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medical rant

22 replies

jade101 · 15/09/2017 18:25

Ok so i went to the Dr this week for a women's problem. (i was sore and itchy down below sorry if tmi) and the male dr refused to check me and waffled on about how pregnancy is strange and i should see a female dr. so today i saw a female dr who decided i have thrush based on the fact that im sore down there. she never even checked. i was in and out in 2 mins. with a prescription for cream. it bloody frustrates me. a few years ago they would have just examined me and figured out the problem that way. i really wonder why some gps get the job. spesh when they just do the guess work that google does. what a waste of my time!

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ChocolateDinosaur · 15/09/2017 19:14

So why didn't you just google and treat yourself?
I wouldn't examine unless the thrush cream didn't work as thrush is by far the most likely diagnosis and I like to spare women an intimate examination of possible.

jade101 · 15/09/2017 19:44

why should i? i would personally rather have a professional check. not every soreness is an infection! im getting no discharge so its clearly not thrush as i have had it b4. i only took the prescription because i felt rushed out of the drs office. i just find it strange that a dr cant even offer to check. not being funny but if we are coming to the drs we want you to check since we can all pick up cream from a shop. if you feel everyone should self diagnose you are in the wrong profession!

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Mustardnowletsnotbesilly · 15/09/2017 19:47

You probably have thrush, use the treatment and see if it clears up. Also wash twice a day down there as you get much more vaginal discharge when pregnant. I don't think that an examination of a slightly itchy fanny would have told them much.

teenytinypontypine · 15/09/2017 19:51

Unless you gave me a very clear symptom which would make me think or something other than thrush, I'd want you to treat yourself for thrush first before I got involved. It isn't hard. I don't understand why people can't take a bit of responsibility for their own health when it comes to minor problems rather than bother their GP with them.

AccrualIntentions · 15/09/2017 19:53

Sounds like you were wasting their time tbh

ChocolateDinosaur · 15/09/2017 19:54

I'm not suggesting that you should- but if you feel googling is all your GP does...
By the way you don't have to have discharge to have thrush

Starwhisperer · 15/09/2017 19:55

Thrush is generally treated with a different strength pessary when pregnant so not at all unreasonable to see the GP.
I've always been swabbed when suffering similar issues in pregnancy as other things, like BV need careful treatment. I'm surprised no one examined you.

ChocolateDinosaur · 15/09/2017 19:56

And not everyone wants to be checked actually- I usually offer the choice but 95% of the time people want to try something first.
Just a bit Sad at GP bashing generally and the assumption that we are all shit

Iwannasnack · 15/09/2017 19:59

If it cost you £40-50 to visit would you still have seen 2 GPs for this problem? Or would you have tried the cream first?

PinkDaffodil2 · 15/09/2017 20:09

Probably is thrush, surely you could have tried the (very cheap, over the counter) medication before going back to see a second doctor?

OhTheRoses · 15/09/2017 20:11

To be honest ok, I'd have bought a tube of canezten and if it worked or seemed to work I'd have mentioned to the midwife. If it didn't work I'd have made a gp apt. Actually as I've typed, it would have gone like this. I'd have called today and said not urgent and would have got an apt for tues/weds next week. If it cleared up I'd have cancelled next week. If it got worse in spite of the cream I'd have requested an emerg apt or call on Monday.

I am quite robust in my views of the BHS but I do think you are being a bit U.

Hope you have a good pregnancy.

Tigger85 · 15/09/2017 20:13

I was itchy and sore from 22 weeks pregnant, my baby had a neuro abnormality picked up on the 20 week scan. I mentioned my itchiness when I had a follow up fetal med appointment, a midwife did a swab and it's just as well as that's how I found out in addition to thrush i have group b strep which can kill babies. I had thrush for the rest of my pregnancy and could not have anymore treatment after the third pessary did nothing to help. My baby was safe as knowing I have gbs I had IV antibiotics during labour. If I hadn't had the swab no one would know and my baby could have been infected.

Mum2be2017 · 15/09/2017 22:45

Agree with chocolate dinosaur. Your GP did the right thing. The thrush treatment you were issued with is not a stronger strength than what you can buy OTC. Thrush is super common in pregnancy, and it doesn't always present with discharge. Soreness and itching are the most common symptoms. These are not symptoms of BV.

Either way, try the cream, wash your underwear at high temps (or iron your pants) and if it doesn't work then maybe speak to your GP again as a swab maybe indicated. Oh, and if you want to rant, maybe speak to the GP at the time if you're not happy!! I'm sure they would have been happy to explain...although I suspect you know all this because you could 'just google it all'. Happy pregnancies ladies!

cherryontopp · 15/09/2017 23:30

I Think we need to give the OP a break here.
I suspected I had thrush, I had went to the pharmacy to get the caneston duo and they told me to see a doctor. So I couldn't treat myself before I had to 'bother' the GP with it.
If I had wanted to be checked which I definitely didnt I would be pissed off at being referred to a female GP for it then for them to not check it anyway. Complete waste of time.

Jessybear90 · 16/09/2017 06:50

I think OP should get a break here as well because I think if you are worried about any kind of health problem you should get it checked out by a professional! Especially if you are pregnant! No one is saying that all GPs do is Google, however it is quite common. I noticed mine do it quite a lot including once when I mentioned a recent health scare which was a major point of interest all over the news and media for a long time, to which she Googled which surprised me.

I think the OPs point is that she just wanted a rant as she felt a little fed up and she felt a little rushed. But she seems to have ruffled a few GP feathers.

My GPs at my surgery are actually brilliant, really professional and very caring and understanding but I think some are not and fail to see the every day frustrations of patients. For example when you work full time and it's hard to juggle time to go and then you ring as soon as the surgery opens and it's engaged and you can't get through and when you do the appointments have all but gone. Of course that's nothing to do with GPs themselves but most of us are bloody frustrated by the time we eventually get there.

OP you know your own body and if you don't think it's thrush go back for a second opinion. You are not "wasting" anybody's time.

Being told you are time waster is extremely off putting and can be dangerous if you are a person with low confidence. For example I had a reoccurring ear infection that went on for months and months and I got told I was "wasting GP time" not just by one but by a couple and I ended up in A&E I was in that much pain then was referred to a specialist who solved the problem and also had tests to confirm I'm now partially deaf in my left ear due to a combination of the infection going on so long and being prescribed the wrong things. And all this was because of a very common skin condition, dermatitis that got out of hand and spread to just inside my ear and the skin kept cracking, leaving open wounds and letting infection in. So you'd think that with things like dermititis and eczema being so common I should have "self diagnosed" and bought myself some cream but why should I when three GPs didn't even pick up on this? Not that I'm blaming this on them but sometimes it's hard to diagnose a condition whether you are a GP or not.

One of my friends also was told she was "wasting time" on her last trip to triage for reduced movements. It happened again and she was too scared to go back in to tell them because of how she was spoken to.

I'm sorry but if anyone told me I was wasting someone's time where my health was concerned I'd be telling them where they can shove their opinion.

OP we pay our taxes and NI you have every right to see your GP when you want and as many times as you want! You are not wasting your GPs time or bothering them it's what they are paid to do, it's their job. Whether they think it's a waste of time or not is not your concern and any healthcare giver worth their salt would not express this to you.

Whenever I have apologised to a GP when I've made a fuss out of nothing they have always replied with "that's what we are here for and you did the right thing by getting it checked."

So maybe you just have a rubbish surgery.

JustMumNowNotMe · 16/09/2017 06:54

OP we pay our taxes and NI you have every right to see your GP when you want and as many times as you want!

And this is why the NHS is on its fucking knees! I despair I really do!

flumpybear · 16/09/2017 06:56

I had thrush all the way through my first pregnancy from around the second trimester - I think it's hormones personally

Unless you've been sleeping around or come into contact with crabs 🦀 it's probs thrush HmmConfused

Syedsteady · 16/09/2017 08:14

Why do you need to go to your GP when practically anyone on the internet can diagnose you. Just like all these posters have done. Haven't Frumpy just diagnosed you.
You only need to hear Tigger's story to know what can seriously go wrong and I agree with all you said Jessy

All these posters claiming to be GPs, and pushing you to diagnose yourself by the internet, dread to think how many serious incidents are waiting to happen in their careers Hmm

ChocolateDinosaur · 16/09/2017 08:21

For goodness sake not pushing her to self diagnose- it was the OP who said that GPs just google so the natural step was why bother with the middle man?
If you are worried, go and see your doctor. They may or may not look at your bits.
(And let's not go there without a group B strep)

ChocolateDinosaur · 16/09/2017 08:22

With, not without

AccrualIntentions · 16/09/2017 11:26

OP we pay our taxes and NI you have every right to see your GP when you want and as many times as you want!

And this is why I can never get an appointment when I fucking need one. Do you seriously show this little respect for public services? Perhaps I should start littering everywhere, I pay my council tax.

Neverknowing · 16/09/2017 11:51

Op I had similar when I was pregnant. Not the go experience but pain 'down there'.
It might get a bit graphic but I'm going to explain what was wrong. I basically had massively swollen labia, itching, discomfort and intense pain. I was examined and they told me it's nothing just increased blood flow to the area but I couldn't even leave the house it was so painful! I had to just use vagisil and sit in a warm bath for basically the whole last trimester. I know how much it sucks and tbh I'd be just as angry as you if my doctor wasn't offering a solution but there's honestly nothing they can do. You get lots of issues like these when you're pregnant that just go away after you give birth because it's just a pregnancy related thing, most of them tend to be untreatable. Sorry you're going through this. It really does suck!

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