In an emergency room, there are more and more patients with nothing really wrong with them. I understand one wants to be sure the pain or uncomfortable feeling they are having is nothing too serious. It seems, though, that when they are told that nothing is wrong, they seem disappointed. I would think it would be a good thing to have nothing wrong. What do you think?
2006-12-18 19:08:39 · 6 answers · asked by firerookie 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The Emergency Department's function is not to diagnose and cure every condition that walks in the door.
This is why our ER's are so over crowded...it's NOT a clinic!
The responsibility of the ED is to make sure what you have is not going to kill you or disable you TODAY!
The goal is to stabilize and begin treatment, then refer to the appropriate specialty for follow-up or admit for hospital-based care.
It is unrealistic to expect that one visit to the ER will resolve all your symptoms, especially if you've had them for a while.
2006-12-19 04:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by BozTC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they own and live inside their bodies and know that something IS wrong-the disappointment isn't a lack of joy in hearing they are okay, it is in hearing that the doctor's aren't able to figure out what is wrong or what is causing the problem and thus, they are left in the lurch. Unless someone has that Munch..thing (don't know the spelling) that they make up being sick, then they aren't going to the ER for no reason. Much in the medical world is "idiopathic" which means the doctors don't know. When you are sick and in pain or losing your eyesight or many other things and the doctors either don't know why it's happening or don't know what to do about it that sucks! And it happens TOO often!
2006-12-19 03:16:08 · answer #2 · answered by Salsa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have not noticied, doctors have never like to tell people what is wrong with them as far as what is causing a problem or illness. If you knew the cause, most people could figure out what is the trigger (causes) for diseases. And, there are only two: Toxins and Parasites !!! I feel that we are simply not as healthy as our parents and grandparents, and even other countries, because we have been lead astray on what is consider eating right, and how to stay healthy in this country. And, if you don't know it, there is a BIGGG difference in this country between medical treatment (visit to the doctor) and health. The medical profession today has been over-ran by the drug/chemical industry. And, if we don't realize it already, most chemicals are toxic to the human body, and this include the chemical medications that doctors give to their patients. Over 100,000 people die each year in the USA because of reactions to medications that they have been given by doctors. Other suffer strokes and heart attacks as well. WE HAVE SIMPLY LOST OUR WAY WHEN IT COMES TO STAYING HEALTHY AS A COUNTRY AND A NATION. We have given way too much power to doctors to diagnose and treat diseases and conditions, without we doing some research ourselves. And, some doctors are simply pushing drugs for the chemical drug companies. And, the FDA has been brought out by the chemical drug companies as well !!! Modern day medicine (which is only 60 years old or so) is way too concerned with making money, only, and NOT CURING ANYTHING. What I have had to do is to take an interest in learning how to maintain my health, personally, by reading, studying and doing research over the past 20 years in nutrition, health, and natural medicines. Our parents and grandparents knew how to stay healthy without the doctors because they understood the basics of good nutrition, and natural medicines and cures. If anyone has not noticed, our country's medical delivery system is out of control, cost wise.......Since the drug companies cannot patent natural treatment and cures, they do not have their chemical doctors to tell their patients about natural treatments and cures. And, the FDA actually pays others like college professors to write and attack/discredit anything natural, today. And, what they write can be totally false, but the FDA is immune to prosuecution for lying. To me, this is not protecting the public but it is actually trying to convert the whole country to the use of more chemical medications, most with huge side effects (which are the start of even more problems and diseases.) I have choosen another path, the natural one and it works for me. Each person has to make up their own mind. See the links below. Dr. Clark, Ph.D.,N.D., has written a book called, "The Cure For All Diseases." which no one knows about. Why are we so easily lead from the truth???
2006-12-19 03:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by Kinnley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they like the attention and many are drug addicts looking for a free fix
2006-12-19 03:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
so many more illnesses its like they fu**!ng breed and multiply!
2006-12-19 03:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lise x Lobotomy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they just want attention.
2006-12-19 03:14:48 · answer #6 · answered by Confused 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋