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Question

i need to do some research on doctors (physicians) for myself ...i want to find out if they get sick more often then others because they are constaintly around sick patients ...i want to know much more also ...can you help me ...i can't seem to find anything ????? thanks !!!!!!!!

Answer 1

You'll find this article helpful:

DOCTORS get sick, just like everybody else. But they often make poor patients. They go to the doctor late in the course of an illness, worry unduly about having major illnesses with minor symptoms and seek informal advice from a variety of colleagues.

When doctors receive medical care, they are almost universally surprised at how different it is than they...

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Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_07_041004/kay10461_fm.html



Doctors as patients: postal survey examining consultants and general practitioners adherence to guidelines

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=10473473

6 Indications That Some Doctors Practice Their Own Health Advice

http://www.thebizofknowledge.com/2007/07/6_indications_that_some_doctor.html


Doctors are not good at going to see their own doctor!

Doctors as patients: postal survey examining consultants and general practitioners

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1999-09/BMJ-Dang-030999.php


Canadian doctors are burning out, but many don't seek help.
The pressure's on, but there is help out there

By Julia Cyboran

http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2004_02_15/features08.html

You'll find a lot of sites under topic Physicians: heal thyself.

Good Luck !

Answer 2

Technically doctors (and medical students) do not get sick more often than the normal public. This is because in a hospital setting hand washing is extremely important in order to prevent tranmission of antibiotic resistant bacteria from one patient to another. Handwashing is the number one most effective means of decreasing the transmission of germs (bacteria and viruses). The only exception to this rule is probably working in pediatrics. Since babies are drooling, sneezing, and everything else everywhere (including), it is much easier to get sick from them. This is especially true in the fall and winter when most babies are sick most often.

What I will say is that I normally only get sick about once per year. This was even after I got into medical school. I had pediatrics in the spring so most of what I saw was asthma. The most common illnesses that the public is concerned about are things like the cold and flu both of which are respiratory illnesses transmitted most commonly by hand to hand contact (or by the occaisional sneeze into someone else's face.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Doctors get sick just like everybody else... however, it's the same theory about why moms don't always get sick even though their kids bring home a bunch of germs. If you are around it all the time then you build up an immunity.

Also, there are a lot of natural vitamins to take to prevent illness. If you are around sick people all the time, then you make DARN sure you take your vitamins every single day. Most people forget or don't bother. Me? I am around sick people all the time and haven't had so much as a cold in three years now.... It's because I know lots of natural remedies and I take really good care of myself.

Answer 4

I know two doctors both of whom do wierd things to avoid getting sick. One will take 3 days of antibiotics when he starts to feel like he's getting sick (even though he knows that's a bad idea). My own primary care physician sprays a cortizone spray spiked with Bactroban (a high potency anti-bacterial lotion) into his nose on a daily basis. I'd say given that information yes, doctors tend to get sick more than regular people but they also figure out ways to avoid suffering the sicknesses or avoid catching what they're exposed to all together.

Answer 5

Doctors don't get sick as often because if you notice, they don't physically touch people who are sick. They touch them with a ear-scope or with a tongue depressor. They wash their hands for a good thirty seconds. They don't breath right in a person's face who is coughing. They don't touch their eyes, ears, nose, or mouth in public without washing their hands well. They throw away pens which have been handled by the sick person or they wipe them down with alcohol. Doctors have specific techniques about avoiding illness which the rest of us would do well to observe as well.

BTW, it is a misconception that people who are around sick people all the time build up an immunity. I work in a school, and my doctor calls it the "germ factory." What DOES build up an immunity is eating right, exercising regularly, keeping your hands washed often, and GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP, not to mention trusting that God means what He says and loves you.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Lol if doctors are anything like nurses they get sick less because their immune systems are stronger from being exposed to various illnesses.