Doctors why do they sometimes not tell you whats wrong?

All of these can present similar symptoms, so the doctor may not feel comfortable guessing. He or she can rule out some things, but maybe not to the point of isolating exactly what's wrong. And frankly, Doctors are human - they make mistakes.

Sometimes they think it's one thing when it's another. If you find your doctor isn't telling you the answers, ask more questions. If you still don't get answers, think about whether or not the doctor is treating you correctly and consider a different doctor.

Best advice - judge your doctor by whether or not he/she successfully treats what ails you, leaving the bedside manner up to their professional experience. Ask questions, sure, but realize that they treat patients all day long and often have a solid undertsanding of what you do and do not need to hear.

In my experience.... Medical diagnoses tend to be best-guess scenarios, and if what they diagnose you with turns out not to be what you have, then they'll try something else until they figure out what works. Don't get me wrong, in most cases, diagnosis is clear-cut and easy to pick out, but the rest of the time, doctors are just making an educated guess as to what's wrong with you. It's not the most pleasant thought in the world, but the process of elimination does make it easier on them.

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I think this happens to everyone sooner or later Medicine has made so many strides in the last few decades that, because of the many things we do know, we forget about all the things we don't know. Here are some possibilities for why your doc sometimes tells you what you don't have rather than what you do. There are some conditions that are hard to diagnose, either because we don't know enough about them or because they share a cluster of symptoms with other diseases.So oftentimes what your doc is doing is "ruling out.

" She'll do tests or look at symptoms that tell her you don't have certain conditions. Sometimes, if she can rule out enough other problems, she'll know what you have because it's what's left. Another reason is that sometimes symptoms could be those of something relatively benign or of something very serious.

If the doc can rule out the serious condition he's going to tell you so as soon as possible, even if he doesn't know which of the benign conditions you have. That saves you being more concerned than you need to be. And, yes, sometimes your doc just doesn't know what's wrong and telling you what you don't have is the best she can do.

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1 ProtonAgonist, regarding your answer "Bedside manner": yeah that is true.

ProtonAgonist, regarding your answer "Bedside manner": yeah that is true.

2 Also, if what you have turns out to be something horrible (like terminal cancer or a brain tumor), doctors are often more comfortable telling you what it isn't than facing up to what it IS. They don't like dealing with death any more than most other people.

Also, if what you have turns out to be something horrible (like terminal cancer or a brain tumor), doctors are often more comfortable telling you what it isn't than facing up to what it IS. They don't like dealing with death any more than most other people.

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