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Many tests are not 100% accurate, nor do they necessarily pinpoint the problem (often they just rule something out). There's no magic doctor who would be a fla

Many tests are not 100% accurate, nor do they necessarily pinpoint the problem (often they just rule something out). There's no magic doctor who would be a flawless diagnostician if he just had more time to spend with the patient and less interference by the insurance companies. And if he did spend hours and hours on your case, and run all the tests, that would be hours he's not spending helping other people and delays in other people's labwork. Medicine is imperfect, and diagnosis is based in large part on probabilities. Doctors do what their education and experience tells the is most likely to help. Sometimes they are wrong, because people are different, and some doctors aren't as good as others. Sorry your chronic condition was misdiagnosed. It sucks. There's no magic answer.

treeman79 4y ago
I had one that was abnormal. They kept telling me to ignore. I had to push really hard for the follow up test. That one was abnormal. I was still told to ignore it. More pushing. The next obvious test to run was negative. Did a bunch of research and found out there was another related condition. I had every symptom. Pushed really hard. Tons of positive tests for that one. They still told me ignore results. A hard fight later I started treatment. Dramatic and immediate health improvement. Some of my doctors still refuse to believe I have condition. Process Took 3 years. The average time for diagnosis is 7 years. Had about 30 doctors during this time frame. Not even a rare condition.