Check-up and smoking
I'm going to the doctors on Wednesday to get my quarterly check-up for my diabetes.... is there any way he'll be able to tell if I'm smoking or not? He doesn't do much except look down my throat and feel my heart rate and stuff like that....
Just wondering...
WEll believe it or not but smoking affects alot of things in your body that are visible to the naked eye. Such as teeth staining, fingernail staining. Breathing difficulities....etc you get the picture. So basically it is possible for the doc to be able to tell, however it depends on if theres anything wrong with you thats obvious enough if the doc doesnt do a detailed checkup
Yah I know smoking can cause all that... but I don't smoke that much and I haven't been smoking for that long so I don't have any of those affects yet
hmm then im not to sure...i guess it depends on how good the doc is and what he ends up doin as far as tests. plus if he asks you if youve smoked itd be smart to tell him yes
im not really too worride about it... i mean he has no reason to think that i smoke so he probably won't look out for that... he'll just look out for stuff that could be wrong in a diabetic...hes never asked me if i smokde but if he does ask me ill definetely say no (my moms in the room when he does this)
So im assuming you're underage? well iono though i wouldnt lie about somethin like that. Maybe if your mom walks out tell him real quick or somethin because it is always a safe bet for the doc to know. Alot of times if he has to prescribe a medication he has to know if you smoke
yes im underage im almost 16
the only thing he prescribes is insulin, which he has to prescribe no matter what...
i dont c y he has 2 know... he might tell my parents in which case im fucked
It does not matter if you are a child anymore. At least according to Hippa law. If you ask the doctor that your mom not be in the room or if you tell him/her that you do not want your mother in the room, she is not allowed to stay. Nor is the doctor allowed to tell your mother what is wrong with you. We had a run in with that a while back at a hospital I was doing clinical in. The girl was 14 and pregnant and in the hospital. Her mother didn't know that she was pregnant and the nurse said something about the baby in front of the mother. It was not pretty. The mother was hysterical. The daughter was hysterical. It was a mess. Anyhow, if you do not want your mother in the room, all you have to do is tell the doctor. Tell the nurse or the secretary or whomever is there at the office that you would like for you mother not to be present but are afraid to say anything while she is around. I don't actually advise this since she is your mother and she should know what's going on BUT if you really don't want her there that is the way to do it.
ACtually that is not totally true. I think these HIPPA laws are different from state to state. I work in a pharmacy in Illinois and here you are not considered an adult until the age of 18. So basically i can tell the parents of a child under 18 whatever they want to know about their child. And if they want a print up of the childs medication i can do that and give it to them. Legally the parent has the right to know ANYTHING about the child according to HIPPA. Once the child is 18 then the parent can legally know NOTHING about the 18 year old according to HIPPA. But what i meant is hopefully the doctor will be ike ok, i wont say anything and not tell the mother. But eh do whatever you want
I dunno what this HIPPA thing is... but I just won't say anything and if he asks I'll just say no...
A doctor CANNOT tell your mother your smoking, its against client privalges or something like that. if you tell them, its to be kept confidential.
The pharmacy and the doctor's office are totally separate entities. There aren't many (if any) doctor's offices with pharmacies in them. HIPPA laws do not differ from state to state because they are not mandated by states. HIPPA is regulated by the federal government. Therefore it is the same from state to state.HIPPA law permits the divulging of information neccessary only for the patients care. I have the rest of it somewhere around here (the damn book is HUGE and expensive...I don't feel like looking for it right now). I'll find it and post it tomorrow or something.
Ok... well the appointment went fine :PHe usually does a check-up or whatever... but today he didn't do that. We went into his room, he just asked if everything was ok and then sent me to the lab for them to take my blood... I guess he was in a hurry which was fine with me.
Ok ... well the lab results didn't turn out all that great (I just found this out today, great) ....The results hinted that I might have problems with my thyroid gland? I dunno it's thyroid something ....What is this? And is it bad if you have problems with this thyroid thing?I'm going back to the lab tomorrow (well today) and their gonna take my blood again and do more checks on that ....I'd still like to know what this thyroid thing is though :/
Hyperthyroid (overactive), which will make you hyper, among other things; or hypothyroid (underactive), which, among other things, will make you listless? Or something else?Your question can't be answered without more information...it depends.
Well that's all I know myself.I'll let you guys know tomorrow (later today) if/when I get more info ....
Just remembered I need to post in this topic...Well I went to the doctor again like I said ... but I didn't actually talk to him. I just went straight to the lab, they took my lab and I was out again ...So I don't know any more than I already did ... guess I'll just wait for the test results and see what that says if I ever find out ...
The thyroid gland is the biggest gland in the neck and is butterfly shaped. It secretes hormones and all that fun stuff. You can look up stuff about it on the net. Here's a site I found: Thyroid Gland It should help you.
