Prepare the doctor visit
When you need to go to the doctor's office, will be useful to prepare the visit prior. Here is a checklist that will help you not forget anything, point we recommend that want to try in your query.
Before going to the doctor's office, think and write if necessary:
- What is the main reason for which goes to the consultation?
- What questions or concerns is related to the reason for the consultation?
- If it is a nuisance concrete, attempt to explain.
- Does pain? Where? Intente precisarlo.
- How is pain: constant, shooting, acute? Value it the 1 to the 10 (1 little pain, 10 much pain)
- When started discomfort or pain?
- Worsened? Sometime in the day or they perform some activity?
- Have there been any change in your life lately (exercise, knocking, falls, stress, drugs, feeding, etc.)?
- Make a list drugs you are taking.
- Prepare testing having (analysis, Radiography, computerized tomography, etc.) or test reports.
- If a mutual, do not forget the papers you need.
During the consultation
- Explain first the main reason of inquiry.
- Describe your symptoms (use the list posted before going to the consultation).
- Take the list of drugs you are currently taking.
- Si es allergic some medicine, do not forget to warn the doctor.
- Teach the doctor testing having (analysis, Radiography, computerized tomography, etc.) or test reports.
- With regard to drugs, tests and treatments, You can ask the doctor:
- What is the name of the drug, test or treatment prescribed will?
- Why do I need it?
- What are the risks?
- Are there other alternatives?
- What happens if I do nothing?
- (For drugs) How should I take this?
- (For the tests or procedures) How do I prepare?
After the consultation, note:
- What is the problem.
- What symptoms to look. (What warning signs should I look?)
- What to do at home.
Feel free to ask anything that does not know or would not have been clear. Talk to your doctor to ensure that you have fully understood all your answers. Listen carefully to all information offered by Dr..