Do people in the west have too much faith in doctors?

[ChefPapiChulo]

i just read a story about how someone's daughter died to sepsis. it's a long story but to make it short the mom trusted the doctors to take care of her child and they constantly downplayed what was really going on until the daughter died.

[Anonymous]

If you’re seriously I’ll you have no choice but to go to a doctor and hope that they’re competent, but I’d definitely say that people trust them too much.

We’ve had doctors downplay an illness in my oldest son when he was a baby, multiple times. Luckily it wasn’t a life threatening illness but he was very uncomfortable while this was happening. Then we took him to a different doctor and they solved the problem right away.

My wife is now physically disabled as a result of medical malpractice too. Now that we’re taking legal action they say that they don’t have her medical records, they’re trying to cover their asses.

When I was younger I was depressed. I went to the doctor, filled in a questionnaire, and based on my answers the doctor decided that I had a chemical imbalance in my brain. She prescribed antidepressants. I tried a few different ones because of the negative side effects, and later came off completely because they weren’t my really helping.

Why weren’t they helping? Because my depression was situational. My life sucked, I was living an unhealthy lifestyle, bad diet, lack of exercise, bad coping mechanisms, and was surrounded by negative influences. Did she ask about those? No, just had me fill in a questionnaire and decided that I had a chemical imbalance.

I though about it afterwards also, how could she possibly know that I had a chemical imbalance based only on a questionnaire? Really, how? Surely in order to actually know that you’d need some kind of test which produces numbers, or some kind of brain scan maybe. More recently it turns out that studies are proving false the idea that depression is caused by chemical imbalance.

Yet doctors are so eager to prescribe antidepressants, or other medications. For many that’s their answer to everything, more medication.

[TheVigilantOne]

Where I am I have no faith in the drs they’re all useless and can’t be bothered to help, I’ve got medical problems that I’ve had for a long time yet I get told it’s all in my head it’s nothing yet I know different, they let my Nan die as they couldn’t be bothered to treat her, so no I don’t trust drs at all.

[melanieeeB]

No clue. I just know that here we do trust our doctors but also cause they have a really good training and education and the health system is great here. Plus when Doctors would downplay something, you just go to two different doctors to make sure it's a right diagnosis or in general if it's something more serious

[Anonymous]

I think people should always get a second opinion if they think something is seriously wrong.

[Shamalien]

Yeah I don't know they view em as gods. Truth is medical negligence is one of the biggest causes of death out there. These people are stressed, rushed, and full of toxic vaccines they are forced to take if they want to continue that career

ize bad

[Slingblade1126]

Sepsis is quick and deadly. It doesn't take days of diagnosis. It is usually quick and easy to diagnose. I wish I knew more about the case you're talking about but yeah, nothing like that should ever happen!

[Anonymous]

I think people in general have too much faith in "experts" of everything form medicine to Financials. Personally I questioned everyone and everything. I'll admit I'm borderline paranoid. But it's hard to get taken for a ride when you assume everyone isn't giving thier best or is trying to get over on you. I'd rather give sincere apology for being for being wrong then remaining silent and finding out my suspicions were right.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Who else would you trust with illness and injuries?

[Snakeyes7]

What a time to be asking this question when many people are still pissing themselves over covid.

[ChefPapiChulo]

Not everything is about Covid you brain washed goon. Go spread your nonsensical misinformation elsewhere.

[Snakeyes7]

Actually, you're right. Sometimes the doctors do not recommend the jab for some individuals and they got punished legally and culturally for it last year. Even if you asked this question last year, it would make perfect sense because clearly any doctor who questions the perfect vaccine is a fascist nazi commie shitlord or whatever.

[ChefPapiChulo]

What are you a bot? Gtfo

[Anonymous]

Yes.

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