Difference between revisions of "Dizziness"
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'''Dizziness''' cannot happen without giddiness, as the ICD-10 code R42 stands for "'''dizziness''' ''and'' giddiness." If a patient presents with '''dizziness''', be sure your line of questioning is appropriate. | '''Dizziness''' cannot happen without giddiness, as the ICD-10 code R42 stands for "'''dizziness''' ''and'' giddiness." If a patient presents with '''dizziness''', be sure your line of questioning is appropriate. | ||
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'''How to Talk to a Patient with Dizziness''' | '''How to Talk to a Patient with Dizziness''' | ||
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| − | + | ''Doctor: What seems to be the trouble?'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: I'm feeling dizzy.'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: And giddy?'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: Come again?'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: Are you also feeling giddy?'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: I'm afraid I don't understand.'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: You know, dizzy and giddy?'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: Must the two go together?'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: Most certainly. One cannot have dizziness without giddiness; R42 dictates it so. It's like bread without butter, washing without drying, or syphilis without chlamydia.'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: I see.'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: Besides, you know the old saying, "Not far behind dizziness one finds giddiness."'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: Such an odd saying. Is it even real? Who said it?'' | |
| − | + | ''Doctor: No one, I just made it up. But alas, let me rephrase. Other than this dizziness of which you speak, are you also in a state of excitable frivolity?'' | |
| − | + | ''Patient: I'd like a new doctor, please.'' | |
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[[Category:Symptoms]] | [[Category:Symptoms]] | ||
[[Category:Administration & Paperwork]] | [[Category:Administration & Paperwork]] | ||
Revision as of 07:02, 30 August 2016
Dizziness cannot happen without giddiness, as the ICD-10 code R42 stands for "dizziness and giddiness." If a patient presents with dizziness, be sure your line of questioning is appropriate.
How to Talk to a Patient with Dizziness
Doctor: What seems to be the trouble?
Patient: I'm feeling dizzy.
Doctor: And giddy?
Patient: Come again?
Doctor: Are you also feeling giddy?
Patient: I'm afraid I don't understand.
Doctor: You know, dizzy and giddy?
Patient: Must the two go together?
Doctor: Most certainly. One cannot have dizziness without giddiness; R42 dictates it so. It's like bread without butter, washing without drying, or syphilis without chlamydia.
Patient: I see.
Doctor: Besides, you know the old saying, "Not far behind dizziness one finds giddiness."
Patient: Such an odd saying. Is it even real? Who said it?
Doctor: No one, I just made it up. But alas, let me rephrase. Other than this dizziness of which you speak, are you also in a state of excitable frivolity?
Patient: I'd like a new doctor, please.
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