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Surgery shocker: Patient dies after liposuction

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    Dangers of not telling your doctor everything?

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And I'm I'm and I'm okay.

It was a mistake that cost this young heart transplant patient her life doctors say she went in for routine liposuction surgery but didn't share details about -- medical past.

And it turns out lying to doctors not that uncommon can be dangerous.

-- right now doctor David somebody with the Fox News medical -- team.

We -- we going to have something done tells the truth or not be -- be just wanna make sure they don't merchant well it's really important point how many times you go to the doctor's office.

Then they give you a whole stack of papers which is really a lengthy process but everyone -- that information is really important because we go by what you tell us.

Now blaming the patient is not always the right thing because as a doctor you have to be a good psychologist.

You always have to be good detective I asked my patients for example you know do you have any past medical history.

Absolutely not everything's okay the next question is.

What kind of medications are you on and they're taking cholesterol medications have diabetes have -- -- sort of things and -- just because your cholesterol is normal now he doesn't mean you'll have that history.

It's particularly this case she was a heart transplantation.

Into -- for.

And as minor procedure as liposuction and it's stunning these -- -- through surgeries.

You want your doctor to -- your doctor should know all these anti rejection medications etc.

that you're wrong sure writes let's go over the -- lots.

You don't drink and you don't smoke most people do don't.

Are not asked about this right you know it's gonna look gay marriage to drug people -- yes and you drink it's a socially but what a social drinking game is it -- 23 gusts of one -- night or is it once a week so that's really important.

Because of the effect of liver and everything else -- -- needs to know about this.

And obviously about smoking because I think -- -- with certain drugs.

I'm not taking anything you kind of got you alluded to that earlier in the third one is I did what you told me to do -- -- You know we asked them what are you doing like for example like self examination for breast or are you doing your exercises -- my -- -- urology.

Are you doing to keep -- exercises and the guys has absolutely and then the wife snaps and goes -- yeah.

And I do -- them.

So and -- -- you want to be I can't imagine about -- another thing about the longer you are you taking everything 50% of the country are taking these vitamins and supplements.

And a lot of them can cause bleeding so it's not just a medication or to the vitamin.

Also don't say it's just small thing because in your business it's -- -- things are a small problem.

Current doctor -- its money from medically truthful to -- -- absolutely thank you -- nice to get it vibrates.

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