With proper preparation for consultation, the disease will be half healed first!

Things to note before, during and after taking your baby to the clinic. Proper preparation for the consultation will make half of the illness better!

When the baby at home is sick, parents are all in a hurry to take him to the doctor! But when the doctor inquires, the parents don't know everything. There are no clues, which hinders timely and correct diagnosis. The doctor also has a headache! So how should we cooperate with the doctor's consultation and what should we pay attention to before, during and after the consultation, so that our baby's illness can be cured as soon as possible?

Hospital scene...

During the Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers and the smell of wine and rice are everywhere. And inside the emergency room, it was like a boiling pot of boiling water, noisy and busy.

Women who cut their hands while cooking New Year vegetables or chopping chicken or duck had to rush to the emergency room for bandages because no small clinics were open. In a corner of the emergency room, where the number of patients was 3 or 4 times more than usual, there were children who were burned by firecrackers and crying; there were young people who played cards all night long, resulting in a weakened immune system and suffered severe pain from shingles; After eating greasy fish and meat, more and more patients suffer from diarrhea, gastroenteritis, stomach pain, intestinal obstruction, and even appendicitis...

At this time, a father rushed into the emergency room anxiously with a little baby. Dad: "Doctor, he has a very high fever! Will his head be burned out?" Doctor: "I'll ask the nurse to take a temperature first..." Dad: "Doctor, what disease does he have?" Doctor: "We won't know until I ask about the medical history and do a physical examination first..." Dad: "Doctor, could this be meningitis? My sister's child was still hospitalized because of this..." Doctor: " This requires further examination to confirm the diagnosis." At this time, the anxious father suddenly became angry: "You are a doctor, why don't you know anything?" The doctor first calmed the father's emotions, and then asked: "How long has the baby been having fever?" Dad whispered, "I'm not sure. As soon as I got home, my mother told me that the baby had a fever..." Doctor: "Did he have a cough or runny nose?" Dad: "I don't know either." Doctor: " Is your appetite okay?" Dad: "Mom usually feeds me, so I'm not sure..."

At this time, my father, who had been questioning the doctor's ignorance, suddenly became red. Face, I was so embarrassed that I couldn't say anything. What parents must know? Medical knowledge

When a child gets sick, parents think it is a nightmare. They are worried and scared, and panic for a moment. At this time, the doctor's professionalism is the strongest weapon against the disease. Parents need to maintain a good relationship of trust with the doctor and work together to fight the disease.

Things to note before taking your baby to the doctor. The first thing to note is that it is best for the person who takes care of your baby the most to take him to the doctor. Otherwise, the doctor will often be confused when he asks questions. Babies are too young, often babbling, and cannot express anything clearly. At this time, the main caregiver is a very important "clue" provider. In fact, when a doctor is seeing a doctor, it is like a detective handling a case, which requires a lot of clues. However, often the person who sees the symptoms and course of the disease is not the doctor who only met him for a few minutes, but the person who was taking care of and observing the baby before. Common conversations in outpatient clinics

Doctor: "Does the baby have a cough?" Dad: "I don't know. Doctor, help me use a stethoscope to listen to whether he has a cough..." Doctor: "Is there a cough?" Runny nose?" Dad: "I don't know, doctor, please check if his nose is inflamed..." Doctor: "How long will the symptoms last?" Dad: "I don't know, mom said he He seemed to have a fever, so I took him to the doctor. Doctor, please hurry up. We have to rush back later. Mom needs to breastfeed..."

I often encounter people who have just finished get off work in the clinic. Many mothers take their babies to see a doctor. The mother is often very anxious, but the doctor cannot explain anything to her because it is her grandma who usually takes care of the baby. Finally, I had to say to the doctor: "Doctor, can you tell what kind of disease he has with your eyes? Otherwise, if you keep asking me like this, I won't even know..."

Doctor's picture of seeing a doctor It's the detective who handles the case, but the case can't be solved without any clues. Is the murderer caused by viruses, bacteria, or innate genes? You need to rely on your parents to assist in the investigation and find out the real cause (the murderer). Only then can the doctor use his own expertise to design a perfect treatment method.

Things to note when taking your baby to see a doctor. The doctor’s order of consultation is usually divided into three major items: Asking about the medical history: Ask the caregiver about the baby’s main symptoms, how long they last, and other accompanying symptoms, etc. wait. Physical examination: The doctor uses his eyes to see, his hands to touch, and his stethoscope to listen... to do some physical examinations. Imaging examination or experimental data: X-ray, computerized tomography, ultrasound, blood drawing, urine test, etc. Providing medical history will help in correct diagnosis

Many parents think that high-tech medicine can solve their baby's pain and rely on expensive artificial instruments such as computer tomography or MRI. In fact, by accurately and carefully providing medical history information to the doctor, coupled with the doctor's detailed physical examination, most common diseases can often be diagnosed without the need for subsequent examinations.

How to ask and answer questions from the doctor? Parents need careful and complete memory. It is recommended to record it down to avoid forgetting things and not mentioning important things, so as to provide doctors with the best reference information.

In addition, you must listen carefully to the doctor's questions before you can answer them.

Common outpatient conversations 1 Doctor: "Does the baby have a cough?" Mom: "It seems to be a little runny nose." Doctor: "Is there a sound of stuffed nose?" Mom: "He seems to have phlegm when he coughs. ..." Doctor: "Will the baby have a bad appetite?" Mom: "Doctor... can you help me see if his eyes are red?"

Maybe it's because some parents are too nervous. , I was too anxious, too busy paying attention to the baby's condition, so I didn't listen carefully to the doctor's questions. This often resulted in half the effort and spent a lot of time, but the doctor couldn't get the clues and answers he wanted.

Common outpatient dialogue 2

Doctor: "What's wrong with the child?" Dad: "Xiaojun, come, tell the doctor yourself..." Child : "..." (Silent and silent) Dad: "Xiaojun is the best, tell the doctor Beibei what's wrong with you, so we can catch the bug!" Child: "Wow, I don't want an injection..." (Crying loudly) Dad: "I don't know how to give injections. We don't have any injections in our hands..." Dad: "Xiaojun, come on, tell Dr. Beibei what's wrong with you..." (Then the above The conversation will be repeated several times. )

In the end, the doctor asked nothing. The child became more and more frightened, and the whole clinic was filled with crying. Therefore, when the doctor asks questions, parents should not overestimate their children's abilities. Younger children are still too young, and their expression, judgment and memory abilities are not yet mature. Don't rely too much on their expression ability. Bad children become the main provider of clues to doctors, which often costs several times the effort and time, and also obtains information that is wrong, inaccurate, or is hidden and dare not be shared (because of fear of injections).

Common outpatient conversations 3

Doctor: "How long has your baby been coughing?" Mom: "I have been coughing recently." Doctor: "About how long?" Mom: "It's been a long time." Yeah, it’s been a while..."

In fact, the doctor wants to get a more objective and precise answer. Otherwise, after asking for a long time with these vague and general answers, the doctor still doesn’t know the persistence of the baby’s symptoms. How long is the time. Because the duration of the disease will affect the doctor's diagnosis and subsequent treatment. At this time, the best answer for parents to give the doctor is: "I've been coughing for 3 days." or "I've been coughing for a week."

Parents often have to pay attention to "after" taking their baby to the doctor. You have many opinions of your own. At this time, you have to trust the doctor’s professionalism and “cooperate” to make your child’s illness heal as quickly as possible! If you have any questions about your baby's symptoms and medication, you may wish to call the clinic to ask to clear up your doubts. If something bad happens, the medical staff will also recommend that you take your baby back to the clinic as soon as possible. A win-win situation for both treatment and disease!

Medical staff are caregivers, and most of them have good intentions to help patients and work together to fight the disease. Such a relationship should be cooperative and trusting.

However, there are too many sensational and false media reports on medical disputes, which constantly convey: "Doctors are likely to make mistakes", "Hospitals are dangerous", "There is a high probability of incorrect medical procedures"... etc. The uneasy and suspicious information disintegrated and destroyed the original trust between doctors and patients and the warm relationship of working together to fight the disease.

Parents, remember to trust doctors, communicate well with medical staff, don’t always have a distrustful and suspicious attitude towards doctors, and work together to fight the disease, because doctors are not the enemy, the disease is!

Liangliang’s education: Graduated from the Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University. Experience: Pediatric resident at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Shuanghe Hospital, practicing physician at New Taipei City Clinic. His works include: "In the Future, There Will Be No Pediatricians", and co-authored "No Pediatricians". "Anxiety-free and comfortable", "Medical collapse!" "The Era Without Doctors to Save Life", "Nursing Collapses!" "The wave of medical refugees is coming"

Text/edited by Dr. Liangliang/Photos of Zhang Yuying/Parenting and Living Information Room + Photography by Xie Shengyou (Annan Hospital)

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