@roycroftmom is absolutely right about the purpose of student health services. They’re great if you need a flu shot or get strep, but if it’s something serious, the good ones will realize they’re out of their depth and send you to the ER. The bad ones will just send you home with Tylenol, as @proud_mary describes.
My daughter had a hard time getting health services at Wellesley to take her seriously when her arm swelled up and became very painful. (To be fair, she has anxiety disorder, so is always worried about something.) They said they couldn’t work her in that day or the next. She finally begged them to just measure her arms and note the difference in size. They agreed and had her transported to the ER right away, where she was diagnosed with a DVT.
I don’t believe in getting involved with my kids’ college interactions (grades or otherwise), but if I had a child I believed was seriously ill, I wouldn’t hesitate to keep on top of health services if I didn’t think the kid was self-advocating or that the school wasn’t taking them seriously. Fortunately, my daughter was very pushy and persistent.