Also, to add...
Think about folks... Especially for our new Med Students...
Dude walks in complaining of a severe flu like symptoms, he tests positive for drug use and has scaring on his backside... He as some blood coming out of one or two of his orifaces and a simple blood test looking on the scope shows that there is increased immune cells around--especially tons of leukocytes, but no lymphocytes... There is huge swellings around all his lymph nodes and they are abcessed (soft--I think--I'm not a physician)... But these are what physicians, PA's and nurses look for...
A trained healthcare provider then asks him if he has had unprotected sex within the last year... And patient says yes. And maybe ask if the number was over 5... Then the referring provider will ask the patient if he would like to take an AIDS test... Patient will say yea or nay... If patient agrees, then blood is drawn and sent out... If patient says nay, then treatment for the severe flu like symptoms with all the pus filled lymph nodes and bleeding out of orifaces will not get treated without the test...
That's insurance and skyrocketting healthcare costs for you...
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