On Thursday of last week I had to go to the doctor over some cysts that I have. While there they did a bunch of tests including STD's. Saturday I get a call, right before going to my fathers for a family reunion, and the doctor tells me I tested positive for gonorrhea. I immediately call my husband and start yelling at him asking who he's been with and he turned around and did the same thing. Turns out my test came back with 3 different results. Instead of saying there was a discrepency he just said I tested positive and there was no way the test was wrong. I asked to be retested and my husband was tested also. Turns out the test was wrong, but we didn't find this out until we both took antibiotics for the STD. I need to know if this is malpractice. The doctor handled himself horribly and instantly jumped to conclusions. I can't help but wonder how many others were told the same but didn't retest and divorced over the results.
2007-10-24 15:31:41 · 2 answers · asked by lieblich78 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
To test positive for the test your results must come out at above 2000. My results came out as 20000 98 and 9000. That is a huge difference. He is the one that created the issue by jumping to conclusions. He should have said there was a problem with the test and they needed to retest instead of jumping to conclusions.
2007-10-24 15:54:46 · update #1
Sorry.
The doctor is required by law to tell you what the results are.
Results are never perfect.
It seems to me that you and your husband were the ones that created the issue.
Perhaps you should apologize to each other.
2007-10-24 15:49:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although negligent and irresponsible it is not malpractice
2007-10-24 16:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Birdlegs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋