Are you entitled to see a doctor if you're at the ER?

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Anonymous wrote:Omfg they just told me that they think I am a "little" pregnant. This is OP.

Troll. Nobody in the ER would say “a little pregnant”

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Did they do blood work or a urine test or both?

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Anonymous wrote:Omfg they just told me that they think I am a "little" pregnant. This is OP.

Troll. Nobody in the ER would say “a little pregnant”

Op here. I am in Miami. The Latin people have a different way of talking. They are taking another test.

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Anonymous wrote:Did they do blood work or a urine test or both?

Urine and now a blood test.

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Is your 3 year old in the hospital too? What’s going on with him or her?

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Anonymous wrote:Hepatitis A? Hope they figure out whatever it is soon, OP. There are so many possibilities in India. Glad you are at the hospital and being taken seriously.

I had Hep A years ago and don't remember fever and chills as OP is reporting. Google tells me there can be a low grade fever, which is between 98.6 and 100.4. Since she has a fever of 102, I am thinking it is something else. Malaria would seem a good guess, though I hope for Op's sake it is not.

Between 98.6 and 100.4 is just normal body temperature. A low grade fever is over 100.4, up to 101.5- 102 or so.

Healthline disagrees with you.

https://www.healthline.com/health/persistent-low-grade-fever

Emedicine puts a low grade fever at between 100 t0 101. Fevers is this range can usually be ignored, but if they persist for days they should be investigated. 101 to 104 is an intermediate grade fever. Over that is high grade.

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/fever_in_adults/article_em.htm#what_temperature_is_a_high_fever

100.4-101.5 is not that different from 100-101. We're just arguing semantics. My point was that "anything over 98.6 is considered a fever!" is erroneous, and results in people dragging their healthy kids into the doctor because "they had a fever of 99.0 this morning!" which is not, by anyone's definition, a fever. That's all I meant.

PP. I agree with not dragging kids into the doctor with low fevers or even intermediate grade fevers. I have a child with an autoimmune disorder, however, and low grade fevers have meaning in that context. If a fever is over 101 then the cause is likely other than from the autoimmune disorder.

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Anonymous wrote:Is your 3 year old in the hospital too? What’s going on with him or her?

Op here. Yes he's here with me too. He's doing ok now. His fever reduced and he's sleeping.

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Why don’t you see an internist? Or is going to the ER and skipping out on the bill your MO?

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you see an internist? Or is going to the ER and skipping out on the bill your MO?

She is admitted to the unit

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Not sure if this has already been answered, but my spouse is an ER doc. They also have NPs and PAs working in ERs, along with non-ER trained physicians on the "urgent care" side--they see lower acuity stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you see an internist? Or is going to the ER and skipping out on the bill your MO?

She is admitted to the unit

So now we have a pregnant woman and her 3 year old who may have malaria. People are still trash talking? Wow. Who is allowed to go to the ER exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you see an internist? Or is going to the ER and skipping out on the bill your MO?

Are you the same PP who has repeatedly verbally harassed OP? If so, give it up. If you are someone new, please go back through the thread and her earlier thread which adequately explain why she is in the ER and not an internist's office.

As if we didn't have enough zealotry in the world we now have anti-ER use zealots. Enough.

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OP, did you know you had a UTI when you went to the ER? Some people have no symptoms of a UTI until the infection is really bad. Fevers, chills, and flu-like symptoms are all common for a bad infection (that could move to your kidneys).

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Anonymous wrote:OP, did you know you had a UTI when you went to the ER? Some people have no symptoms of a UTI until the infection is really bad. Fevers, chills, and flu-like symptoms are all common for a bad infection (that could move to your kidneys).

Op here. I had no idea and I don't have a lot of pain. They wanted to do an ultrasound but I declined. I am confused why I had a chest x-ray earlier. The nurse asked if the technician confirmed that I wasn't pregnant. She said ok that means she already saw the negative results. I am trying not to worry. What's been done has been done.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, did you know you had a UTI when you went to the ER? Some people have no symptoms of a UTI until the infection is really bad. Fevers, chills, and flu-like symptoms are all common for a bad infection (that could move to your kidneys).

Op here. I had no idea and I don't have a lot of pain. They wanted to do an ultrasound but I declined. I am confused why I had a chest x-ray earlier. The nurse asked if the technician confirmed that I wasn't pregnant. She said ok that means she already saw the negative results. I am trying not to worry. What's been done has been done.

The chest x-ray is probably to rule out TB.

Hopefully they have answers for you in the AM. If you can’t fall asleep, don’t be afraid to ask for something. Whatever is wrong, sleep/rest is always part of the recovery process.