Don't you find it worrying that doctors call treating you their "practice" ?
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Practice:\n\n1-To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations. \n2-To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step. \n3-To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting. \n4-To work at, especially as a profession: practice law. \n5-To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously. \n6-(Obsolete) To plot (something evil). \n\nSo no, its both a practice as in a profession and practice as in repetitive, which means that have done it a lot
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Yes, they are.  But like with any doctors, they should be licensed by your state.  Their training is shorter in comparison to other medical doctors.
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Because doctors mostly quess on what is wrong and how to treat what they think is wrong.
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An excellent point! I am a psychologist and I am bit alarmed at some of the answers given to quite technical, medical questions. While a small % of the questions I have seen are obviously from 'cranks' most of them seem genuine and the people concerned are obviously anxious about their condition.\n\nI agree with your point, re drugs, and people who are not medically trained should NOT be giving advice on drugs at all - even if they have just read up on then in Wikipedia (not always a reliable source!!!!).\n\nI think this type is site is fun - but this medical section is becoming a genuine concern for me.
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If you are worried you should see a doctor
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hon, make an apointment for your doctor,  don't rely on the advice of people you don't know for medical problems.
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Dr. Phil says we teach people how to treat us. So if you've never taught him to treat you with respect that would explain why you are receiving this type of treatment now.
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If your mind is not set on doing medicine than please dont do it(here instead of heart  I have used mind because to study you need mind & not the heart).The motive of this profession is to save people's life and if you r not completely in it than you cannot do justice to your practice(i.e.not work a doctor never works).
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I don't entirely trust my doctor. In most instances I trust his treatment when he is sure what it is he's treating me for. But sometimes he is only guessing, or just doesn't know what's wrong. Then I don't trust his ordering a multitude of expensive tests, especially when he still doesn't find out what's wrong. I don't trust his being so hidebound in his search for a diagnosis, so cautious about going outside the box, so to speak, to find a cure.
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yes...worrying too much is where you actually lose sleep or cannot concentrate on other things due to worrying about whatever....it can be a serious illness that leads to treatment! A little worrying is normal though...especially if you are under deep stress...I worry more when I am stressing.
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You know, to be honest, I would continue to see my Doctor if he had AIDS. Unless he bleeds into your eyeball, mouth or an open wound on your body, then I think a person would be safe. It's the Doc's manner and skill that are important to me. However, a lot of people would be afraid because of ignorance and I don't mean that in an insulting way. A lot of people are fearful of that which they do not understand so the poor Doc might not get many patients. Come to think of it, I was treated by a Doctor who had AIDS but I wasn't worried and I'm fine to this day.
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Allergies can get worse over time but there are instances, where under a physicians care, you can be exposed to small amounts of your identified allergen and eventually build up a tolerance to it. This treatment is very successful for some and not so good with others. There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to medicine. That is why they say a physician practices the ART of medicine. Under circumstances beyond our controll it is not always an exact science.
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You can't be serious, you want to sue someone for trying to help you communicate with the world?  I know it can be frustrating, but sheesh, nobody is perfect.  So, they misunderstood...that is okay, just clarify.  And, I don't think it is such a bad thing that they try to treat you nicely...hell, I wish people went out of their way to treat me w/ kid gloves.  If you have a problem w/ a particular person's attitude, just let them know...like anyone would.  They are just trying to be helpful.  What's is so bad about somebody feeling good about helping you and other people with disablities....geez, is that such a bad thing?  How would you prefer them to feel and how would you prefer to be treated?  With a cold shoulder?  I don't know if you have a case, but with the way the world works, you probably would--thanks for driving up my tuition/medical bills, etc b/c of your frivolous lawsuit.
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I know that medical Dr's must care about people because of all that they do for people and we can count on them when we have emergency's and we need their help. If you are like any one, you have seen the down right stupid commercials they have for drugs. I really hope most people can see right through the scare tactics of the drug companies. Whatever new disease they put out there that they just happen to have the medicine for. I mean does it really  make any good sense to put a man made chemical(Drug) into your body to fix it.. I go to get regular chiropractic adjustments to keep my nervous system functioning better, and take natural medicines.. I don't get all the coughs, sniffles, and junk my co workers all around  me do either. If you do the research on it and not just listen to what the main stream public does, you will only benefit yourself.  Drug companies and Dr's go hand in hand.. Think about it.. To the person that answered after me, If you read the very first line of the paragraph I acknowledged that Dr's do care.. They must.. Did you skip that part?
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Your doctor should have already used this tool, if you were honest with him/her about your "self-medication", but if that is not the case, here's where you can check:
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It's not un-common, speak to your doctor about it if it bothers you.
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No your doctor can help.