I find that doctors are somewhat like a frustrating computer form, making patients jump through the procedural hoops to finally get to anything of value. There’

I find that doctors are somewhat like a frustrating computer form, making patients jump through the procedural hoops to finally get to anything of value. There’s no way around it, patients can tell them what’s been tried before, their family history, what else is going on, but they will always defer to the simplest most common condition without fail, and ignore any association. That’s because that’s what they’re trained to do and it will work in many situations. However, when someone has something that is not a simple condition they fail to piece together the multiple conditions and other circumstances which tell them that a nose bleed may be more serious than dry air. There’s also the complication of overdiagnosis. I’ve had a doctor not refer me to others because he believed that if I am referred to certain doctors and tested, they will find something wrong with me, but that condition may have not been serious and caused many problems, but the treatment could be worse. I don’t think this “ignorance is bliss” philosophy is unique to my doctor.