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https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/12/18/Japanese-doctors-lie-about-cancer/6461598424400/
I know this article is about Japanese doctors lying to their patients about not having cancer when they do, but they probably lie to their patients about other things as well. I went to a doctor to check for possible prostate cancer and they wouldn't give me a CT or MRI scan and just said "I'm too young and don't have prostate cancer" and only gave me the finger check. Also every time I go to a hospital or clinic here in Japan, the doctors always tell me "you are ok" no matter if the symptoms are chronic or severe and sudden and really something to be concerned about.
I can share a couple examples:
I went to a clinic about a possible issue with my left kidney and the doctor had me take a urine test, which didn't reveal anything. So he then scheduled me to have another check up at the biggest hospital in town. So I go to the hospital and they do an x-ray and say it is nothing and that my symptoms must be just muscle pain...really? Why showed me the results of the x-ray but only briefly, so I wasn't given a chance to take a good look at it.
I even explained that I almost always have this dull pang sensation in the exact spot where my left kidney is on my back and it is a deep sensation not just on the surface of my skin. If it isn't a kidney issue, why do I often feel it while I'm urinating. I found this entire hospital visit really strange and unsatisfying.
Another time, I when to a neurologist because I sometimes get nerve pains in my hands, arms and legs on one side. The neurologist mentioned that if it is only on one side, I'm fine but only serious if it is on both sides because that signals cancer. I can understand that if it only occurs on one side, but is most likely not cancer, but why does he excuse it so easily as nothing serious?
I explained to him that I had brain surgery for a growing subarachnoid cyst 5 years ago and he still mentioned that he doesn't think these nerve pains are related to that...what? He thinks it is just from stress?
I guess this is possible but I'm starting to have different symptoms. In fact, just last night when trying to fall asleep, for a moment my face lost sensation and it was like my eyes lost control for a brief moment (less than a second), the sides of my head felt like they had an invisible vice on them. I also had really really tight neck and upper back muscles. My neck and upper back muscles tighten up because of my online job has be sitting at a PC all day, along with stress and also work outs three times a week.
My friend gave me a neck and back massage to soften up the muscles, and my strange symptoms slowly went away, so I'm thinking that maybe my muscles were so tight that they literally cut off the blood circulation to my brain for a moment? I think my blood circulation was cut off for a moment because my body temperature changed. I went from being hot (summer here) to feeling cold and needing to put a long sleeve shirt. My body warmed up and I was no longer cold when my muscles softened up. When it first happened, my first thought was it is a transient ischemic attack which I guess can be caused by neck muscles constricting blood flood to my brain.
I'm still reading more about this situation online because this is the first time experiencing this. I just know that the doctors here in Japan would most likely just tell me "you are ok" as usual.
Have any other foreigners or Japanese people on here had any experiences with Japanese doctors or symptoms like this before?
I know this article is about Japanese doctors lying to their patients about not having cancer when they do, but they probably lie to their patients about other things as well. I went to a doctor to check for possible prostate cancer and they wouldn't give me a CT or MRI scan and just said "I'm too young and don't have prostate cancer" and only gave me the finger check. Also every time I go to a hospital or clinic here in Japan, the doctors always tell me "you are ok" no matter if the symptoms are chronic or severe and sudden and really something to be concerned about.
I can share a couple examples:
I went to a clinic about a possible issue with my left kidney and the doctor had me take a urine test, which didn't reveal anything. So he then scheduled me to have another check up at the biggest hospital in town. So I go to the hospital and they do an x-ray and say it is nothing and that my symptoms must be just muscle pain...really? Why showed me the results of the x-ray but only briefly, so I wasn't given a chance to take a good look at it.
I even explained that I almost always have this dull pang sensation in the exact spot where my left kidney is on my back and it is a deep sensation not just on the surface of my skin. If it isn't a kidney issue, why do I often feel it while I'm urinating. I found this entire hospital visit really strange and unsatisfying.
Another time, I when to a neurologist because I sometimes get nerve pains in my hands, arms and legs on one side. The neurologist mentioned that if it is only on one side, I'm fine but only serious if it is on both sides because that signals cancer. I can understand that if it only occurs on one side, but is most likely not cancer, but why does he excuse it so easily as nothing serious?
I explained to him that I had brain surgery for a growing subarachnoid cyst 5 years ago and he still mentioned that he doesn't think these nerve pains are related to that...what? He thinks it is just from stress?
I guess this is possible but I'm starting to have different symptoms. In fact, just last night when trying to fall asleep, for a moment my face lost sensation and it was like my eyes lost control for a brief moment (less than a second), the sides of my head felt like they had an invisible vice on them. I also had really really tight neck and upper back muscles. My neck and upper back muscles tighten up because of my online job has be sitting at a PC all day, along with stress and also work outs three times a week.
My friend gave me a neck and back massage to soften up the muscles, and my strange symptoms slowly went away, so I'm thinking that maybe my muscles were so tight that they literally cut off the blood circulation to my brain for a moment? I think my blood circulation was cut off for a moment because my body temperature changed. I went from being hot (summer here) to feeling cold and needing to put a long sleeve shirt. My body warmed up and I was no longer cold when my muscles softened up. When it first happened, my first thought was it is a transient ischemic attack which I guess can be caused by neck muscles constricting blood flood to my brain.
I'm still reading more about this situation online because this is the first time experiencing this. I just know that the doctors here in Japan would most likely just tell me "you are ok" as usual.
Have any other foreigners or Japanese people on here had any experiences with Japanese doctors or symptoms like this before?
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