Doctors of reddit, what is a medical question a friend has asked you that you wish they hadn’t?

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Doctors of reddit, what is a medical question a friend has asked you that you wish they hadn’t?

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  1. hairy_ass_truman Avatar

    Does this look like herpes?

  2. Azura_Oblivion Avatar

    Does this rag smells like chloroform to you?

  3. LonelySeeds24 Avatar

    Wishing I had a funny or less depressing answer, but in training I ended up diagnosing and eventually confirming cancer in a hometown friend when he asked me why he sweats through his sheets every night. Cancer free and in remission now, but also doesn’t talk to me anymore.

  4. wholewheatscythe Avatar

    Not a doctor but I’m guessing something along the lines of, “can you get [name of an STD] from doing [name of some crazy thing you wish you didn’t know your friend was into]?”

  5. S_79_S Avatar

    I asked my doctor to check out a lump on my butt. He just blatantly ignored me when I showed him and carried on with his shopping in the supermarket.

  6. tryingisbeautiful Avatar

    Friend of my then boyfriend asked me „How do you know if you have Syphilis?“ out of the blue one day.

    I asked him why he was wondering, he said he was just curious. Sure Bert, sure, we‘re all curious. But if you think you NEED to know if you have Syphilis, the chances are high you have been engaging in Syphilis-enhancing behavior and should get yourself and your downstairs area checked out.

    He went to the doctor. He had Syphilis.

  7. what_is_blue Avatar

    Got my dad’s doctor friend to check my balls for cancer when I was 14 and found a lump.

    He actually said “Let the dog see the rabbit” when I was dropping trow and it made me laugh, so that was good.

    Turns out a lot of guys just have lumps on their balls. And also that doctors genuinely don’t give a fuck if you’re their mate’s son. They just see the case, which was quite interesting.

    His daughter had a crush on me (and was friends with my sister) and all I was thinking about on the way home was “Is he going to tell her about my dick now?”

    Man I was stupid.

  8. Content_Ticket9934 Avatar

    I am not a doctor. I was a HCA in A&E I do know some thing but I am not a nurse or a doctor.
    My MIL mentioned some things to my husband which he reiterated to me and I was like hmmm I know 2 of those things relate to cancer but obviously never said anything because I AM NOT A DOCTOR or within the cancer field it was just some info i picked up a long the way.
    She was told she was palliative with cancer and decided to break the news to my husband.

    She said ‘I thought (me) would have told you’

    Like seriously?????

  9. ban_circumvention_ Avatar

    Friend of mine asked me to check out a weird rash he was developing. I took one look and told him he needed to stop masturbating. He asked me why and I told him.

    Because I can’t get a good look at that rash with you moving around so much.

  10. wizzard419 Avatar

    Waiting for responses which involved “Next time look for flared bases”

  11. 5HITCOMBO Avatar

    Dude I’ve known for 15-20 years tells me he has a borderline personality disorder (“I have a confession to make: I have BPD. Have you heard of it?”) and I nearly slapped this fool across the face.

    Bro you have a MASSIVE cocaine addiction, you were never suicidal before you started doing and running out of coke.