Among young mothers, there is often talk of poor pediatricians. Such discontent is not uncommon now, but what are its true reasons? Do you know how to talk with a children's doctor?
Faith or distrust?
Patients are primarily people, and therefore the attitude to medical personnel is different for everyone. One may like that doctor, from whom others are in a state of shock. Unconditional trust in the doctor is either the life attitude of a particular person or a trip to the reception on the recommendation of friends.
In most cases, distrust occurs. It is unclear why, but many mothers prefer to visit the local pediatrician "for show" and do not even take the therapy they prescribed seriously. At the same time, they prefer to treat their children in paid clinics. Why do you need a policy then? This "piece of paper" gives you the right to free medical assistance.
Know how to ask
The standard situation is that mom leaves the pediatrician’s office, realizes that she didn’t understand anything from what was said, and begins to “walk” around the Internet. And especially on the forums. Dear Mommies! The forums are the same people as you, but by no means experts. Exclude a similar situation from your life.
Need to be able to ask. Ask any question that worries you. Feel free to clarify, especially such moments as:
- essence of the diagnosis;
- possible consequences of the disease;
- methods of treatment.
Be sure to ask about the lifestyle that the baby should lead during the period of illness:
- Is it possible to visit crowded places;
- whether bathing will adversely affect;
- sleep mode, etc.
By the way, the doctor must answer all your questions. And this obligation is fixed by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Phrases to help you:
- Please tell us in more detail.
- Doctor, we are very worried about this, could you clarify some points?
- We understand that appointment times are limited, but please explain to us what this diagnosis means.
Take note! The doctor should not draw conclusions on the results of the actual examination. He must definitely ask you about the behavior of the child and his physical abilities at home.
Getting ready to visit a doctor
You are a mother, which means that the slightest change in the well-being or mood of the child will not slip away from you. When planning to visit a pediatric doctor, it is important to tell him everything in detail, then making a diagnosis will not cause difficulties. Therefore, before going to the pediatrician, you need to prepare a little, namely:
Spend some time observing the baby.Try not to do other things during this period so as not to lose sight of anything. Then you can find out what guarded you, and with confidence tell the doctor about your observations and suspicions.- All the symptoms that you notice in a child must be voiced by a pediatrician. A detailed story about the baby is half the success of the diagnosis. Let the baby cough only once, you can’t forget about it anyway.
- Moms who tell only about anxieties and doubts are perceived by doctors as anxious persons who can even think up something superfluous. Start the story with positive moments, tell that the baby already knows and knows. Then in the eyes of the pediatrician you will not appear to be anxious, but an observant mother who is able to distinguish the slightest changes in the development or behavior of the child.
Try not to ask questions from the "last" series. Any question asked at the door after the reception ends will entail advice to come again.
Voicing all doubts and worries
Life without the Internet is not the same. Noticing any deviations in the well-being or mood of the child, the mothers immediately "plunge" into the vastness of the world wide network and begin to make the diagnosis themselves. Remember the following:
- Do not look for answers in the forums, it is better to voice your concerns to the doctor.
- Only a specialist and only with a personal examination is able to make an accurate diagnosis.
- Stop being tormented by doubts, just have a good talk with your doctor and ask him about everything in detail.
- Any good doctor is able to dispel your doubts not just in words, but also to confirm them in practice. Do you think the baby is hard of hearing? An experienced specialist can prove to you that this is not so.
Additional counseling
Having doubts? Try to find an alternative opinion. Contact another doctor, or rather a few. Then the picture will be more clear, and you will be sure that everything is done correctly.
In order not to once again torment the baby with all kinds of analyzes and procedures, take a medical history and copies of all tests in your clinic. You have the right to do so, defend it if necessary.
Note! Do not refuse to take the prescribed drug if the annotation to it does not indicate the possibility of its use for the age category of your crumbs. Often, such drugs do not have other analogues, their safety is confirmed by the positive experience of taking the medicine in children of a younger age category. Why is this not in the description? Yes, because the text of the instruction was approved by many authorities and its change is too expensive a procedure for a pharmaceutical company.
Rights violated?
If this happens, do not panic. The action algorithm is quite simple:
- In a calm voice and even tone, remind the medical staff of their rights and, accordingly, their duties. Any screams and tantrums may later be interpreted not in your favor.
- Does not help? Peace again. We go to the head doctor of the clinic (or department) and write a complaint. Do not forget to describe in detail the essence of the situation and indicate which rights have not been realized.
- If this does not work, we begin to attract employees of the MHIF, the insurance company that issued you the policy, a higher healthcare institution and even the prosecutor's office.
It is advisable to write a detailed written complaint to all these instances asking them not to “lower” the issue for consideration at your own clinic.
Trust the forums less
A lot of noise on the net was caused by the story of a naughty mother who, instead of going to the doctor, “went” to the forum. As a result of this “treatment,” her 4-month-old daughter died. Do you want to repeat this error? We have already said that the forums are the same people as you. You cannot call them specialists, so why trust them the most expensive? In addition, most laudatory reviews are custom-made and are written specifically to raise the rating of a particular clinic.
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In fairness, we note that some of the reviews were written by real people.But after all, the perception of the same event is different for everyone, so some will scold the same hospital, and praise others. And some young mothers, in addition, are not able to distinguish good deeds from beautiful "candy wrappers". For example, mom was well fed in the hospital. Positive emotion and comfort overshadowed minor health problems of the crumbs, but she will leave positive feedback anyway. And in another hospital, the nannies didn’t stand on ceremony with anyone, but the kids were all healthy. But mother was psychologically uncomfortable, so she writes a negative about the employees of the institution.
Do not trust the health of your child to dubious people and their equally dubious advice.
What do you need to clarify?
First of all, any mother should know the name of the diagnosis made to the child. In addition, it is worth finding out the following points from the doctor:
- What are the symptoms of your child’s disease?
- what studies and tests can confirm or refute the diagnosis;
- possible causes of the disease;
- how often the pediatrician has encountered such a disease in practice;
- the nature of the further development of the disease, what will happen to the child and what the consequences may be;
- what drugs the doctor is going to treat the child, what analogues they have and why we will treat with this particular remedy;
- what side effects may occur when taking the prescribed drugs;
- the effect of prescribed drugs on the digestive system, intelligence and emotional balance of the child;
- are there other ways to treat the disease, in addition to those already mentioned;
- when assigning expensive studies, it is worthwhile to find out, in addition to the cost, why this test is needed, how to prepare and how long it takes, what the child will feel and the possible consequences of the study;
- best and worst forecasts.
Learn about preventative measures for other family members. Especially if you still have children. And in some cases, it is worth voicing your desire for a consultation with a specialist with a narrower profile. You can also insist on additional studies, such as ultrasound or MRI. At the same time, your pediatrician should not have a bit of indignation about checking the diagnosis. A self-respecting doctor adequately responds to the patient's desire to hear another opinion.
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In fact, communicating with a pediatrician is quite difficult. It took me quite a while to find a contact with the doctor. At first, she forgot everything, maybe the excitement affected.
I, too, did not immediately communicate with the pediatrician. As a rule, what I want to ask flew out of my head. Therefore, before his arrival, I wrote all the questions on a piece of paper.
The main thing is not to be afraid to ask what was happening to me at first .. Then I realized that the doctor is not an enemy, will not bite me, I should not be afraid and started to ask all the questions that are sitting in my head.
It is on how you will communicate with the pediatrician that your child’s health depends. I immediately understood this, which is why communication with us was easy and easy.
I don’t know .. I didn’t have any problems with the pediatrician. For me, the health of the child is more important and therefore I was no longer constrained. All that was needed, I immediately asked.