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<blockquote data-quote="Alzebra" data-source="post: 931050" data-attributes="member: 162035"><p>It has seemed to me over the last 20 years that female patients being treated by male HCPs are most at risk of the "hypercondriac" diagnosis, regardless of presentation. </p><p></p><p>I presented with severe abdominal pain and significant weight loss (associated with being unable to eat for 6 months) when I was only 19 years old. My father was terminally ill at the time. Rather than rule out physical causes my GP at Uni threatened to have me sectioned if I continued to 'waste his time'. Worse was to come, I can't share the full horror. </p><p>It was only when I returned to my hometown that basic scans etc were done and my gallstones and blocked bile duct were found. I had to have open surgery due to the level of infection and adhesions, but the pain then went away!</p><p></p><p>I wish all doctors would operate an 'innocent until proven guilty' policy before assuming patients are lazy / non-compliant / just plain attention-seeking. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzebra, post: 931050, member: 162035"] It has seemed to me over the last 20 years that female patients being treated by male HCPs are most at risk of the "hypercondriac" diagnosis, regardless of presentation. I presented with severe abdominal pain and significant weight loss (associated with being unable to eat for 6 months) when I was only 19 years old. My father was terminally ill at the time. Rather than rule out physical causes my GP at Uni threatened to have me sectioned if I continued to 'waste his time'. Worse was to come, I can't share the full horror. It was only when I returned to my hometown that basic scans etc were done and my gallstones and blocked bile duct were found. I had to have open surgery due to the level of infection and adhesions, but the pain then went away! I wish all doctors would operate an 'innocent until proven guilty' policy before assuming patients are lazy / non-compliant / just plain attention-seeking. :banghead: [/QUOTE]
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