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When you go to the doctor, it’s usually because you have some sort of ailment that you just can’t fix yourself. No matter how many times you have read hundreds of symptoms on WebMD, you’re still not a doctor and have to finally take yourself to the doctor. Well recently, 14 anonymous doctors were asked to explain their dumbest patients ever. Here are their answers. I know I have asked some dumb questions in my life, but these really take the cake. 1. A woman who said she could not be pregnant because she had not turned 18. Whisper 2. This doctor had to tell their patient off about using a catheter bag - which drains the bladder - as a water gun. Whisper 3. And another medic told their patient not to eat their own feces, reminding them 'it is not good for you'. Whisper 4. This doctor remembered a patient asking them to check their pulse to 'see if it's beating'. Whisper 5. Another patient appeared to have very little knowledge of sexual health, not knowing that herpes cannot be cured outright. Whisper 6. Lots of doctors, including this one writing on Whisper, find it frustrating when patients do not understand how antibiotics work. Whisper 7. This doctor said: 'I had one young lady come up to me and tell me her grandmother was on her period because there was blood in the toilet'. However, she was 100-years-old and had hemorrhoids. Whisper 8. One person asked why the 'black marks' on their arms would not come off. They turned out to be tattooed. Whisper 9. Another patient asked their doctor why they were not losing weight despite having a salad with their meals, forgetting to mention they did not actually eat it. Whisper 10. This confession came from a phlebotomist, which is the name of a medical professional who takes blood samples. Whisper 11. Another doctor recounted a patient who screamed that they could not breathe - not realizing the fact that they were making so much noise meant they probably could Whisper 12. This story came from a dentist, who had grown frustrated with people asking why their broken tooth could not just be glued back on. Whisper 13. This person, who has a cousin who works as an ambulance technician, recounted a particularly outrageous story. Whisper 14. This person who thought it was safe to use home insecticide to deal with pubic crabs. Whisper Credits: dailymail.co.uk Share this story on Facebook with your friends.