DR rant..what would you do.?

[dora the ex...]

hiya,
amy has been feeling offside on and off for about 2 weeks(i know it sounds bad)anyway i went to dr today to say she wont take her milk and when she does she screams cause she cant drink it last night she drank 30z at 6pm and screamed all night took her this morning he said nothing wrong with her "WTF" i went to HV which is next door and she said my gut instinct was right its reflux and lactose intolerance.... how can dr say nothing and her say that...im so fecked off... what would you do...?
thing is my last daughter was the same ..same symptoms and it went on and on and got very bad she went blue and was rushed away she ended up with the same thing also viral phumonia (sp?)...i really want to tell him how much he's fecked me off im really worried now the same thing will happen...thanks for reading...if you still are..
carrie x

[Lois Lane]

Get a second opinion from another doctor at the surgery. P had reflux which was firstly diagnosed by my HV and then I saw the GP who prescribed gaviscon. She grew out of it and was fine.

Secondly I would find out what the complaints procedure is at your surgery (practice manager should be able to tell you) and complain. A mother's instinct is sometimes far more in tune with what's wrong with their own child than a doctor who sees the child for 5 minutes IMHO.

Hope you get it sorted.

Lois x

[dora the ex...]

thanks lois

[natacha]

I had this problem with ds. I kept taking him to the doctor because it was obvious he was in lot of pain and she kept telling me he was just being capricious (a 3-month old baby capricious :huh: ) :-( He was waking up every hour or two throughout the night in pain.

This went on for over 4 months until I eventually found a very good paediatrician who immediately diagnosed silent reflux and put him on Gaviscon.

Follow your instincts - they are right. Can you take her to another doctor?

Good luck

PS Your doc is a :doughnuts:

[dora the ex...]

I had this problem with ds. I kept taking him to the doctor because it was obvious he was in lot of pain and she kept telling me he was just being capricious (a 3-month old baby capricious :huh: ) :-( He was waking up every hour or two throughout the night in pain.

This went on for over 4 months until I eventually found a very good paediatrician who immediately diagnosed silent reflux and put him on Gaviscon.

Follow your instincts - they are right. Can you take her to another doctor?

Good luck

PS Your doc is a :doughnuts:

thanks i took her back to HV earlier she said she needs her milk changing again so they have given her a lighter milk to stop it causing stress to the reflux...or summat like that and colief drops to reduce the lactose in the milk ... now why couldnt the dr do that..thats what he's there for... i feel so sorry for her she is hungry but screams when i try feeding her HV said leave her on this stuff for 3 days and see how she is there should be an improvement..if not its back for gaviscon..thanks for reply...yeh my dr is a :doughnuts: :doughnuts: also a :doh:

[Angel]

Sorry to hear you had a crap time with your Dr :-(

If there have been problems before and you're concerned it may be worth a letter to the practice manager. Every practice will have a complaints proceedure and usually it should be addressed to the manager. Most practises would want to know if there is a problem and it's usually dealt with in house.

Hope Amy is better soon

[She Devil]

i havent got any experience of this sorry so i cant really help, but im sorry to hear your dr has been useless (then again whats new there)