If you suspect you have a skin disease and want to see a dermatology clinic in Beijing, what preparations do you need to make? First of all, let’s understand the current situation of dermatology medical treatment in Beijing: 1. Most of the first-class hospitals have no dermatologists, while the second-class and third-class hospitals have dermatologists, but there is a big gap in scale between the two. 2, there is no public dermatology hospital, there are several private dermatology hospital, except for a few beginning to take shape, most of them are still in the patient accumulation stage. 3, the only emergency situation in dermatology is the allergy caused by the difficulty of inhalation, internal medicine emergency can be dealt with, so the majority of dermatology does not have an emergency, no need to run to the emergency room because of severe itching in non-clinic hours. 4. Regardless of whether there is a rash or not, if the body temperature is measured ≥ 37.2℃, you need to register for fever clinic number for infectious disease quarantine. 5.The vast majority of people in Beijing are medical insurance patients and can be reimbursed for medical treatment at 19 Category A hospitals, regardless of the fixed point restrictions. 6. Beijing is well connected and patients come from all over the country. In this way, the dermatology department of public general hospitals is overcrowded. At most, I personally see more than 140 patients a day, so even if I work for 8 hours a day, the average time to communicate with each person is less than 4 minutes. How can you present your condition clearly in a few precious minutes? Here are my suggestions: 1. Wear loose fitting clothes that can be easily removed. For example, if you only have a rash on your lower legs, you can wear loose pants and pull them up to reveal the rash on your lower legs during the appointment. If the rash is all over the body and needs to be fully exposed during the visit, then wear clothes that can be easily removed. 2. If you are not sure whether your condition can be resolved by dermatology, it is recommended that you seek triage advice from the consulting nurse on the first floor, and if you are still unsure, try to register for all the possible related departments to save time. For example, if you have an eyelid rash, you can register for both dermatology and ophthalmology, or if you have a pigmented mole on your eyelid and wish to remove it, you can register for medical aesthetics/plastic surgery. The registration fee is only a few dollars, and most hospitals can refund it if you don’t see the patient, so that you don’t have to go to the dermatology department and find out that the dermatology department can’t solve the problem, and you need to go to the registration window again to line up and register, and then go to the corresponding department to wait for the triage, which is a waste of time. 3, purchase a medical history booklet, you can write down the time of onset, symptoms and previous treatment drugs before the visit. This is something that about 90% of patients cannot do at present, and when they are in a hurry while waiting for the doctor, they cannot tell the doctor exactly how many days they have had the disease and what medications they have used. If possible, it is an easy way to show the doctor the past medical history, existing laboratory tests and the packaging of the medication used. 4. Be forthcoming with past history, family history and food and drug allergies. 5. When the doctor prescribes medication, ask about the use of the medication. There are many different types of topical dermatological medications, and they are used in different ways for different parts of the body, different stages of the disease, and different nature of the lesions. If you use it wrongly, the lighter it is, the more counterproductive it is. In addition, there is an old saying “external does not cure ringworm”, some skin diseases are indeed chronic and recurring diseases, and modern medicine is still unable to solve the problem of complete cure, so patients with chronic diseases should be psychologically prepared before visiting the doctor, and should not have unrealistic expectations about the outcome of treatment. In addition, the price of drugs available for some diseases varies widely, and doctors may ask patients about their financial situation to find the right drug for the right price. It is not that the low price is a bad drug, not that the one with more advertisements is a good drug, but the one that suits you is a good drug! We hope that every patient who visits us at Dermatology is prepared to achieve effective communication and good interaction during the short but precious doctor-patient exchange time!