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Experts Suggest Second Opinion in Crucial Diagnoses
Pause especially when the diagnosis is tricky, the procedure is risky or has permanent consequences, or when there are less-invasive alternatives.
Heart bypass surgery first. 'Anytime you're considering a procedure that has a risk of dying, stroke and severe infection, you should get a second opinion,' says Dr. Richard Stein, director of preventive cardiology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
Stein says alternatives such as angioplasty or medications with exercise are less risky and may be better for some patients.
So also sometimes doctors recommend surgical removal of the uterus for bleeding or pelvic pain when the uterus isn't the problem at all.
'Almost on a monthly basis, I will see a patient whose doctor told them to get a hysterectomy, and it turns out they have myofascial pain,' says Dr. Howard Sharp, vice chair of clinical affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Myofascial pain is a type of musculoskeletal pain that can be treated with icing, stretching and anesthesia injections.
Even when the problem is in the uterus, there are alternatives to a hysterectomy. There are lots of less-invasive options these days, including hormone treatments.
Even where some fetal abnormality is detected, one doesnt have to opt for abortion.
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