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Originally Posted by Tummy
Greetings,
just wondering ,.... why do doctors retract penis'???
one of my DS is fully circ.. DUE TO A LIEING DOCTOR TELLING ME THAT HE HAD PENIL ADHESIONS AND THEY WOULD NEVER GO AWAY AND HE WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.. so why do they do it???
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Well, It's obvious you have been doing some reading and learning. It's a rotten shame that the doctors don't do the same but they don't and remain ignorant. What ever they learned in med school is all most of them will ever know because the vast majority of them never further their education. Not only that, but they also get arrogant and think they know everything. They refuse to follow the advise of their own medical professions. I can't tell you how many mothers have come here and told of their doctors rejecting information from The AAP, AMA and like orgainzations because they think they are smarter and know better.
Yeah, that doctor did lie to you. Maybe not consciously but he/she presented himself/herself as a medical professional well versed in the healthcare of you and your family when in fact he was not and was thus incompent to take your money in exchange for professional services. That doctor
assumed he/she knew what to do and what was normal and what was abnormal when in fact he/she was no more compent to diagnose this than he/she was to diagnose a computer problem in his/her car and advise the mechanic. Instead of assuming, he/she should have come to the internet and researched it.
However, even with this approach, there is a problem for the doctor. For a doctor to admit that they didn't know the subject would be to admit he/she was fallible and did not have an encyclopedic knowledge of the body and his/her profession and they perceive that would affect their credibility. well, they certainly can't let that happen! It would show that they weren't perfect!
Two recent events come to mind along this subject. First, there was a study announce last week that showed if you were taken to an emergency room in cardiac failure (heart attack) you are 10% less likely to survive if your doctor has been in practice more than 20 years than if your doctor has been in practice less than 10 years. That's right! That was not a typo. The less experience your doctor has, the better your chances of survival. Wonder why that is?
The other thing was a friend called me last week in a panic. Her 2.5 year old grandson was diagnosed with Kawasaki syndrome. (No, it has nothing to do with motorcycles) Luckily, he was quickly diagnosed and promptly treated. The pediatrician was on the ball with this one. Kawasaki syndrome is a condition of unknown origin and is very rare occuring in about 6 of 100,000 children. It is almost unknown in children over 5 years old. The vast majority of pediatricians will never have a patient with this condition during their entire practice. The bad thing about it is if it is not promptly treated, in 20% to 25% of it's victims, it results in permanent and life threatening heart and vascular damage. The good thing is that the treatment is very simple consisting of acetalsalicytic acid (asprin) and IV immunoglobulin for 5 to 7 days. Now, if her grandson's doctor had been one of the vast majority who had never seen one of these cases and just shot from the hip like your son's pediatrician did, that child could live a lifetime with a heart condition or the very real chance of developing a deadly anneurism that would end his life early. Even in later life, he would be in constant danger of a stroke or cerebral hemmorhage.
I've said it before and I think it is still appropriate that if the doctor is this wrong about this, what else is he/she just as wrong about? Where else is the doctor short on knowledge and diagnostic skills and is willing to shoot from the hip? What if it was a case of Kawasake syndrome and he/she shot from the hip and gave the wrong treatment as he/she did with his penis?
I once had a beautiful blonde cocker spaniel. He was the English version with slender muscular body, "feathers" on the back of his legs and wispy curls. He was also my best buddy. One Saturday morning, it was obvious something was very wrong. He was showing very clear symptoms. I had him at the vet's office within 20 minutes. When the autopsy report came back but not before then, he was diagnosed with encephalitis . . . . Is this the kind of care you want for your child? If not, I recommend that the next time you see this doctor's office that it be in your rear view mirror.
Frank
but I am just to uncomfortable now with any dr. touching him after having 1 dr. try to retract and the other pulling the forskin back some, even that made me very uncomfortable. I just dont see the point in that needing to be done since xander has had no problems at all and I dont want to risk it I mean I like some of the peds in the practice but i just cant trust them with this knowing how ignorent some dr are about the care of intact boys.Any thoughts would be greatly appriciated. Is it even neccisary for the ped to even look under his diaper at all???
I guess she finally gets it 
I just casually looked over and said "Well, yeah; that's what they look like when you don't cut the end off." lots of silence after that bomb :LOL I have seen other boys' intact bodies and DS is pretty dang long, but I couldn't resist 
: that is so funny I can just see the looks on there faces. Whatever it takes to get people to think twice about things.
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