@eeners@MegEBrock Furthermore, I always encourage my adolescent patients to talk about their symptoms and health during clinic visits! Someday, you’re not going to be at every doctor’s appt. They need to be comfortable relaying information about their health; perfect time to start that process.
@eeners@MegEBrock Pregnancy is IN the differential for abdominal pain for any ovulating person. Furthermore, there are medications we can give for abdominal pain that could be teratogenic. However, I think discussing what tests are being ordered with parents is totally warranted and appropriate.
I’m from Tampa and what’s odd about this is that he was working in a construction site and a pile of bricks fell on his head. He was paralyzed from it and was put on life support, and died 5 days later. They are trying to say this is his cause of death to avoid paying out to his family.