5 Thai doctors misdiagnosis

[scubascuba3]

This farang retired doctor posts these stories regularly. Worth reading this one to see how the doctors can get it wrong

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattayaoracle/permalink/1928581030891910/?mibextid=Nif5oz

[Puccini]

Your link brings me to a Facebook page showing the rules for a Facebook group.

 

Poor attempt at advertising a Facebook  group. Is it your Facebook group?

[2baht]

But if the green pills don't work, the red or the white ones might! 

[Lacessit]

I am not on Facebook, from what I have seen it is hardly a reliable source of facts and information. A haven for every narcissist and fruitcake.

[KhunLA]

28 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I am not on Facebook, from what I have seen it is hardly a reliable source of facts and information. A haven for every narcissist and fruitcake.

But a great way to keep in touch with those a far.  Free & easy contact, msgs, phone, vid calls if wanting.

 

As with everything, you have choices.   Knowing how to exercise them is the key to your satisfaction of.

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

But a great way to keep in touch with those a far.  Free & easy contact, msgs, phone, vid calls if wanting.

 

 

 

I find Teams to be better.

[scubascuba3]

6 hours ago, Puccini said:

Your link brings me to a Facebook page showing the rules for a Facebook group.

 

Poor attempt at advertising a Facebook  group. Is it your Facebook group?

Don't be a plonker.

 

Maybe this one will work

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02CX6uQr8hbFzqm4rVEQfFEkdjgfwGywcqHL8qqpRayz52fn3SJULkq1vjYPkVWEdnl&id=100032520691349&mibextid=Nif5oz

[scubascuba3]

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I am not on Facebook, from what I have seen it is hardly a reliable source of facts and information. A haven for every narcissist and fruitcake.

but you aren't on Facebook so you wouldn't know

[scubascuba3]

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

But a great way to keep in touch with those a far.  Free & easy contact, msgs, phone, vid calls if wanting.

 

As with everything, you have choices.   Knowing how to exercise them is the key to your satisfaction of.

I don't use it for keeping in touch, the app is very useful for groups, much better than aseannow which is very limited

[proton]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Don't be a plonker.

 

Maybe this one will work

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02CX6uQr8hbFzqm4rVEQfFEkdjgfwGywcqHL8qqpRayz52fn3SJULkq1vjYPkVWEdnl&id=100032520691349&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

Interesting, Sheryl is right when she says get the right Dr not the Hospital, always look for one trained, or who has worked in the west.

[thaibeachlovers]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

This farang retired doctor posts these stories regularly. Worth reading this one to see how the doctors can get it wrong

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattayaoracle/permalink/1928581030891910/?mibextid=Nif5oz

In my case a Thai doctor correctly diagnosed a problem of mine that at least 5 farang doctors got wrong. Another told me ( correctly ) that I was walking wrong- no farang doctor ever told me that.

[KhunLA]

10 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I don't use it for keeping in touch, the app is very useful for groups, much better than aseannow which is very limited

Also used for groups: birds & drones 👍

[jvs]

10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Also used for groups: birds & drones 👍

Yes Facebook is great!

I have around 5000 Facebook Friends and it is great to keep in touch and learn a lot of things.

Nearly all my contacts have the same hobby and it is very easy to contact people from any where.

Yes a lot of bad stuff also but you have to make choices with everything you do.

 

[eyeman]

This is just another example why I am reluctant to trust thai doctors in general, I know multiple people that have been told they probably have cancer or something else extremely concerning, but either the second or third opinion has diagnosis it as something a lot less severe or a nothing burger, and no removal of some body part required or whatever expensive treatment they suggested. I don't genuinely believe it's all about money I just generally think most are likely incompetent. I think a good litmus test, if you are with a specialist with many three letter things after their name, would be to ask them what they think of a popular peer reviewed paper published in their specific field in the last 12 months, ask a medical reddit to suggest one, I bet you won't find many that are up to speed.  I did my cheating 25 years ago, how dare you!

I know it's a form of Thai bashing and western doctors can get wrong diag easily enough but everyone seems to think despite a toxic thai culture of learn by rote, cheating, maintaining face (never an unsure!), plagiarism etc, from birth to today,  that somehow, just somehow magically doctors, dentists, and pilots - generally those 3.. are somehow immune from that having an effect on their skilling-up,  and just as good as west? Use some logic...

[KhunLA]

29 minutes ago, jvs said:

Yes Facebook is great!

I have around 5000 Facebook Friends and it is great to keep in touch and learn a lot of things.

Nearly all my contacts have the same hobby and it is very easy to contact people from any where.

Yes a lot of bad stuff also but you have to make choices with everything you do.

 

I got all of 14, and 8 are family 

1 is my dog, for a bit of humour 

1 is my dead father, I made to upload stuff.

So 12 actual friends

[alex8912]

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

But a great way to keep in touch with those a far.  Free & easy contact, msgs, phone, vid calls if wanting.

 

As with everything, you have choices.   Knowing how to exercise them is the key to your satisfaction of.

Many ways to do what you stated without crappy Farcebooks use.  If so many 20 somethings are dumping it I can't see a reason why old guys ever need it. 

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, alex8912 said:

Many ways to do what you stated without crappy Farcebooks use.  If so many 20 somethings are dumping it I can't see a reason why old guys ever need it. 

I think most teens, now 20 something yrs old, dump it, because their parents follow them.  Nobody wants the parents to know what they are up to.   Even though we've probably 'experienced' more and riskier behavior in our youth.

 

On topic of course .... Not sure I'd look for a doc on FB, but I did contact one on FB, and easier than going through the hospital he worked at.

[scubascuba3]

5 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

Many ways to do what you stated without crappy Farcebooks use.  If so many 20 somethings are dumping it I can't see a reason why old guys ever need it. 

You don't seem to know what you're missing, how can you if you don't use it

[scubascuba3]

5 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

Many ways to do what you stated without crappy Farcebooks use.  If so many 20 somethings are dumping it I can't see a reason why old guys ever need it. 

i don't bother with the friends thing, if someone i know sends me a friends request i accept, i never accept unknowns, often fake scammers, i also never send requests.  People can get alot out of facebook without all that nonsense

[Black arab]

8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

This farang retired doctor posts these stories regularly. Worth reading this one to see how the doctors can get it wrong

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattayaoracle/permalink/1928581030891910/?mibextid=Nif5oz

I have contacted this Dr , about my wife's serious condition, his response and information was invaluable, and happened to be correct and helpful as well 

[newbee2022]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Don't be a plonker.

 

Maybe this one will work

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02CX6uQr8hbFzqm4rVEQfFEkdjgfwGywcqHL8qqpRayz52fn3SJULkq1vjYPkVWEdnl&id=100032520691349&mibextid=Nif5oz

And why you sent this link? Because you'll support this Brit guy to find a job as an expert? Hopefully you told him the need of a work permit?????🥱😐

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In my case a Thai doctor correctly diagnosed a problem of mine that at least 5 farang doctors got wrong. Another told me ( correctly ) that I was walking wrong- no farang doctor ever told me that.

yes even farang doctors get it wrong, i have experience of that, keep investigating an issue until you get the right outcome

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

And why you sent this link? Because you'll support this Brit guy to find a job as an expert? Hopefully you told him the need of a work permit?????🥱😐

Plonker. No idea who the guy is but the story may be useful to some, obviously not you, so leave the thread

[newbee2022]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Plonker. No idea who the guy is but the story may be useful to some, obviously not you, so leave the thread

I wonder why you have to show your low education to members of this blog so often? Can't you control yourself that you have to address people in a gutter language? If you will do it another time I have to report you. Obviously "respect" isn't a word to spell for you. 

Please don't answer as a matter of respect of my privacy.🙏

[koolkarl]

We are all walking account receivables.  Most doctors are in it for the money no doubt therefore I wouldn't trust 99% of them.

If serious, 2nd opinions are a must.

[Sheryl]

This thread is closed in keeping with Health Forum rule:

 

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https://aseannow.com/topic/224498-health-forum-rules/

 

 

In addition, it links to Facebook postings that would clearly qualify as defamation under Thai law, and in so linking could be considered to be  disseminating this content.

 

Doctor misdiagnoses happen everywhere. It is necessary to select one's doctor with care, simply showing up at a hospital and taking pot luck is never a good idea. It is also important to persist and get additioanl opinions if one doubts the diagnosis given, or the intitial treatment is nto working. This too, is true everywhere.