Hypoxia and Medicine

After 5 yrs of diagnosis of arrthymia and ischemia, it seems now I have neither?

Is that possible, or was I being treated for something that I didn't have?

Public Comments

1. According to the World Health Organization - a very highly respected group - medical care in the US is the absolute worst among all of the industrialized nations on the planet. Thus it is quite possible that you were misdiagnosed and mistreated. It would be helpful to have more information however. If you provide me with specific details I should be able to offer you a much better opinion. It is unfortunate that the US is the only country in the world where medicine is for profit. Physicians profit off the misery of their patients. This to me is unethical. Nonetheless physicians are all to human and greed in matters medical is the rule not the exception. I have personally known more than a few physicians who 'gave' the patient a diagnosis to generate recurrent visits and substantial revenue. In addition in the US we now train technicians rather than clinicians. I am of the old school. If I do not know the diagnosis after a history and physical examination I am not likely to improve the situation by testing. Technicians simply order tests believing that the test will provide the diagnosis. Unfortunately each test has false positives and false negatives. Medical statistics is no longer a routine part of any medical school curriculum in the US. Medical studies in recent years have consistently concluded that only about 20% of physicians are able to properly read and interpret a medical study. This has been shown to lead to unnecessary testing which usually offers equivocal results leading to more testing. To those who understand Bayes Theorem and medical statistics it is clear that each successive test that yields an uncertain result decreases the likelihood that there is a problem. Unfortunately virtually all physicians think quite the opposite. I am sorry if you have had the misfortune of 'poor' medical care. I see patients every day who were misdiagnosed and / or improperly treated. It is tragic and my heart grieves for what was once an honored profession. Medicine is my calling. It is my mission field. Such a statement was once common but it is rare today. You cannot serve two masters - and physicians must choose whether to serve the patient or have the patient serve as a means to income. I hope that you do not have an abnormal heart rhythm or ischemia. I wish you the very best of health. If I may be of further assistance please let me know.
2. Question to answer your question.... Why were you under investigation to be diagnosed with an arrhythmia's and/or ischemia? And