Thanks for nothing doc
The other day I went to the doctors and saw the triage nurse to ask for some antibiotics to sort out the infection in my gum.
I know I’ve got an infection in my gum because I had it about a month and a half ago and I know I need some antibiotics because that’s what the dentist prescribed me last time. But could I get a doctor to give me a prescription? Could I bollocks.
The nurse looked at my gum and agreed that it was red and looked infected. She went and talked to a doctor but the answer from the doctor was “take ibuprofen and if it gets worse go to the dentist”.
Doctors aren’t dentists and I accept that but they are capable of diagnosing an infected gum, just as they are capable of diagnosing an infection anywhere else in the body. There is no reason why I should have to pay to spend two minutes in the dentists chair just to get a bloody prescription for some antibiotics.
In case you’re wondering, it’s getting better now after 3 or 4 days of pain and enough ibuprofen and paracetamol to sedate a bull elephant.
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so, it got better by itself?
Too many anti biotics are not good for you
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 amIt’s getting better, it still hurts all the time. A dose or two of antibiotics once every few years is better for you than a week of painkillers.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 amcould it be an abscess?
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pmShouldn’t think so. It was in the top before, now it’s more on the bottom.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:57 pmDoctors are advised these days not to issue antibiotics unless completely necessary. Many of them are becoming ineffective because the wee beasties they are used to treat are building up a resistance to them. When you kill 99% of all known germs you leave the 1% to reproduce.
That’s why hospitals are having all that trouble with super bugs, over use of antibiotics combined with piss poor hygiene.
I realise that aint much consolation when you’re suffering but I’m afraid we’re in the twilight of the antibiotic wonder drug.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 am