Primary care who doesn’t see sick pts

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you want to get others sick op? Use telahealth.

a) it's telehealth, not telahealth
b) how can you test for strep or flu with a telehealth visit?

DP but you can buy home strep kits on Amazon very cheap. You can also buy Covid/Flu combo tests for cheaper than a co-pay. Some telehealth providers will let you test while on camera during the visit and call in a prescription for antibiotics or Tamiflu.

And do they sell tests on Amazon for meningitis or instructions to tell you how to self diagnose sepsis?

If you have meningitis or sepsis your family medicine doctor isn’t going to be able to help you either. Do you think they do lumbar punctures in the exam room?

Presumably a PCP is better trained to pick up when there is a serious problem and get the patient to the ER for a lumbar puncture - more so than some amateur relying on tests from the interwebs to rule out a couple of things

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you want to get others sick op? Use telahealth.

a) it's telehealth, not telahealth
b) how can you test for strep or flu with a telehealth visit?

DP but you can buy home strep kits on Amazon very cheap. You can also buy Covid/Flu combo tests for cheaper than a co-pay. Some telehealth providers will let you test while on camera during the visit and call in a prescription for antibiotics or Tamiflu.

And do they sell tests on Amazon for meningitis or instructions to tell you how to self diagnose sepsis?

If you have meningitis or sepsis your family medicine doctor isn’t going to be able to help you either. Do you think they do lumbar punctures in the exam room?

Presumably a PCP is better trained to pick up when there is a serious problem and get the patient to the ER for a lumbar puncture - more so than some amateur relying on tests from the interwebs to rule out a couple of things

My pcp ignores everything and says I’m fine. The current thinking means I lost years of help thanks to her and the other pcps I’ve seen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it unreasonable to expect your primary care physician see you when you’re sick? I’m referring to sore throat, severe coughing, low grade fever, cold that lingers kind of symptoms. Mine says to test at home or go to urgent care. I’m considering firing her but don’t want to go to concierge or find myself in the same position again.

Sounds like she does not think you need to see a doctor.

If she suspects COVID , I don’t blame her for wanting you to test at home first.

Why should she risk losing a week of pay because you won’t take a ten minute self-test?

It’s her job to see people sick. That’s what doctors do. Mask and glove up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to be seen in person unless your oxygen level is very low (buy a meter online) or you can't keep anything in and zofran isn't working although there is a major shortage of IV's and they might not be given you one anyway. Why would you need to get everyone else ill?

How would you get "everyone else" ill? Your post makes no sense.

I just went to the doctor and wore a mask. I did not get "everyone else" ill. lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it unreasonable to expect your primary care physician see you when you’re sick? I’m referring to sore throat, severe coughing, low grade fever, cold that lingers kind of symptoms. Mine says to test at home or go to urgent care. I’m considering firing her but don’t want to go to concierge or find myself in the same position again.

Sounds like she does not think you need to see a doctor.

If she suspects COVID , I don’t blame her for wanting you to test at home first.

Why should she risk losing a week of pay because you won’t take a ten minute self-test?

It’s her job to see people sick. That’s what doctors do. Mask and glove up.

Exactly. And it's downright unethical just to shun you to urgent care if she doesn't want to get sick only to get the urgent care doctor sick.

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Anonymous wrote:Unreasonable, but I probably would just go to urgent care for this since my doctor would never be able to fit me in same day. My kids' ped would and I would fire them if they couldn't.

Have you tried to get into an urgent care? It’s challenging.

There are about 6 urgent cares within 5 minutes of my house. It's not challenging at all. It can be slow, but not horrible. We go for sprained ankles/wrists (X-rays) and strep tests.

It is so extraordinarily slow. We book a slot online before we present and even if you're first on the list it's unreasonably slow. And expensive. It really should not be the first resort of "primary" care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use telehealth for this bc it’s so much easier.

WHY the... are you not using telehealth? You just prefer to share your germs with the chronically ill who now are avoiding offices because of people like you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I use telehealth for this bc it’s so much easier.

WHY the... are you not using telehealth? You just prefer to share your germs with the chronically ill who now are avoiding offices because of people like you?

First of all, you're responding to a person who said she uses telehealth.

Secondly, when a person is sick, he/she should be able to see their physician. That's the whole point of having one. I'm sorry you think your illness is more deserving of attention and care. You sound extremely self centered and selfish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is just no need to go in and expose your Dr and everyone else in the office to illness. Use telehealth. If there's any actual reason to come in they will ask you to

THIS. So many babies need to be coddled in the office.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unreasonable, but I probably would just go to urgent care for this since my doctor would never be able to fit me in same day. My kids' ped would and I would fire them if they couldn't.

Have you tried to get into an urgent care? It’s challenging.

What are you talking about? In NOVA they're all empty. Alexandria, Falls Church ALL of them are empty. No wait.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I use telehealth for this bc it’s so much easier.

Do this when sniffling and coughing.

So you would rather sniffle and cough in the doctors face, on the receptionist AND on the others in the waiting room?

MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is akin to pastors and ministers closing their churches on Christmas.

No it's not. Not even close to comparable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I use telehealth for this bc it’s so much easier.

Do this when sniffling and coughing.

So you would rather sniffle and cough in the doctors face, on the receptionist AND on the others in the waiting room?

MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE!

Imagine getting a job as a primary care physician, nurse or receptionist and expecting to never encouter sick people. True lunacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use telehealth for this bc it’s so much easier.

Do this when sniffling and coughing.

So you would rather sniffle and cough in the doctors face, on the receptionist AND on the others in the waiting room?

MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE!

I have a relationship with my primary care doctor (I'm not the OP). She knows my history, has a list of all of my medications, and previous test results. None of that is available to some rando online.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes doctor practices prefer to save slots for other issues that need to be diagnosed - because they have an burdensome schedule or that they have gotten burnt with insurance not reimbursing enough

Also, if you could be contagious that is another reason a doctor may not want sick patients in the office.

It is kind of amazing how doctors offices and urgent care clinics are generally so cavalier about contagious illness. Shouldn't they have quarantine booths for sick patients?

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