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Osteopathic medical schools emphasize training students to become primary care physicians. DOs practice a "whole person" approach to medicine. Instead of just treating you for specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard your body as an integrated whole.
On my last visit I discussed with him my difficulty contacting his office by phone. There were 3 GIs in Nacogdoches, 1 retired, 1 moved away. Leaving him the ONLY one in town.
He likes to call patients himself and doesn't delegate a lot of things. He is also open to discuss diet or anything else and doesn't seem to rush through appointments.
This is the first DO I have used and wonder if they may discuss diet more freely than an MD.
Theresa
MC and UC 2014
in remission since June 1, 2014
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. ~Jim Rohn
Theresa wrote:This is the first DO I have used and wonder if they may discuss diet more freely than an MD.
I would think that they would be more inclined to do so, as a group, however that may vary a great deal by the individual, because everyone has their own view of their purpose here on earth.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I used to live in Portland ME where there are a lot of osteopathic doctors since there is a a school of osteopathic medicine nearby. What Tex says is true. As a group they are probably more likely to be more open minded about things but as individuals there is great variability.
My GI doc #2 is an osteopath at Univ FL/shands. She tells all her MC patients to go gf. My girlfriend who works with the GI docs thought she was the best.
Theresa
I agree with Tex and Jean, it depends on the individual.
They all get the same training, it is what they research and embrace after qualification that makes them a good practitioner, and what type of patients they have treated.
in quite a few disciplines that i have had treatments, what worked for IBD's 10 years ago, is not working so well now.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
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