One of the causes of the severe disease that are affecting people in America is a medical misdiagnosis. Each year we have about twenty million instances of medical malpractice whereby patients are misdiagnosed. The medical malpractice of having patients misdiagnosed has severe repercussions such as death, injuries and also improper treatment. A doctor will engage in medical malpractice of medical misdiagnosis when he or she informs the patient that they are healthy while else one is sick. Another form of medical malpractice in medical misdiagnosis is when the doctor makes an error and gives the incorrect or delayed diagnosis results. The doctor will say that you are suffering from a certain disease while else you are suffering from a different disease.
The relationship between the doctor and the patient is one of the contributors to the medical malpractice of misdiagnosing. The relationship between the patient and the doctor should be straight whereby there is no secrete between you the patient and the doctor, and the doctor should know everything that you have. Another issues that contribute to the medical practice of misdiagnosing a patient is the amount of time set for doctor’s appointment. Ample time is needed for the patient to express how they feel to the doctor most of the doctors will interrupt their patient after some few minutes of their talk it can lead medical misdiagnosis which is a form of medical malpractice. The doctor also has several appointments in a day, and some of the patients may come with literally similar symptoms, and the doctor may use symptoms from the previous patient to diagnosis you. There are certain steps that you need to take and ensure that you will be affected by the medical malpractice or misdiagnosis. Some of those measures will be discussed in the article below.
When you visit the doctor you need to clear and thorough with how you are feeling. The analysis that the doctor will make will depend on what the will get from the conversation that you will between you the patient and him or her, so it is vital to have good communication between both of you. The doctor needs to know all about your condition when you are talking to them give them all your sufferings. You have enough time with the doctor; therefore, you should not only give the symptoms but also give a full story on what transpired.
Having two or more diagnosis results reading the same cannot lie. To clear the doubts, you should have another opinion from another doctor.