Dr Valerie Charbonneau
(1)

Dr Valerie Charbonneau

Emergency Physician
Dr Valerie Charbonneau is a Emergency Physician. Dr Valerie Charbonneau practices at The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus in Ottawa, ON. The doctor speaks fluent English, French. Dr Valerie Charbonneau has 169 views and 1 review. According to 1 users, the doctor`s rating on the site is 2.00 out of 5.
  • Language
    English
    French
  • Gender Female

About Dr Valerie Charbonneau

M.D.

Add and update information about your practice, qualifications, professional interests, so that your patients see the most relevant and reliable data. Click Edit Profile to add or update the required information.

Practice in The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus

  • Practice name The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
  • Address The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa ON K1H 8L6

Rate this doctor

Loading...
Edit Profile
About
Location
Remove Profile

One review of “Dr Valerie Charbonneau”

    Courtney

    • 26 November 2021

    My boyfriend came in to emergency because he was suffering from a tonsillar infection of bacterial origin that I suspect was strep throat for about a month. Initially (1 month ago) he had a fever, chills, sweating and a sore throat. Everything went away except a sore throat. 4 days ago the previous symptoms came back except the fever was very high. Also a day later he developed persistent nausea and vomiting and quickly became dehydrated. After 6-7 hours he finally saw a doctor. Dr. Charbonneau comes in, finds out he regularly smokes cannabis (and has for years) and decides that everything is attributed to Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS). She completely ignored that this started AFTER his high fever and other symptoms and that a bath (which usually temporarily relieves symptoms of CHS) made the nausea worse. In addition, the only way to relieve CHS is to cease cannabis use, which he had since the high fever returned. Also bacterial tonsillitis can sometimes cause vomiting in adults. Also seemed to ignore that he had a high WBC count on his blood work and that nearly every abnormal test that came back on his blood work indicated an infection.

    Later she seemed to change her mind that it’s probably an infection but that “it can’t be strep because strep doesn’t last this long”. Strep can absolutely last that long. I just recently had strep that was ongoing for a month before a throat culture finally came back as positive.

    Overall very dissatisfied by her service. I’m not a doctor but this isn’t some rare complex pathology, and even I know that CHS occurring with a bacterial infection would be a highly unlikely coincidence.

    He’s doing much better now after being given a strong dose of antibiotics at the hospital and continuing antibiotics at home.

Post New Review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Your opinion is important. Please answer a few questions about the doctor. We conduct surveys to collect feedback and ratings to make it easier for the users of the site to get acquainted with the doctor`s work and make the right choice.

Your email address will not be published, but the name you provide will be visible to users.