How do you fool a doctor?

This is something you should never do.

Most people want or attempt to fool a doctor in order to gain something - and that something is usually prescription drugs that they can abuse to get high, to get their next fix, or to feed their addiction(s).

This can actually be fraud.. or obtaining a prescription through false pretenses.

That's where this can and probably will turn into a legal issue, and possibly even a jail sentence.

You also wouldn't want to fool a doctor because you could have the doctor looking for and/or treating something that doesn't even exist. Perhaps you fooled him well enough that he sincerely believes there is something really wrong with you that will not show up on any laboratory testing or imaging (like ultrasounds, MRIs, or X-Rays). He would have to resort to exploratory surgery in which he has absolutely no idea what he is going in for or what he needs to accomplish during the surgery. Would you really want some doctor blindly cutting you open just to explore your internal organs?

There are actually many life-long, incurable diseases that do not appear in any testing or imaging - and usually the treatments for such conditions are harsh, brutal, and extremely rough on your body and overall health.

Putting your health through treatment that is completelyunnecessary and very rough on your body like that is a very poor decision.

What if he was going to perform brain surgery without a clue and the type of surgery he thinks you need only leaves you with a 50/50 or even worse chance of surviving or recovering from it?

You should rethink trying to fool a doctor. You could end up with a very messed up (and illegitimate) medical history and set of medical records.

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