I’ve had more painful and seen more incompetence on the medical professionals’ side, but my methacholine challenge as part of asthma diagnosis always stands out for the blatant malpractice.
I was a kid, probably range of 9-12 years old. They exposed me to something that eventually triggers an asthma reaction in anyone, just a matter of how much it takes to be considered “asthmatic”. Then they left me in the room alone while the test ran. I posted about it once as a sanity check. It’s a legitimate test, from what I’ve been able to find, just not the part when they leave an underage patient unattended to deal with the inevitable asthma attack alone.
I’ve had more painful and seen more incompetence on the medical professionals’ side, but my methacholine challenge as part of asthma diagnosis always stands out for the blatant malpractice.
I was a kid, probably range of 9-12 years old. They exposed me to something that eventually triggers an asthma reaction in anyone, just a matter of how much it takes to be considered “asthmatic”. Then they left me in the room alone while the test ran. I posted about it once as a sanity check. It’s a legitimate test, from what I’ve been able to find, just not the part when they leave an underage patient unattended to deal with the inevitable asthma attack alone.
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