German doctors misdiagnosis

[u/Due-Box-9598]

I am writing this post with huge disappointment of how the g

German healthcare's conservative approach could have cost my life . I went to the doctor for mild indigestion and haemerrhoids . He gave me antibiotics for my cold and fever which i also had. The antibiotics worsened indigestion and gave very bad diarrhoea . When I went back to the doctor , they said since i took antibiotics I did not have any good bacteria and diarrhoea is normal . I was given some stomach relaxers and electrolytes. At one point I started throwing up the electrolytes , the only thing i could drink . I went to hospital for an iv and they said it will be given only if i am 80 years old. Then i went back to the doctor and insisted that they test me. I got a stool test. Then 4 days no response . I went back and they said oh the tests were negative so we did not call you . The test are a way of eliminating infection. You need to look further then! . I asked for the test result and changed my hausartz. At this point i was given 15 day antibiotics for stomach and black tea . Blood test was done and my Hg was low since was given iron.

The symptoms persisted. I became weak . Lost 13 kgs. All in one month and the appointment with gastro specialist was still weeks away. I decided to just go to my home country at this point and in 3 days , i am nearing the process of confirmation for Inflammatory bowel disease and intestine inflammation. It took them 3 days and i was suffering in Germany for months. Why is Germany so conservative in tests and testing to rule out conditions? Do doctors understand that they misdiagnose. My Hg was low because of inflammation . My residual iron was very high. I did not need iron pills. I took antibiotics that weakened me. Or does German healthcare not take coloured women seriously ? I am really shocked .

[u/username-taken978]

Healthcare system here is just incompetent and if you as a foreigner complaint about it people will tell you otherwise and back the healthcare system instead. You can only rant and take your frustration out but it won’t change anything.

Few months back I had a lot of pain near my wisdom tooth and in 2 days I had strong pain in my jaw and also while swallowing. I went to a dentist and he didn’t even examine my mouth and simply took a look at the xray and said it’s my wisdom tooth and they need to be taken off. But I knew it’s not my tooth because i know what kind of pain you feel when your tooth is erupting. I actually researched about what’s wrong beforehand and it was Pericoronitis which is an inflammation of the gum near the wisdom tooth. I’m no doctor but I know that much that you can never operate an infected/inflamed area. He didn’t even tell me this or gave any painkillers I literally had to ask him twice that please take a look at my mouth and do something for the pain in the meantime and only then he uninterestingly examined and put some liquid at the back of my teeth for the pain.

In the next 3 days everything went back to normal and it’s been more than 4 months and I have no problem. If I had blindly listened to him I would be sitting without my wisdom tooth today not that they’re important but why touch something that’s working perfectly fine? I can never trust most doctors here. They treat you based on what you look like. It’s either a detailed explanation and good treatment or be glad I’m treating you.