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To be pissed off with my experience at the hospital

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Lostmum72 · 09/11/2017 20:34

I need to rant, my dd did something to her leg last night just seemed to twist it really, but she was in real pain and had a bit of a funny turn, dizzy, clammy etc, anyway she recovered but her leg was still sore but no swelling or bruising. This morning she still felt funny walking on it so I said u better stay at home we’ll keep an eye on it and take u Drs if gets worse. So then later on in the day she got up to go the loo, when she came back she had another funny turn, and said her leg really hurt! So I rang the Drs, they said to go to the hospital as it needed an X-ray. So off I go knowing I was in for a long wait, 3 hrs later a dr who hardly examined her, told me there was nothing wrong with her, they don’t X-ray that sort of thing and the fainting was unrelated 🤔. I explained again that every time she walked on it she went funny! They did some obs and sent us home! I so annoyed at his attitude I know they’re busy and the NHS is stretched but I feel really let down and haven’t a clue what’s wrong with her. To make it worse her dad (who is my ex) is moaning at me for not doing enough, and my current partner just thinks she’s been exaggerating for a day off school! Neither is helpful and I feel so annoyed and let down. Would you?

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CardsforKittens · 09/11/2017 21:34

I'd take her back to A&E and ask again for an x-ray.
My teenager twisted her ankle and somehow managed to fracture it. She walked on it for a few hours until we picked her up up from school. It happens. You can't know if it's fractured without an x-ray (or a scan). I agree that it's annoying to feel you've been fobbed off. If the symptoms continue, it needs to be looked at again.

Isadora2007 · 09/11/2017 21:37

I’m sure it’s a sign of bone involvement to feel faint- it was one of the signs we were told at a sport specific first aid course. Any nausea or fainting after a fall (non head) should be considered for a possible bone injury eg fracture or dislocation.
This has been borne out in four of my family members who are non faintest yet have fainted or felt faint/gone grey after breaking collarbone/dislocation shoulder/breaking wrist/dislocating elbow.
So yes go back to A and E and ask for a second opinion.

Sarahjconnor · 09/11/2017 21:41

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Lilonetwothree · 09/11/2017 21:50

I've only seen a small amount of Tibia (shin bone) fractures in my time as a radiographer. The ones that were fractured were from serious injuries like car accidents.

It would be highly unlikely to fracture the Tibia by twisting it. It sounds like something else going on, and therefore it wouldn't be justified for an x-ray.

Perhaps book an emergency appointment at the GP and see what they suggest as a next step.

Ceto · 09/11/2017 21:54

Do you have a minor injuries unit near you? I find that, because they tend to be less pressured, they seem to examine more thoroughly than doctors in A&E for this type of injury.

Bonbonchance · 09/11/2017 21:54

I sprained my ankle badly years ago & fainted! I have low blood pressure/pulse (I've since found out and am quite fainty). They x-rayed me as they suspected I'd chipped a bone but it was just a really bad sprain, very swollen & bruised up to my knee for weeks later. Not too much you can other than rest & reduce swelling, then get it moving when you can.

ladybug92 · 09/11/2017 21:57

@Lostmum72
I started rolling my ankle and having trouble walking as a 10yr old, ended up being early signs of encephalitis- a brain disease. No one listen to my parents either until I was blind and unable to walk and my dad broke down and was in hysterics that no one wanted to see me. That saved my life because my brain was bulging and would have ruptured leading to permanent brain damage without immediate intervention. Do what your gut tells you, PLEASE.

kali110 · 09/11/2017 22:16

Id take her back they can miss things.

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Lostmum72 · 09/11/2017 22:27

Thanks for all your comments, I will ring the gp tomorrow morning get appt there, that’s what I tried to do today but rang too late hence they sent me to the hospital, she needs to go anyway due to her asthma maybe even that has something to do with it I don’t know, I do feel our nhs is getting so bad it’s difficult to know what to do half the time. You ring the dr they have no appts, they advise going the hospital, they tell u go your drs.... I remember my dp was so Ill with an inner ear infection he couldn’t get out of bed, I couldn’t get him in the car to get him seen for antibiotics. No one would come out to him as they hadn’t got the resources, I didn’t want to call an ambulance obviously no one would give him anti biotics till they saw him, I was going round in circles. I found some left over in the end to try and get it under control and then got him in so. He had enough to finish the course! My dad who died of cancer the staff were really good but it was the system that failed him and caused us all stress, fortunately we found the money to get him looked after. However the nhs probably saved my life, after a smear test they found cin 3 cells and removed them and cured and the staff were amazing!! It’s such a shame.

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nothateasybeingreen · 09/11/2017 22:33

The three times I've broken a bone (one oblique leg, one minor foot and one big toe) I've come over funny after. First time I was unable to eat, had a fever all night and vomiting until it was put in a cast. Age 8 or 9. Second time I fell downstairs, got up and kept walking and collapsed because so dizzy. When I sprained my ankle nothing like it.

Hosptual said totally normal with a fracture. Incidentally I did the same when the cast came off.

CardsforKittens · 09/11/2017 22:52

@Liloneteothree My daughter fractured her tibia by twisting her ankle and falling. No car accident in her case, just a sports injury. It might be uncommon, but it's definitely possible - and it needs to be ruled out or diagnosed for the OP's DC.

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Lostmum72 · 09/11/2017 22:54

Lionetwothree but how do you know for sure without x raying it? Doesn’t make sense to me

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CardsforKittens · 09/11/2017 22:55

Scuse my stupid huge thumbs: I meant @Lilonetwothree above

Mascarawandlady · 09/11/2017 23:01

Definitely seek a second opinion. My poor dsis had a hairline fracture for months because nobody could diagnose it. Gave her awful pain. Dm even got to the point where she felt my sister was making it up and didn't know what else to do. Eventually after another doctors trip it was diagnosed. It was then set in cast but years later still isn't right.

user2085372673 · 10/11/2017 05:33

This is funny - complaining about the NHS being in a bad state and then going to A&E for a bang on the shin and refusing the accept the doctors
opinion. One call to the GP, a trip to A&E, a trip to the GP tomorrow. This knock has probably cost the NHS a few hundred quid already and I expect you’ll end up getting your x-ray too.

I wonder why the NHS is so stretched...

aurynne · 10/11/2017 05:47

I have a dislocatable knee. Every time I twist it and it comes out (and then back again, thank goodness) the pain is so bad that I go pale, clammy, and feel faint. It is a very well known side effect of sudden, acute pain. I find in unbelievable that any health professional would not know this!

Broken11Girl · 10/11/2017 05:55

O DFOD userwhatever
I have been grey/ white and shaky following dislocated knee, broken foot. It will be the pain.
Something is not right OP. Don't be fobbed off.

AndhowcouldIeverrefuse · 10/11/2017 06:05

I’m sure it’s a sign of bone involvement to feel faint- it was one of the signs we were told at a sport specific first aid course. Any nausea or fainting after a fall (non head) should be considered for a possible bone injury eg fracture or dislocation.

I have heard this, too.

BTW a tibia fracture is common in football players, ie it can happen during normal sport activities.

HelloCanYouHearMe · 10/11/2017 06:10

i fell down the stairs and broke my foot in 2 places. It didnt "hurt" but ached... and then i stood up and immediately felt sick and faint - and thats how i knew id broken it.

The lovely Dr at A & E was unsure because it didnt swell that much and i appeared to be walking quite well on it, but x-rayed to be on the safe side and lo and behold - 2 tiny breaks, but breaks all the same.

Id be looking at a trip to the GP or minor injuries/walk in centre for a second opinion OP

maddening · 10/11/2017 06:10

I broke my metatarsal and was not as bad as your dad. The ooh Dr said bad sprain. 2weeks later GP sent me direct to xray who sent me to a&e with broken bone..

GP can issue xray themselves

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Lostmum72 · 10/11/2017 06:37

User so what would you do if your dd somehow hurt her leg was in so much pain she kept passing out and going clammy?

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Laiste · 10/11/2017 08:05

Hope you get a Drs appt. this morn. OP.

I would say in this case the DR in A&E batting the OP away and refusing to do an xray has escalated the cost of diagnosing this problem. Not the OPs understandable wish to get it resolved for her daughter.

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Lostmum72 · 10/11/2017 08:11

Well I have an appt with the gp later today, she’s still the same, my gut feeling is something isn’t quite right so will try again. Thank u everyone

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Tessliketrees · 10/11/2017 08:14

Doctors are like anybody else. Some are pricks, some are bad at their job. I don't know if this is true of that one.

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Lostmum72 · 10/11/2017 08:26

Well I don’t know either, they were really busy, maybe he was having a bad day maybe he just couldn’t see anything wrong with her, as of course she didn’t faint there even though she felt funny. Anyway new day hoping it goes better.

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