Speaking of going to the hospital to see a doctor, I’m afraid most people will remember six words: it is difficult and expensive to see a doctor.
It is true that due to the allocation of medical resources, there is still a shortage of doctors and medicines. However, there are also many problems of difficulty and high cost in seeing a doctor. We do not have the skills to see a doctor ourselves, resulting in difficulties and high cost.
Today, Dr. Clove has sorted out three tips for everyone to see a doctor. If they are used well, it will be no longer difficult to see a doctor.
Be ready before seeing a doctor.
Before we go to the hospital to see a doctor, it is necessary to make some preparations, so as to save the time and expenses of seeing a doctor.
1. Choose a hospital, first small and then large.
Choosing a good hospital is the first step to see a doctor. Some friends rushed to a big hospital as soon as they had a headache and brain fever. When they arrived at the hospital, they spent a long time waiting in line to register. When they saw the doctor, they were sent away by a few words. They often felt angry and felt that the doctor was “unreliable”.
In fact, these minor diseases and pains do not need to be seen in large hospitals at all. Common diseases can be seen in community hospitals.
Experts in large hospitals understand and see through a kind of diseases, while general practitioners in community hospitals all know about Haoruoyanhai’s medical knowledge and are not necessarily worse than experts in the treatment of common diseases.
However, most of our diseases are common and frequently-occurring diseases, which can basically be diagnosed and treated by general practitioners.
If community hospitals cannot solve the problem, they will also refer to large hospitals. Usually, many large hospitals will open green channels for patients referred by community hospitals to avoid the trouble of registering and finding beds.
As private capital enters the medical industry, more and more high-quality private hospitals and clinics are also good choices. Compared with public hospitals, some private hospitals can provide better service quality and make medical treatment more comfortable.
2. To register, first [ordinary] then [expert]
If you want to go to a big hospital to see a doctor, you also have skills in registration.
Some friends register, must expert number, title in the deputy director below the doctor, can’t enter the eye. In fact, this kind of practice, often spent a lot of money to add to their own blockage. If you want to save money and watch the disease, when registering, we should first [ordinary] and then [expert].
For the first time to see a doctor, hang up a normal number: both experts and ordinary young doctors need to have an examination to understand the disease situation when the patient sees a doctor for the first time. However, no matter who opens these examinations, the results are not much different.
When seeing a doctor for the first time, it is best to choose the normal number, do a good job of examination and preliminary disease judgment. If the general outpatient doctor feels that he cannot solve the problem, he will also contact the superior expert to check it.
Difficult and miscellaneous diseases, hang expert number: for some suffering from difficult and miscellaneous diseases, have been to many hospitals, all kinds of blood test forms, X-rays, CT and so on are a pile, but in the end still did not get a clear diagnosis. Only then do you need to hang expert number.
Now that science and technology are developed, registration is much more convenient than before. You can make appointments for registration through various channels, such as websites, WeChat, telephones, etc. Making full use of these channels is also a good way to understand hospital information and save energy in seeing a doctor.
STEP 3 Be well prepared and save time
Outpatient doctors have to see many patients a day, and it usually takes only about 10 minutes to see a patient. Therefore, we should prepare the necessary information and do not waste the time of seeing a doctor on going through medical records and looking for examination forms.
No matter whether it is the first visit or the follow-up visit, medical records, medical cards, medical insurance cards and identity cards need to be prepared.
For those who have done a lot of examinations before seeing a doctor, they should bring the examination report and sort it according to time so as to facilitate outpatient doctors to read it.
In addition, if you are taking medicine, remember to write down the situation of taking medicine, including taking what medicine, the frequency and dosage of taking medicine. If you can’t remember clearly, you can take photos or take the medicine box to the hospital for doctor’s reference.
For friends who return to the clinic, they can also record the problems related to diseases they encounter at ordinary times and ask the doctor when seeing a doctor.
When seeing a doctor, communicate more.
When some friends see a doctor, they often don’t know what to say except [doctor, I am not feeling well], and some friends can’t pull back when talking, so the doctor has to rack his brains to ask or bother to find out the main points, thus wasting a lot of time.
Therefore, when we see a doctor, we must first sort out our thoughts in order to save time for seeing a doctor. We can organize our language according to this:
Where is the discomfort, what started, how long did it last, whether there was any change, and the severity of the discomfort.
After such a narration, doctors can naturally understand the illness and make quick judgments, thus saving their time to see a doctor.
The time saved can be used to ask questions.
Many middle-aged and elderly friends go to the hospital to see chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperglycemia and so on. They usually encounter various problems in their life. At this time, they should take the time to ask the doctor questions.
During treatment, more cooperation is required.
When seeing a doctor, patients need to cooperate actively to complete the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
1. Preparation for inspection
The diagnosis of many diseases requires examination, and some examinations have special requirements. For example, the examination of OGTT requires fasting, and the examination of blood lipid requires that we should not eat too greasy things for the first three days. These all need our attention. Otherwise, the inaccurate results of the examination will mislead the doctor’s judgment and delay everyone’s treatment.
In addition, there are also some examinations that require clothing. For example, all metal products need to be removed before MRI. If such examinations need to be performed, they must be well coordinated.
2. Use drugs on time and in quantity
If the doctor prescribes the medicine, he must take the medicine on time and according to the amount after returning. He must not stop taking the medicine without authorization when he feels that the situation has eased. This is likely to lead to repeated diseases or even deterioration.
In addition, there are many diseases that need to change their lifestyles to cooperate with treatment. For example, patients with hyperthyroidism need to avoid iodine, patients with three highs need regular exercise, and patients with high uric acid need special attention to high purine food. These places need everyone to insist on cooperation.
3. Follow-up in time
Sometimes, it may not be clear which disease is for a while. Doctors may do [diagnostic treatment], first according to the most likely disease treatment, if not, need to adjust the treatment plan.
Moreover, many chronic diseases, with the development of the disease, also need to adjust the treatment plan, in order to better control the disease.
Therefore, we need to pay attention to the changes of the disease condition at ordinary times, return to the clinic in time, help doctors optimize the treatment plan, cure the disease or control the disease condition as soon as possible.