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In our lifetime we keep changing doctors. Not that doctors go by what other doctors have diagnosed or recommended but a patient should nevertheless have a folder with their medical history.
When a patient has the record they can always question their new doctor if they resort to different medicines or a different approach to treating them.
These days doctors are careless and do not do a thorough study of a patient’s condition. A headache for example can be a symptom of many diseases but they take a shortcut and resort to a trial and error method. If there are records a patient can spot the lethargy and speak to the doctor and question him.
It is vital that a patient is alert these days as many deaths are caused by doctors because of their disinterest in their patients.
Many doctors do not tell the patient what they are suffering from. A patient should insist in knowing that and the doctor should give it in writing so that it could be recorded and put in that folder.
Having a record of past history can tell a patient if there is a new development and the causes thereof. It will give the patient an idea where to make changes in their lifestyle as many a time a change in lifestyle for example a change in diet triggers symptoms that could be kept in check.
Record of past medical history helps the caretaker of the patient if the patient is not in a position to interact with the doctor.
There are certain medicines that a patient is allergic to and this is normally found in such records. There have been serious cases where a patient was given drugs that they reacted to badly and this can be avoided if the doctor refers to past records and takes precautions in this regard.
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yes. It is right to keep a medical record of the history relating to one's own health. It may perhaps be not appropriate to find out fault with Doctors alone. The mistake lies with the patient also. He should careful note down the treatment he had along with the date keeping copies of the prescriptions (if the originals are not with you).
Not all cases of headache will be referred for doctors for examination and tests. He sees the age, conditon, B.P. and sugar etc., of a patients and if he assumes that the headache may be due to any other problem and needs some detailed examination then only he refers for further examinations and call for reports. If the situation calls for a specialist he refers the patient to a specialist.
Soon after the reports are examined by a Doctor it is for the patient to collect and keep a record of it. In case of necessity he can show these reports to another doctor if he asks for them.
No doubt, there are instances where the Doctors are doing business with the organs of a Human Body. But the cases are a few in number and we can not apply this illegal activity to the entire professionals in a sweeping manner.
@sivasubrahmanyam shatdarsanam I agree with you. Patients have to play a big role. I sometimes see the caretakers talk to the doctors and not the patients.
Yes it is good to keep medical records. It helps a lot and what you have said is very true. Nowadays I have come to realize that many doctors are becoming very ignorant of their patients diagnosis. Others don't even take the time to talk to their patients to know the little details about their medical history thereby giving wrong diagnosis to diseases or illnesses which can be very dangerous and damaging to the patients body. But most doctors nowadays look at the symptoms one has and start giving medication even without knowing if there are allergies that may occur with the medicines that they give out. I feel that doctors don't adhere to the doctors rule anymore to take people's lives seriously. And it needs to be addressed
Keeping a record will alert doctors to think twice before taking things lightly with patients.
Very useful advice. Many people are very careless about their medical records and reports. Nowadays there are many medicines that can cause adverse reactions and also affect other organs so one specialist should always know what the orher doctors have recommended before.
@Dawnwriter With the rush with which doctors these days go over a patient's illness these records can help them.
Medical malpractice can always be avoided if we keep records of our medical history. Its true that some doctors do not care to know the history of the illness of the patients, all they do is to resort to their own test which don't ask the history. To avoid that, we patients should tell these doctors that our concerns are our life and let them know it is not a lousy job for them.
I very much agree. Keeping your own medical record is appropriate and can help in avoiding a misdiagnosis or affect your own health. I, for one have not noted down all my ailments and their dates which I should have. For example, I vaguely remember that I had my tubal ligation if I remember well at age 24 but I cannot swear to it. The hospital, of course has kept that record but even in this day and age, it is hard to get hospital to coordinate their records for the same patient. But I will, from now on, jot down all my ailments in a diary type folder to be later presented to a doctor if need be.
For some people, they don't care about keeping medical records. In reality, they should consider doing it. You have mentioned that some doctors misdiagnosed the medical conditions of patients. Thus, it falls to a criminal case such as malpractice.
If we have medical records, the doctors don't need to order unnecessary diagnostic tools. Diagnostic tools are so expensive. In some point, some patients will not undergo such procedures because it is not within their affordable budget.