50 People Share The Most Unprofessional And Disgusting Things A Doctor Has Told Them

“Why do you want an AIDS test? Are you sleeping with men? AIDS is a gay disease.”

That was my last appointment with that GP

Goes in for severe cramping on my side, Find blood in my urine “you’re just on your period” I try telling him “I’ve been off of it for awhile now and these are not what cramps feel like.. even bad ones” he insist I’m on my period and sends me home, I had gallstones

A doctor put a fetal heart Doppler on my pregnant belly, moves it around a bit and says…”it’s dead.” When I said through tears, what?!! He just casually replied, the Doppler wasn’t working.

Pediatrician looked at our toddler, standing with a swayback (lordosis) posture, then without considering anything else turned to my wife and said, "she stands like that because you baby her too much."

That was only our first clue that the doctor was a f*****g moron.

Grown ups can't be autistic.

My mum had some symptoms that resulted in a scan of her brain. It sort of looked like she might have a tumor or water on the brain or something.

When giving her the results the doctor said, "Maybe this is God's way of saying it's time."

My Mum, who was in her 50s at the time, went absolutely off on them - God has nothing to do with this etc.

Turns out she was fine. Symptoms were related to something else, and the ambiguous scan results could have been machine or human error.

I had been starving myself for years, had no period, and a BMI of 16.46.

I finally broke down, swallowed my pride, and saw a doctor. She told me I looked fine.

I’d been having acute elbow pain for a while. The doc walks in and just goes “you should cut out all dairy”, without any sort of diagnosis. Then says to cut out all dairy products and lists milk, cheese and eggs. I told him eggs were not dairy. He insisted that they were.

Not to me, but about me. I went to see the family doctor over a minor thing. I was an adult at the time, and didn't tell my parents because they freak out about anything medical-related. My mother went to see him a few weeks later and he told her I'd been to see him. I was so f*****g angry.

I messed up my hip a few years ago. Went to urgent care and they told me it was a strained lap band. I told this to my sister-an athletic trainer- and she told me to lie on my side with a pillow between my legs and that would help with the pain. It did not. In fact, it hurt so badly that every muscle I had locked up. My husband has to push me onto my back.

Made an appointment Monday morning. When I came in I told the doctor the above, and she rolled her eyes. “It’s a strained lap band,” she told me. “You’re overthinking this. It will be fine if you rest.”

I repeated the bit about what my sister told me, and she basically implied my sister was out of her league in dealing with injury and that she’s just making me paranoid.

I fought her on it a bit and finally she agreed to examine me. And let me tell you, I have no idea what she did, but whatever it was it was not gentle and it hurt so bad I actually yelled and started crying. Then she had the nerve to look at me and say “Oh. That’s not your lap band.” No f’in s**t, lady. And then she wanted to immediately get back into examining me. I was so pissed I actually put in a complaint.

Turns out I’d torn several connective tissues and chipped off a few pieces of the bone. I ended up on medical leave for almost four months. (Worked retail) But I was being a hypochondriac, y’all.

Define unprofessional.

I think it is unprofessional to lie to people's faces, but what do I know.

For Context, this takes place in Germany.

My Grandfather in Law has severe Dementia. He lived alone but my MiL and me visited him 3 times a day to make sure he eats and takes his meds and keep him company.
A few weeks ago, he couldn't get up in the morning, said his hip hurt. So, my MiL drives him to the Hospital, but because of Covid she isn't allowed in the ER. So this demented old man sits in the ER for 4 Hours and guess what he told the doctor when he asked him what was wrong? "I don't know"

Of course he doesn't. He sat down, right now his hip doesn't hurt so much, he has _no Idea why he is there_ .

So, the Doctor calls my MiL and tells her he's fine and can go home. My MiL was sceptical so she asked _point blank_ "Can he move? Can he go to the toilet alone?"

And what did the Doctor tell her all _three times _ She asked to make sure? "Yeah, he's fine."
He then proceeds to load my GiL up with to Guys to _carry him into the house in a special chair because he cannot manage to walk even that little piece alone_

All of this transpired on a Friday, and we proceeded to spent the Weekand at his place to look after him and help him to the toilet, for instance. On Monday we brought him back in the ER and guess What?

No really guess what was wrong with him.

_He had broken his Hip_ . This man walked around _3 Days_ with a Handcart with a _broken Hip_

But, sure. He's fine.

I went in to the doctors with a very painful UTI. Doctor said if I wear a skirt as short as I did in these temperatures theres no wonder my “lady area is suffering from a cold”. I needed to go home, change and wrap a blanket around myself to warm it up. She reluctantly agreed to do a urine sample; which showed up blood and a lot of protein. Gave me some antibiotics after much debate and gave me the skankiest look as I walked out.

I swear I’m not making it up.

A doctor once examined me for a genital area irritation. He sent away samples for tests. While waiting a few days for the results to come back, he told me I had Herpes. I had been with my wife 10 years at that point. Imagine the next few days where we go off on each other for giving the other one Herpes. Imagine the strain that puts on a marriage with all the implications/accusations of being unfaithful, deceitful, etc... the anger, the hurt, the emotional damage, the betrayal.

I had a bladder infection.

I was weirdly sick for days, so went to a walk in clinic. After a couple tests the doctor walks in and says: who manages your diabetes? I reply: Wait, I have diabetes?

She rolls her eyes at me and says: well, you're in your thirties, this is what happens when you get old. Don't worry, the diabetes will take about 30 years to kill you. That's not bad for a man.

My 6 month old son had an appt. with a developmental ped. I was clueless but they kept doing all these physical tests, can he put a raisin in a jar, etc. I asked multiple times, what are you looking for with these tests?? She said, oh we're just seeing where he's at so we can track his growth.

I went home and googled it - cerebral palsy. He has cerebral palsy and I had to find out on Google b/c the a*****e doctor would not tell to my face.

He's 12 now and I'm still fuming at the doctor.

"Don't you think you scare men away with your look?" Gesturing to my piercings and alt style.

Meaning maybe I should tone it down to get me a good man?

I was there beacuse of depression and undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

Went in for a UTI and was chastised for being sexually active (and we were trying to get pregnant )at 30 with my husband of 10 years because I “looked young”. Was then sent home with antibiotics only to find out after I finished the round of pills that I was indeed pregnant. Never went back again. Baby was healthy.

"You're not depressed, you don't look sad. You must just be tired!

Here, take these sleeping pills, but don't take them all at once!"

"I honestly don't know what to do with you" - My psychologist at a mental health clinic on an airforce base, who proceeded to never schedule a follow up appointment again.

I was 19 and diagnosed with clinical depression. Dude had a PhD in what to do with me. If he couldn't handle me breaking under the stress of college then I really wonder what the hell he tells veterans.

When I was 13, I started the birth control pill for my acne. I was not "active" but this new pediatrician kept asking me over and over if I had a boyfriend and I kept saying no because I didn't. And then she was like "you have a boyfriend" and gave me a look and turned back to her computer. Super frustrating and embarrassing to go through as a literal child.