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Real Medical Quotes<\/span><\/h5>\n

Joke<\/span>
\nPatient: Doctor, can you prescribe something for my sleepwalking?<\/span>
\nDoctor: No, you need the exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

A mother explained to me recently that her child had been colicky and at six months the G.P. advised to avoid solid food. The reason? The child had poor digestion so we’ll keep her on the food which the child had been unable to digest since day one – formula! The child had never had solids so why assume solids would be a problem? It was obvious the formula was a problem though, which the doctor didn’t consider, for some reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s such poor reasoning by doctors that has prompted me to list some of the mad things doctors have said to their patients over the years.\u00a0 Sadly, because someone achieves 600 points in the Leaving Cert, it doesn’t mean they are able to think.<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ve all heard the common, “It’s a virus,” when a doctor is at a loss. Here are some more quotes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Warning! Sport is bad for your health. We now have “sport-induced asthma.” Even when not playing sports the patient still has sport-induced asthma!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Teenager visits GP twice in one week with extreme tiredness. Doctor: “It’s your exams.” At the end of the week the teen is undergoing chemotherapy!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Doctor: “It’s the pregnancy that’s causing your cough because of the raised progesterone levels.” (Now pregnancy is a disease!)<\/span>
\nPatient: “I’ve been to you every year at this time with this cough but I haven’t been pregnant every year…”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 G.P. (from a nearby town) to an elderly patient: “Ah, people are living too long these days.” The same G.P., an elderly man himself, while on a foreign holiday took ill. He didn’t take his own advice but instead took the next plane back to Dublin and checked in to the Mater Private. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 “That antibiotic wasn’t strong enough, you’ll need a stronger one.” This is a frequent one. It begs the question; why did the doctor prescribe the wrong one to begin with? Also, it’s a way of getting around the obvious point that the medicine failed and wasn’t scientific or evidence based and perhaps… it’s the patient’s fault because their disease was too strong for that “correct” prescription?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 “It’s your age.” Since when did age become a disease? Recently a gentleman told me that nobody dies of old age! And doctors have made this claim to 12 year-olds with difficult periods and to elderly patients with joint problems.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t