Sister not well

[twiddles2]

My sister has been having trouble with shortness of breath and a cough all week. She rang gp on monday. He said it could be a chest infection or it could be her asthma. He sent her 5 days worth of steroids which she finished tomorrow. She is not much better. It looks like ringing gp again on monday.

[Spikedog66]

Sorry your sister unwell. Are you able to check her peak flow or saturation? You could have a guide from these to see whats going on. Did your Gp not give antibiotics with steroids? Don't wait until Monday if you are worried ring 111.

[76RL]

Such hopeless way to treat a patient. An over the phone diagnosis with these symptoms is clearly not good enough, had your Sister had a face to face visit to the surgery the diagnosis may well have needed a course of antibiotics. This seems to be the new way with the GP's and always for the better. I wish your Sister a full recovery very soon and hope she gets the appointment to visit the surgery when you next call.

[TheWelshWriter in reply to 76RL]

I agree, absolute rubbish to just hand out a convenient medication without listening to her chest. I am actually shocked by this.

[Spikedog66 in reply to TheWelshWriter]

This is the normal now. I waited 12mths for a hospital consultation by phone. He was 2 hours late ringing and was a awful man. I despair he refused my referral at first. I honestly don't know the answer to all this treatment by phone. x

[TheWelshWriter]

Your sister needs to have her chest listened to. It's unbelievable that this hasn't happened to someone with asthma! For comparison, about a year ago I called the gp surgery to say that I was unwell, having shortness of breath and that I was worried. The gp called me back within an hour where I listed my symptoms and he asked me to come in for an examination. Does your sister have a peak flow monitor?

[Patk1]

Hope dr sees her.has she done a covid teat x