At times the medical profession needs to really get shaking up.
An African-American lady weighing 350 pounds, age 55, with an acute Crohn's flare up came to see us today in the clinic. Her pain was intense. Her rectal bleeding was profuse - so much so that she bled a constant stream of blood before a bowel movement.
She called her MD 10 x or more to no avail. Finally she called the nurse station and they said her doctor was on leave so he could not see her. No referral. No go to the emergency room. She was just left to keep bleeding and in immense pain.
She decided to come to our clinic in hopes we could stop the bleeding and pain.
Yes Ma'am. But we need you to go the hospital and be seen by your MD.
She broke down in tears and said her physician would not see her. We phoned this physician and found out he was not on leave and that he was still seeing patients.
She was right.
We called another clinic for her t...Read More
on July 07, 2010 at 5:42 AM
Crohn's Patient: Neglected and Bleeding
on June 10, 2010 at 5:23 PM
"If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the answer." - Abraham Hoffer MD Ph.D
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As a naturopathic physician, I see this day in and day out.
Have a symptom that is troubling you? Been to doctor after doctor? Not one doctor has recommended the same medication?
"It's all in your head" right? That is the closest diagnosis you have received?
Unfortunately, many doctors forget how the body works. Doctors appear to only remember how medications work.
If doctors cannot label you with a disease, then they cannot prescribe a medication for you.
Then, what Dr Hoffer so brilliantly stated, is true: "If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the answer" - Abraham Hoffer MD Ph.D.
Don't go to a 5th doctor unless it is a naturopathic doctor or one who specializes in Orthomolecular Medicine.
Unfortunately, many patients and people in general, do not know that naturopathic physicians are primary care physicians. Naturopathic physicians should be seen even before the onset of illness. Physicians who practice Orthomolecular Medicine are also good ones to ...
Read Moreon March 14, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Crohn's Patient: Neglected and Bleeding
At times the medical profession needs to really get shaking up.
An African-American lady weighing 350 pounds, age 55, with an acute Crohn's flare up came to see us today in the clinic. Her pain was intense. Her rectal bleeding was profuse - so much so that she bled a constant stream of blood before a bowel movement.
She called her MD 10 x or more to no avail. Finally she called the nurse station and they said her doctor was on leave so he could not see her. No referral. No go to the emergency room. She was just left to keep bleeding and in immense pain.
She decided to come to our clinic in hopes we could stop the bleeding and pain.
Yes Ma'am. But we need you to go the hospital and be seen by your MD.
She broke down in tears and said her physician would not see her. We phoned this physician and found out he was not on leave and that he was still seeing patients.
She was right.
We called another clinic for her t...Read More
An African-American lady weighing 350 pounds, age 55, with an acute Crohn's flare up came to see us today in the clinic. Her pain was intense. Her rectal bleeding was profuse - so much so that she bled a constant stream of blood before a bowel movement.
She called her MD 10 x or more to no avail. Finally she called the nurse station and they said her doctor was on leave so he could not see her. No referral. No go to the emergency room. She was just left to keep bleeding and in immense pain.
She decided to come to our clinic in hopes we could stop the bleeding and pain.
Yes Ma'am. But we need you to go the hospital and be seen by your MD.
She broke down in tears and said her physician would not see her. We phoned this physician and found out he was not on leave and that he was still seeing patients.
She was right.
We called another clinic for her t...Read More
on November 12, 2006 at 4:00 PM
Patient Visits Physician: Why?
Read this quote and found it pretty cool:
"The patient does not come to the doctor to be cured;
The patient comes to be known."
Dr Leanna Standish, PhD, ND, L.Ac
Bastyr University Research Director
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