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originally posted by: SlowNail
a reply to: WarriorMH
You could have asked your aunt to leave. You have to be honest with your doctor on that. That question is rarely about you.
originally posted by: Nickn3
My Doctor once told me,” lie to your mother, lie to your priest, or lie to your wife, but if you lie to me I can’t help you, and you may die.” He’s honest like that and he is my friend.
Your 17 and apparently you were sneaking around and you got caught. If you did something embarrassing, you will have to just get over it. You should thank the doctor when he asked about intercourse, he was dancing around the questions he really wanted to ask, Like how many sex partners have you had in the last six months. Can you remember their names. Or when did you share a needle and with whom. Whoever gave you this needs treatment also, as well as everyone they have been in sexual contact with, or shared a needle with. Be honest with the doctor, or other people may die from lack of treatment.
The doc needs all of the facts to formulate the plan of treatment, you may have been exposed to more then hep B. You may need to be tested for additional diseases like staff, aids, or a few dozen STD’s that are all transmitted, blood to blood, or blood to bodily fluid, just like hep B.
Be honest with the doctor, or other people may die from lack of treatment.
originally posted by: Nickn3
Perhaps you are a pure as the driven snow. I am not to judge. Your situational irony is not lost on me.
From google:
Hepatitis B is not spread through breastfeeding, sharing eating utensils, hugging, kissing, holding hands, coughing, or sneezing. Unlike some forms of hepatitis, Hepatitis B is also not spread by contaminated food or water. Many people with Hepatitis B do not have symptoms and do not know they are infected.
originally posted by: RAY1990
a reply to: WarriorMH
They were kinda standardised questions, hepatitis B is only spread a few ways, blood or bodily fluids... Typically sex or drugs. It's present in saliva but isn't thought to be spread via kissing.
Anyways, things are never as bad as they may seem. Might have been embarrassing questions for you but to the doctor he experiences this every day.
Key to good healthcare is honesty, no matter how embarrassing. Doctors have a duty of care, they need to treat you and diagnose cause and potentially other related problems.
I'm not accusing you of anything btw, you have an infection and it came from somewhere, it's best to find out where it came from.
originally posted by: WarriorMH
originally posted by: opethPA
Seems like a normal response for a young person in the world currently:
1. I made some choice
2. What do you mean their are consequences for that choice?
3. Get mad at someone else.
Im pretty sure and Occam says he is 100% sure that you didn't get HepB from doing nothing. Hope it works out for you ans hopefully you will get a good real world lesson from this scenario that keeps you informed as you grow up.
You must be the most mediocre person i have known here
There is this thing in science that says "Assumptions are the mother of all # ups". Seems like your reading skills and understanding just showed up and you were incapable of understanding
I would know if i had sex before, which i didn't, this is dumb, why lie? You are losing yourself right there
You know what? Once again i find people are very very stupid in 'America'. You are just dumb
Thank you for your retarded slow answer, i don't need it anymore though, have a nice slow life
Bye
originally posted by: RAY1990
a reply to: WarriorMH
I just edited my post, yeah I agree with you.
Seems he didn't give you the option of keeping your privacy. It's generally a given that a doctor wouldn't create a situation that could cause problems.
With the nature of the questions it would've been right and smart to ask your aunt to leave the room or at least ask you if you'd like her present.
It can irk parents/guardians but at the same time you have rights to privacy. I guess safety comes into it too.