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'It took years to get diagnosed': the women who were not listened to

submitted 3 years ago by -thedarkhorse- from (theguardian.com)

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[–]Killer_Danish 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)

Female doctors ALL THE WAY. You are much more likely to be listened to.

I'm prone to kidney infections and one summer, I developed a SEVERE kidney infection (and for whatever reason, it didn't show up in the urine test). My usual doctor was away, so I saw this guy and told him I had a history of kidney infections. Super smart doctor guy acted skeptical the whole time ("it didn't show up on the urine test!") He then suggested that I must have pulled a muscle or something and that's why I was hurting (I also told him I could barely pee, but whatever). He told me to go home and rest.

At about 2am, I started uncontrollably vomiting. I cranked the AC in my car as cold as it would go and drove myself to the hospital while dry heaving.

Turns out I had a severe kidney infection... just like I had suggested. Almost like I know my own body or something...

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