Really, the doctor would probably not see anything recognisable, and ask the patient if they think they are making it up, or if they’re a woman, that its their period.
Yeah. Stop pretending the healthcare system has the resources to deal with unknown diseases.
If they can’t find a diagnosis, you’ll get told that you’re probably anxious or depressed, or malingering, and get told to exercise and eat healthy.
Awful and I can even try beginning to imagine the kinds of things patients affected might be told by doctors… (“I get tired too, …, get more sleep before your next appointment”)
Wishing the best for you and the community
the healthcare system
Kinda sounds like you’re refering to a particular country’s healthcare system (whilst assuming OP meant this same one), but you didn’t specify.
You could be talking about Brazil, Kenya, New Zealand, even France. Without that bit of info, it’s hard to learn much from what you’re sharing.
Anyway, bloody awful what happened to you, madness! I hope once you got your diagnosis that things improved, and that you’re doing grand these days :-)
This is literally a universal issue and affects even the best systems. The only cases where this tends not to be an issue are extremely expensive private doctors who take all the time in the world to investigate for you.
“Hello, my colleague and I have discovered two new types of Lymphoma, and we would like to register them.”
“Certainly! Tell me your name, please.”
“Well, I’m Dr. Hodgkins.”
"Great, so we’ll call one ‘Hodgkin’s Lymphoma’. What’s the other doctor’s name? ".
“Dr. Ottovordemgentschenfelde.”
“…OK, ‘Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma’. Done!”
I would like to name my very rare disease “a very rare disease”. It’s what Abbott and Costello would do
More realistically:
- Patient: “Doctor, I got shot in the chest.”
- Doctor: “Have you considered it might be anxiety?”
- Patient: “WTF are you talking about? Look, I’m bleeding out all over the floor here.”
- Doctor: “You’d be surprised what anxiety can do.”
- Patient: “Doc, I’m dying from A GUNSHOT WOUND.”
- Doctor: “Ang. Zai. Eh. Tee. Kthxbye.”
Patient: “Doctor, I got shot in the chest.”
Doctor: “What, do you think we like healthcare CEOs because we’re doctors? Rest in piss bozo”
Patient: *dies*
Do the right thing and insist that it be called Ligma.
Why ? (I didn’t understand the joke)
It’s a common bait-and-switch joke. “I have Ligma” “What’s Ligma?” “Ligma Balls!” (The joke being that “Ligma” sounds like “Lick My”)
Maybe you’re familiar with a similar joke: “Hey, do you think it smells like updog in here?” “What’s updog” “Not much, what’s up with you?” (Here, the joke is that “What’s updog” sounds like “What’s up, dawg”)
