16-05-2013, 10:28 AM
(16-05-2013, 01:48 AM)MonikaT Wrote:(11-05-2013, 10:20 PM)JustEmily Wrote: As far as the breathing difficulty, it’s called dyspnea.
Dyspnea is just a fancy Latin word used by doctors, and it means shortness of breath. It can be brought on by all kinds of things--COPD, allergies, asthma, exertion, etc. It is a symptom of something bigger. The key is to find the cause, not just treat the symptom, though treating the symptom is important because it can be serious when you can't seem to catch your breath.
Yeah... A lot of doctors today seem to think their job done after just treating the symptom. But that's only the first, emergency, step. After that you've gotta figure out what's behind the symptom and treat that as well. And if that, too, is only a symptom...
Many doctors today are either stupid and therefore negligent or wontonly negligent in an attempt to "retain" their "customer". Sometimes I have a hard time trying to figure out which.

