Friday, November 12, 2010

THE GREEN FEVER

I was working at green zone this morning, and most of the cases I have seen today were those with fever. Here goes some conversations:


SCENE 1

Me: Bakpe mari?
Patient: Demam doktor
Me: Bile start demam?
Patient: Bangun tidur tadi
Me: (glancing at the watch which showed 1030am) Ooo...baru 4jam laa lebih kurang?
Patient: Lebih kurang gitu aa
Me: Amik panadol doh ke?
Patient: Dok pon. Buleh ke gitu?
Me: ????


SCENE 2

Me: Mokcik, bakpe mari hari ni?
Patient: Demam doktor
Me: Ooo, berape hari doh?
Patient: Lima hari doh
Me: Lagi ade masalah lain ke?
Patient: Ade...batuk-batuk doktor
Me: Ooo, berape lame doh batuk?
Patient: Lame doh doktor
Me: Ye la, berape lame?
Patient: Lame sangat doh doktor
Me: Mokcik, (again, with all the patience) lame tu, berapa lame? Seminggu, sebulan, setahun?
Patient: (sengih) Lame doh, mokcik dok pindoh rumoh anok mokcik lagi mase tuh
Me: ?????? (and how on earth would she expect me to know when did she move to other house?)


SCENE 3

Me: Bakpe mari hari ni?
Patient: Rase pening aa doktor. Hawe2 nok demam ade gok. Tadi daroh saye tinggi
Me: Ooo...kad takdok lagi ni, doktahu lok tekanan daroh awok berape (assuming it was the BP he was talking about). Saya panggil je dulu sebab takut ramai lok beratur kekgi. Berape tekanan daroh awok td?
Patient: 146 gitu aa
Me: Hok atas ke bowoh?
Patient: Hok mule2
Me: Ooo dokla tinggi sangat
Patient: Tapi memang tinggi tadi doktor!
Me: Dakpe, kekgi sapa kad kite tengok

(after noted his diastolic BP was more than 90 for four times, and him having symptoms of hypertension with a high haematocrite and viral illness symptoms, he was advised for admission)

Me: Awok kene masuk ward ni, tekanan daroh memang tinggi, apstu kite takut denggi jugok
Patient: Hah? Dok payoh la doktor, saya rehat kat rumoh je laa. Doktor wi ubat je ke saya
Me: Doh awok siap kelabu mate lagi, tu tanda2 tekanan daroh tinggi. Dohla mude lagi dapat doh. Kene cek betul2 ni. Lagi daroh awok dok comel sgt, takut denggi. Ade due sebab doh ni saye nok suruh awok masuk ward
Patient: Dok payoh laa doktor. Bagi ubat je laa
Me: ??? (tadi die jugok yg beriye kate tekanan daroh tinggi, pening dok berenti)
Lucky he finally took the advice for admission, if not I myself would go hypertensive.


SCENE 4

Me: Ye dik, bakpe mari ari ni?
Patient: Sakit perut doktor
Me: Sakit kat mane...bla2
Patient: Sakit kat beloh ni...bla2
Me: Ade demam dok?
Patient: Semalam rase macam ye, tapi tadi misi kat depan tu kate saye takdok demam pon
Me: Tuh hok die cek, die dokleh rase awok demam ke dok. Awok sendiri rasa hawe2 demam dok, dik?
Patient: Doktau laa saye. Takdok la kot
Me: (susoh nguh ikut ke misi pulok doh)


How I wish history taking can be much easier...

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