and the surgery will be more serious. In other words, having an acquaintance give you some advice will save you some worry, time and effort.

Reasons for seeking medical treatment from acquaintances

Seeking medical treatment from acquaintances is indeed beneficial in some aspects. It is my first time in the hospital and I am not familiar with every process. With the help of acquaintances, I can run every step. wrong. With the recommendation of an acquaintance, you can quickly get a call from an expert, and it will be much faster to queue up for an examination. If you don't have a bed, you can move into it with just a phone call from an acquaintance. These are all the work of doctors I know.

However, some people do not want to seek medical treatment from acquaintances, firstly because they are afraid of owing a favor, and secondly because they are afraid of being cheated. Afraid of owing favors, things that you can obviously do yourself will trouble others and waste their time and energy. This favor can only be repaid by treating the person to a meal and giving him a gift. And if you are afraid of being deceived by acquaintances, you will not dare to say a word if you are afraid of being deceived by acquaintances, and acquaintances will not even be friends. I just want to say that since they are acquaintances and friends, they generally won't cheat their friends, and they also want to try their best to help, unless they are not "acquaintances".

In addition, if you go to see a doctor with an acquaintance, stay in the hospital, or get an extra bed, you should listen to the attending doctor's diagnosis and treatment, and you should not interfere with the doctor's treatment by making unauthorized ideas. Otherwise, this acquaintance and doctor friend will be scolded by the attending doctor, saying that the introduced patient is disobedient and does not cooperate with treatment, and it will not be so easy to help in the future.

Will the doctor treat an acquaintance?

Looking at this issue from a doctor’s perspective, I think many people have the experience of treating acquaintances. I'll help as much as I can with something that's easy to do. But looking for a doctor to help you see a doctor also depends on the time and occasion.

A doctor doesn’t know all the diseases in all departments, and he doesn’t know all the doctors in all departments. He also needs to make phone calls to consult colleagues in other departments, ask for help, and coordinate relationships before he can be contacted. Only by number can we squeeze out beds. If all the people you know come to see you, and if you refuse no one who comes, you will not only be busy at work, but also have to deal with such tedious things, which will make you exhausted. But if you don't help, your acquaintances will accuse you of being heartless and impersonal.

As a doctor, I am most afraid of the following types of friends who seek medical treatment from acquaintances

1. No matter how big or small, I have to come to you

No matter if I have a cold, a fever, a headache or a brain fever , they all want to call you, treating your phone number as the 120 number. No matter when and where you are, if it is inconvenient, we will call you. The most annoying thing for doctors is to be woken up when they are sleeping after night shift. Doctors are already very tired from work. Calling to ask about the condition depends on the occasion.

It is recommended that you go to the hospital by yourself if you have minor ailments, colds and fevers. See a doctor. If a child catches a cold several times a year, it is impossible to ask for help from a doctor or acquaintance every time.

2. Not coming despite making an appointment

This situation is also very common. An acquaintance called and said he was going to be hospitalized, and a doctor friend finally called his brother’s department to make an appointment. The patient did not come for the surgery and did not inform the doctor. As a result, this doctor friend kept apologizing in front of his colleagues.

A colleague of mine encountered this problem recently. His cousin’s wife wanted to have a baby. She was worried that the hospital below her could not handle it. She wanted to have a cesarean section at a higher-level hospital, so she called me. A colleague asked if there were beds in the gynecology department. If a radiologist asks if there are beds in the gynecology department, he must call a gynecologist. The gynecologist said there was a bed and asked her to come in for the surgery on Monday. The surgery was all arranged. In the end, she didn't come and didn't call to inform her. My colleague from the gynecology department scolded her and told her not to do this again. . I mean to help, but it hurts my heart.

When looking for help to see a doctor, you have to let someone know in advance if you don’t want to come, otherwise it will be difficult for the doctor who is acquainted with you, and he is also asking for help.

3. The imaging department is afraid of showing patients acquaintances. The more familiar they are, the harder it is to diagnose.

I have asked many colleagues in the imaging department and they are afraid of showing films to acquaintances, especially those with higher official positions. Yes, the less I dare to make a diagnosis, it requires several people to diagnose it together before I dare to make a diagnosis.

Because caring leads to chaos, and you will think of the most dangerous situations, and you will not be able to make a normal diagnosis. In addition, the imaging department is afraid that doctors who are familiar with it will bring people to jump in the queue for examinations. People queuing outside have been waiting for a long time.

When I was an intern, the mother of a leader came to do a chest CT. It was a normal chest CT, but several people had to watch it many times and read the film together in the university before they dared to do it. Diagnose.

Only when there are rules can there be a circle. If you go to the doctor according to the rules, you will get the same results. Of course, having an acquaintance will be more convenient in some aspects, but both require mutual understanding.

Unless you know a doctor who is a top expert in a certain field, try not to seek treatment from an acquaintance or ask someone to see a doctor for general diseases, otherwise it may cause some unexpected troubles.

The most prominent trouble is that he misdiagnoses and diagnoses wrongly. Even when there is a possibility of a medical dispute, you may be at a loss as to what to do.

China is a human society, and doing things between acquaintances is very common in life, and there are many other occasions besides seeing a doctor.

This kind of medical treatment behavior mixed with emotion and affection is very embarrassing in itself. I just want to find an acquaintance, lawyer or friend to help me with the lawsuit. If I lose the case, I may feel very disappointed. Wouldn’t it be better to find someone else? The same goes for finding a doctor. If the diagnosis is correct, it doesn't matter and everyone is happy. What if it's not?

Give two examples from around you.

Because of breast nodules, the patient went to the chief director of a cancer hospital for treatment. As a result, he ordered various examinations. Because he suspected that the condition was not good, he did an MRI even though it cost several hundred yuan. It was just a nodule, but it turned out to be an ordinary nodule, which was consistent with the diagnosis from the county hospital.

The embarrassing thing is that at the cancer hospital, the director was not there. His colleagues helped to read the film and asked the patient, "Who asked you to do the MRI examination?" The implication is that this examination There is no need at all! The situation is not that serious!

There are differences in the technical level of doctors. Some people may have very high level of skills but do not have corresponding fame. So it’s normal to have different views on a disease, but isn’t it embarrassing if you catch up with something like this? It looks like the peers are trying to break things up.

Although the patient came to a good conclusion after a lot of hard work, the process was actually upsetting and uncomfortable.

Fortunately, it was also a sequelae of cerebral thrombosis. I asked the director of the neurology department of a large hospital for help. It turned out that the patient's abnormal condition was suspected to be caused by psychological factors. In the end, it was favored by a small hospital. How embarrassing...

Seeing a doctor is similar to going to court. The purpose of seeing a doctor is to see a good outcome, confirm the diagnosis, and get good treatment. However, there is an unexpected probability, just like losing a lawsuit. Therefore, treat the disease rationally and be careful to seek medical treatment from an acquaintance. Bar.

Alternatively, you can find an acquaintance, but don’t have fixed expectations for the results. As people often say, “have a try attitude”, it’s best!

This depends on the situation. Some people are just trying to trick people they know. They think you trust them and keep saying why they are not good in front of you. You still nod your head like a fool, because You don’t understand, he knows better than you, and you think he is an acquaintance and won’t trick you, so you believe him. Even if you find out later that he is cheating on you, you will be too embarrassed to argue with him.

My aunt owns a pharmacy. Every time I go to get medicines, she says they will give me the cost price. After seeing the price, I always get it for a few dollars less. As for whether it is the cost price. I don't know. But every time I got sick, she gave me the medicine, and every time she gave me the most effective and cheapest medicine.

On the contrary, another relative of mine sells mobile phones. Once I went to buy a power bank from her and gave me a 10,000mah power bank for 100 yuan. They said the purchase price was more than 90 yuan. And my cousin bought a 20,000mah power bank on Taobao for more than 80 yuan. I say my relative tricked me, but maybe that’s what the brand is like. Maybe this 10,000mah power bank has better performance and lasts longer, even though it has a small battery capacity. But concentration is the essence.

So there are acquaintances who will trick you, and there are also acquaintances who will take advantage of you.

I was tricked by him this time. It will be a big deal next time. Stay away from him!

I looked for it and regretted it!

A friend studied Chinese medicine and opened a clinic in a different place. I wanted to take care of the business, so I asked him questions about health care online. He asked me to take a photo of his tongue and asked him After seeing some of my symptoms, they actually prescribed medicine. I thought it was just taking care of me anyway, so just prescribe it. When I asked how much it would cost, it was more than 300! That’s all, give it.

When the medicine was sent to me, I found it was rotten. I had doubts, so I went to a small clinic nearby and found out that the medicine was worth 80 yuan. Forget it, I don’t even dare to eat it.

To sum up, my friend can only look around (and only look at my tongue) and prescribe medicine after asking about the traditional Chinese medicine, and he is so unreasonable to charge such a high price. If there is a problem with eating, there will be a doctor-patient dispute with a friend, and the trouble will be even greater.

So I think you should never seek medical treatment from a friend. Even if you have to, you should find a friend who is serious, responsible, and kind.

It is natural for people to seek help from acquaintances when seeing a doctor. There are usually two reasons:

1. The acquaintance knows the hospital thoroughly and hopes to introduce a doctor with good skills and high level.

2. If you want to spend your money wisely, you must always consider the issue of medical expenses.

For these two reasons, many people like to ask acquaintances for help, and sometimes they can indeed help solve some problems.

Is there any difference whether you find an acquaintance or not?

Sometimes acquaintances can be helpful, sometimes they can be detrimental.

As a radiologist, I hate having people I know jump in line. We only give priority to critically ill patients and military personnel, as well as the elderly.

Seeing a doctor is a technical job, and order is actually very important!

The doctor must issue a treatment plan based on the condition. For example, if abnormal lesions are found in the lungs, in-depth examination is necessary.

In the picture above, the old man found an irregular mass in his right lung, and tubercle bacilli were detected on puncture, so bronchial tuberculosis was considered.

An acquaintance said: Just get anti-tuberculosis treatment and don’t spend more money on examinations.

Fortunately, the respiratory doctor did not listen to the advice of an acquaintance, and made an appointment for bronchoscopy the next day, and the biopsy revealed early-stage lung squamous cell carcinoma.

The old man has been discharged from the hospital after surgery.

When you are sick and hospitalized, try to listen to the attending doctor and don't leave everything to acquaintances.

The old man in the picture above lost 10 pounds in a month because he didn’t like to eat. An acquaintance brought him in for a gastroscopy and showed atrophic gastritis.

An acquaintance is a head nurse, and she knows that atrophic gastritis cannot explain a 10-pound weight loss in one month.

I insisted that the old man undergo a comprehensive hospitalization examination, and the result was that lung cancer was found, and it could be surgically removed before it was too late.

Doctors treat patients equally.

Sometimes I hear a sound, and the doctor likes to perform random checks, and no problem can be found despite repeated checks.

Actually, there are too many faults found.

For this patient’s pulmonary nodules, it was recommended to have a reexamination after three months. However, he did not come at that time and had metastasized by the seventh month.

The longer a doctor works, the less courageous he becomes. This is because he has seen more and more atypical cases and is afraid of something unexpected.

So don’t worry. If you don’t have an acquaintance to lead the doctor, you may not treat the doctor carefully. This situation does not exist!

I am Doctor Hao of Imaging Science. Thank you for reading and welcome to follow!

Most people have this mentality that when going to the hospital to see a doctor, it is better to have an acquaintance. The doctor will look at you more carefully and the patient will feel more at ease. In fact, this issue should be viewed from several aspects.

1. People have this mentality. When they are sick, they always want to see an acquaintance in the hospital. Even though he may not be the doctor who treats the disease you are suffering from, because he is very familiar with each department of the hospital and understands the technical level of each doctor, he can also lead you to a doctor with higher medical level in each department for examination. and treatment. You feel more at ease.

My mood is understandable. For the examination and treatment of some difficult diseases, we can indeed avoid some detours.

2. Not all diseases require seeing an acquaintance. Some common diseases are not necessary. For example, if you have a cold, an old professor may treat you with the same medicine as a newly graduated college student.

3. Some people may have the mentality that they don’t feel at ease if they don’t find acquaintances when they get sick. They think that if acquaintances look carefully, they will be able to cope with the problem without acquaintances. That's not the case. Doctors treat patients equally, and there is no distinction between those who are familiar with the disease and those who are unfamiliar with it. Every doctor wants to cure the patient, and no one wants to kill the patient. If a medical error occurs after treating one of them, your reputation will be ruined immediately. , don’t be your doctor either.

4. Some people say that it is better not to find acquaintances in the hospital, but it is worse to find acquaintances in the hospital. Just like doing business, the doctor will "kill the acquaintances." This is not the case. Regardless of whether they are familiar with each other or not, most doctors treat you in a responsible manner. In the examination and treatment of diseases, there is no distinction between familiarity and unfamiliarity.

To be honest, I feel bad when I see this title. Doctors are supposed to save lives and heal the wounded. They are trustworthy and are the last guarantee for saving lives.

Then why do we still need to find acquaintances when seeing a doctor? It is worthy of reflection by each of us.

I don’t look for minor illnesses, don’t want to trouble others, and try to solve everything myself.

If I don’t look for a serious illness, I feel really unsure.

I hope that no one will have to seek medical treatment from an acquaintance. Health for everyone.

Will you ask an acquaintance to see a doctor?

Let me share my views on this issue:

First, if it is a relatively common illness, I will seek medical treatment nearby. After all, it is not a serious problem, and ordinary doctors can treat it. solve.

Secondly, if the problem is not serious about privacy, I would not choose acquaintances. Indeed, acquaintances would be more embarrassing. After all, I am afraid of other people's gossip and personal privacy is afraid of being known by other acquaintances.

Third, if it is a serious illness, you will still seek medical treatment from an acquaintance to understand the condition. Personally, I feel that an acquaintance will be more reliable. Of course, if it is beyond his ability, he will ask an acquaintance to recommend a better doctor for treatment.

If you want to see what kind of disease you have, you can go to an acquaintance for treatment of a minor illness. If you have a serious illness, you should definitely not go to an acquaintance. If you really want to go to an acquaintance, it depends on how familiar you are.

I talked about a friend who had advanced cancer. Due to the tight location of a good hospital, he immediately moved in because of his acquaintance. The surgery was performed. The doctor said he tried his best to perform a clean operation, but the situation was not good. In fact, it was not open, or not open, but it became very embarrassing later on. They almost stopped interacting with each other later, and they were filled with hatred, and the other party felt that they had good intentions and did bad things.

It doesn’t matter that in China it is difficult to move forward, go to kindergarten, primary school, middle school, university (especially art school), enter a public institution, take the civil service examination, or even get promoted. No one I know is hospitalized and there are no beds.