"Visiting a doctor" mainly means that doctors obtain information related to diagnosis through vision, and intentionally or unintentionally covering up their appearance will affect the results of doctors' visits and lead to misdiagnosis. Nowadays, the art of makeup is easy to confuse the fake with the real. For example, the sallow complexion is originally a manifestation of spleen deficiency syndrome, and the ruddy color behind facial makeup may make doctors unable to diagnose correctly; Lipstick will turn a patient with pale lips due to yang deficiency into a "normal person" with harmonious qi and blood. Don't put on makeup before seeing a doctor, so that the doctor can see the real you, which is helpful for diagnosis.
"Looking at the tongue" is an important part of Chinese medicine, and doctors want to see the true tongue coating and color of patients. When some patients brush their teeth in the morning, they try their best to scrape their tongue surface with a toothbrush in order to show the doctor a beautiful tongue, but it is precisely because of this that they can't understand and accurately judge the condition. Different colors of tongue coating represent different diseases, such as yellow tongue coating for heat syndrome and gray-black and wet tongue coating for cold syndrome. If a patient drinks a can of orange juice or strong coffee and dyes his tongue coating yellow or gray-black, there may be misdiagnosis of heat syndrome or cold syndrome.
In addition, when looking at the tongue, some patients tend to stick their tongues out long and sharp in order to make doctors see more comprehensively. He doesn't know that no matter what color of tongue (tongue color) is stretched too tight and too sharp, it will become a red tongue image representing heat syndrome. When sticking out your tongue, you should relax naturally, the surface of your tongue should be fully unfolded, and one third of the length of your tongue should extend out of your mouth.
Smell: no chewing gum, no coughing.
"Smelling the diagnosis" means that the doctor judges the condition according to the patient's smell and voice, and perfume or chewing gum will cover up the patient's smell. In addition, the strength of the patient's voice is also very useful for the diagnosis of diseases. Don't deliberately exaggerate or suppress your voice. For example, when watching a cough, you don't have to be afraid that the doctor can't hear the loud cough, and you don't have to hold back your tears.
Patients should pay attention to that although doctors have professional ethics to treat all patients equally, no one wants to smell sloppy body odor. In addition, it also includes the smell of alcohol and chewing garlic.
Q: Don't say "hot air" and "empty" in general.
"Inquiry" is a diagnostic method for doctors to listen to patients' complaints. Pay attention to the key points, and don't answer the doctor's first question with "hot air", "indigestion", "general discomfort" and "feeling so empty" in general.
When the doctor asks you what's wrong or what help you need, you should accurately describe your condition with clinical symptoms (such as headache and general weakness) or objective signs (such as fever and rash). When doctors ask how long these cases have been, many patients in Guangzhou always answer the same word: "Good endurance (long time)" regardless of the duration of the disease. When asked again, it was still "good endurance", and they refused to say the length of the year, month and day. Really anxious.
After telling the above chief complaint, the patient should tell the doctor the occurrence, development, change, treatment process, drug use and treatment result concisely and accurately, and don't add too many adjectives. Patients should also inform the doctor of their past history, family history and personal special circumstances (allergic drugs, special dietary hobbies, etc.). ), while female patients need to supplement menstruation and pregnancy when necessary.
When the doctor asks a question again, he can answer truthfully according to the objective situation, and sometimes he can use "yes" or "no". For elderly patients with poor memory or complicated illness, it is a good way to write down the illness on paper.
Don't go away and get dressed before seeing a doctor.
Finally, it is "pulse diagnosis", which mainly touches all parts of the body according to the pulse. Walking fast will affect the pulse condition, so you'd better rest outside the clinic for a few minutes before seeing a doctor. Breathe evenly when pressing the pulse and relax the muscles. At the same time, some diseases need to be examined by touching the chest and abdomen, and female patients should not wear formal dresses to facilitate examination.