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Ask HN: Is there a simple online medical diagnosis tool?
I want to just plug in a bunch of symptoms, maybe like a Todo-style checklist, one symptom per line, and then say, 'Tell me what I have, doc'.
e.g.
- persistent cough
- birth of daughter last year
- cracked rib
- cough getting worse
- hurts to breath
- excruciating to cough
- pain worse on right
- achy body
- stiff joints
- pain in ears when i wear a hat
- pain when I sleep on my side
- nose gets sore when i wear sunglasses
I suspect it does not exist or cannot be found because:
- it's illegal
- AMA sued whoever tried it
- it just can't be found, b/c of spam sites
- it exists but you need to be a professional researcher/doctor/etc. to gain access.
I will post the actual diagnosis tomorrow. This is not me, this is from the internet. A google will find it if you're curious.
- newsbinator 5y agoI suspect it's not that it's illegal, it's that it's low value. The answer to everything is: you have [cancer / horrible autoimmune disease / genetic defect / heart failure / diabetes / kidney failure]... even when the real answer is something benign.
- readonthegoapp 5y agoDiagnosis: Relapsing Polychondritis (R.P.) https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/7417/relapsing-polychondritis https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/7417/relapsing-po... https://archive.ph/K2UB3 https://archive.ph/K2UB3
- a_lifters_life 5y agoI think it's an interesting idea! The problem in healthcare is the same as the legal profession ... Too much ambiguity and "it depends"