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My father is a doctor and agrees with me, even though he can't openly admit it. I've never been to a doctor in my life. I just went to a nurse to get shots.
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My son had scarlet fever when he was seven. He'd have been dead without a doctor appoinment and an antibiotic.
Dead? Scarlett fever isn't that dangerous. It can have an auto-immune complication that can potentially be life threatening, but even that is pretty unusual. I'm not saying that you shouldn't get an antibiotic for scarlett fever, you should, but saying that he would have been dead without out it is a pretty big stretch.
Dead? Scarlett fever isn't that dangerous.... saying that he would have been dead without out it is a pretty big stretch.
My mother's cousin died of scarlet fever as a child before penicillin was discovered.
Yes, some cases are fatal. (MY son happened to have a fever of 103 and his pediatrician was alarmed.) And BTW, there are cases of chicken pox that are fatal....we just don't hear about them as often. And hopefully won't in the future, since there is now a chicken pox vaccination.
Hmmmm...well just for argument's sake. My son had scarlet fever at 4. My daughter had cataracts at 8. Same daughter had pneumonia at 5. My appendix burst at 10. I broke both of my arms before I was 10.
You and your family must be that isolated incident. :-)
In today's world there is almost no such thing as a general practitioner. If you are seeing an internist and happen to mention a rash which is bothering you he will refer you to a dermatologist. I saw an internist for something pretty routine and asked her to remove a few skin tags. She runs to get some contraption which I think was dry ice. She held it up and said "Um let's see , how does this work?" and all she did was burn the hell out of my neck and the skin tag was left untouched.
I'm old enough to remember 1 doctor for the whole family but with so much technology and pharmaceuticals and advancements in medicine there is no way a family can have 1 doctor. Even dentists are specialized into all sorts of sub specialties. There are special pediatricians for allergies, heart problems, respiratory issues, etc. And BTW John, most "regular doctors" will not see children.
When the child of a doctor boasts about never having seen a doctor in his life and to make fun of those of us who do see doctors, all sorts of red flags go up for me.
When the child of a doctor boasts about never having seen a doctor in his life and to make fun of those of us who do see doctors, all sorts of red flags go up for me.
What red flags? And what's wrong with never seeing a doctor? I just had the normal issues every kid has: the occasional fever, vomiting and diarrhea. I stayed home for a few days with mum and granny taking care of me and I was back to school as soon as the fever went down.
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