HEP A and doctor..WT???

[Twig]

My niece likes buying and eating frozen berries. Of course when the Recall came out about berries and Hep A she got concerned. After some days of monitoring her health she decides to go to the doc's to ask for a referral for a blood test.

She says from the moment she started talking to this Doctor about the test he started giving her attitude. He wouldn't give her the referral saying she didn't have Hep A. So she asks how does he know she doesn't and can he put that in writing. He doesn't answer the first question but does say that no he will not put that in writing. My niece getting quite upset at this point, not knowing what his problem is says to him..I am paying you for a service , how can you deny me a referral but you wont guarantee on paper that i don't have Hep A....He is quick to inform her that no, she, is not paying him but that medicare/tax payer is.

Oh My...Is this Hep A thing some kind of scare tactic and is not really happening OR is this how it's meant/designed to spread itself around. When a patient says to the doc i have these symptoms and the Doctor refuses to do anything???? :mad2:

PS; My niece did go to another doctor who sent her for blood tests.

[Valle]

Hepatitis A = normal spread by feces, - they used humanfeces as fertilizer?
Hepatitis B and C spread by blood

[Twig]

Thanks Valle, A friend of mine who was working in Burma some years ago got full blown Hep A. His wife thought they were going to lose him, that's how ill he got. It didn't take a few weeks, in his case it took days to knock him off his feet. The gardeners who worked on the property garden apparently were dumping and pee'ing in that same garden they worked in. The same garden they picked vege's from to cook with in the main house.
I did a bit of research On hep A when it came out and it seems you can catch it in more ways than one.

What gets me is my niece ate those berries that were recalled, she does the right thing and goes to the doctors because she was feeling ill only to be refused a blood test.

[Snowflower]

It's called "the God complex." Doctors frequently catch it, probably during the brainwashing process in medical school when they are conditioned to believe they know more than anyone else about everything. So, the pipsqueak gets this woman in his office who has more brain cells than he does, and he twitches. Common symptom, really. Poor man. Terminal of course - will remain stupid until he dies.

[Flash]

Let me play devil's advocate here: on the other hand, if doctors were to comply with every demands of people for testing about diseases they dont know about but are scared of , the line up would be long. Sometimes they will do what the patient asks even if they know there is nothing, just to have this patient anxiety levels go down.

Hepatitis symptoms are quit obvious from what i know, mostly hap A. ( not as obvious for B and C)

[Lifebringer]

Well hopefully she doesn't have it, but if she does, she should report it to ACA, AMA and local news station to report this behavior. Then file for a neglegence suit. When the patient has to jump through hoops to be treated, that's neglect, be it corporate rules and long time appts, where they should seek someone that can do a proceedure in another time slot that is free, if they are not, to do the same test, surgery or other treatments. Suppose she suspected she had listeria or ebola. It's this type of behavior that makes me call them corporate quacks.. for all it's worth, my quack told me herbal teas and remedies were an old wives tale. Chauvanistic old geezer with money won't even fix his rotten yellow teeth. I've been looking for another doc since and it's probably better to seek a younger doc now that isn't bought and paid for and is under another senior doctor's tutorage. Seems the young care more and the nurses also. The golf wannabes are arrogant and closed minded.

I want our Doogie Housers and House's or Dr. Welby MD's back, not these corporate stock portfolio quackadoodledoos.:sad:

[Lifebringer]

Well if she's paying for the plan and tests, why shouldn't she have it at a convenient time to avoid anxiety levels of fear. You could even give a couple of placebo tests if they are hypochondriac.

[A Voice from the Mountains]

As far as I'm concerned this is one more reason why people should learn to treat themselves naturally as much as possible.

In the case of very serious problems it seems better to even go to another country for treatment. In the US, Canada or Mexico are often better options than domestic doctors for things like cancer. I'm personally convinced there is some kind of corporate agenda to sicken and kill as many people for as much profit as possible.

[DeDukshyn]

Perhaps the doctor convinced himself she is hypochondriac, so doesn't want to continue the discussion, but won't admit that that is what he thinks.

That might explain it. Doctors can be very condescending.

[Pam]

I think the answer might have to do with the fact that she is on Medicare or would it be Medicaid? Because she is using the government medical insurance rather than private pay the compensation will be much less. There probably wasn't any profit for the doctor and that is why he could care less about it. Judging from his comment in the initial post he feels biased against those that don't pay for their own insurance and is providing biased treatment options to his patients.