In the UK, nothing is ever bacterial lol

I had a horrible tooth infection that anyone with a nose could tell was a bacterial infection yet I was massively gaslit and denied antibiotics until I went to the hospital at 11pm after a week of horrendous pain

Doctors very rarely do any kind of test in my experience (I would have thought oozing stinking green stuff would have been easy to test...)

Later

I am somewhat against antibiotics as I have a fragile/already destroyed gut. But there are times when I don't know what other solution there is after exhausting home remedies, other medication and waiting it out

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dzhiurgis 2 hours ago | parent [-]

A friend passed away few months ago in London from kidney infection.

UK seems very to be very cautious of over diagnosis, while my experience in Eastern Europe was opposite - my infant received 3 different kinds of steroids (potentially what stunned his growth).

	▲	gib444 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm very sorry to read that IMO there is a huge amount of denial of treatment to save costs. The gaslighting over symptoms, the refusal to refer you to specialist, the refusal to order tests etc is all part of it. And they never ever say it's about costs - just a tight lipped, "I know what's best" attitude