Will you believe me if I tell you that my son received medication for tonsillitis for 5 days before I diagnosed him with hepatitis A? Yes, the yellow coloration of his eyes and skin made me insist to the doctor that he should run a test for hepatitis A.
And my own family was adamant that I was overthinking. But yes, coming from the field of medicine and with my father being a doctor himself has always given me an advantage. I kind of have a tendency to challenge the doctor; I mean, I'm not an example of a docile patient.
So you are justified when you think:
If we all had a good knowledge of medicine, there would be no need for doctors, right
And you are also right when you say that we can't learn everything by heart but at least some basics would have helped...
The misuse of antibiotics being on the top of the list!
Gosh, what could tonsillitis and hepatitis A possibly have in common to be confused? 🤦♀️ And if the hepatitis isn't caught and treated in time... OMG, this is another terrible example of criminal negligence, I hope there are no consequences for your child!
I understand you well because I too come from a family of doctors for generations and it was very strange, I can't even explain it how when I got sick, the diagnosis just popped into my head, I don't know this disease, I've never had it. I went online and read up on the symptoms and they indeed turned out to be the same. And then it was very unpleasant when in the university hospital I had to say to the doctor, in my helplessness: "I'm sorry, I don't want to tell you this because you're the doctor, but you're wrong."
It didn't help at all, I took two days of antibiotics and used other useless but dangerous medications before starting the real treatment. I was also very late.
I don't know if my partner trusted me either, after all it's pretty unusual to say doctors in a university hospital are wrong. It was not one, but three at once!
Indeed, it is not my job to self-diagnose or self-medicate. If it could be so, they should arrange society in another way.
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Apparently, it's his rather large tonsils, which he still has—they never receded. I'm on a follow-up, but the doctor says that if they're not causing any symptoms, I shouldn't worry.
Oh yes, I’ve been through this dilemma multiple times. They’d often say, “So you know better than the doctor?” And it wasn’t just my partner, but also other family members like my mother-in-law and father-in-law. Specially regarding the kids. But now they trust me in this matter or at least ai tend to think that they do!
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