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I’m sorry but I’m not sure how this comment relates to mine which asks for clarification regarding the deleted poster’s treatment algorithm for anemia. I will

I’m sorry but I’m not sure how this comment relates to mine which asks for clarification regarding the deleted poster’s treatment algorithm for anemia. I will however address the gaping flaw in your story. Depending on which doctor you see, their job isn’t necessarily to diagnose you. When I used to work in the ED as a resident our job was to make sure no one died, workup for non-life threatening headache was not our job and was for the outpatient physicians. Depending on the type of clinician and context this may not have been their job. If this was an urgent care/ER visit, I would be shocked if they did not draw serum lytes and other basic labs. If they did, then you would have known if you had hypokalemia Furthermore, your timeline does not prove causality. Most headaches go away on their own and this may have been simply what happened to you. Lastly, I don’t buy that you corrected a symptomatic hypokalemia with a “couple handfuls of baby spinach”.

com2kid 4y ago
It was a regular doctor's visit with my primary care. My point is that a lot of doctors don't try to root cause problems, they just look at the most obvious symptoms and send patients on their way. Not bothering to figure out why my BP was dangerously high was, odd, to say the least. A bag of baby spinach can provide the entire RDA for potassium. Go a couple weeks with 0 potassium in your diet (it requires effort, oops on my part) and see what happens. (I'd been working on an eggplant curry recipe literally every night for a couple weeks trying to get it perfect) thankfully such dietary stupidity is easily fixed. As another example I just witnessed a case of roseola being misdiagnosed as an ear infection. My primary care doc misdiagnosed a leg length difference as arthritis in one of my knee joints. (Pain was due to muscle imbalance causing the knee to be pulled out of position, I visited a podiatrist and he was a bit upset at my primary care doctor...) You may be a good doctor who does proper investigations, but my point is a lot of people have encountered doctors with very bad diagnostic abilities, or doctors who just ignore them outright.
- haldujai 4y ago
  This is incorrect. I’ve treated hypokalemia in thousands of patients. It takes days with oral routes. Also, a BP of 160 is not dangerously high. Particularly if you are young, healthy or known to the doctor as it is most likely white coat. I could describe out the flaws in the leg length discrepancy and your podiatrists argument but I think I’ve made my point. I have repeatedly demonstrated your believed truths to be largely invalid yet you feel the confidence to speak with absolute certainty, as if your experience is ground truth. Please stop spreading falsehoods and vitriol about my profession. I have sacrificed over a decade and given up a more lucrative career to help others and your actions are dismissive. If you have had multiple expert opinions (I.e. not he said she said with podiatrist and doctor) or a legal proceeding demonstrate your doctor was negligent then please don’t speak as your opinion is medical truth. Edit: On second thought I can’t believe I responded seriously to a poster who thinks they gave himself symptomatic hypokalemia because they were “testing an eggplant curry recipe literally every night for a couple of weeks” and treated it by eating a single bag of baby spinach. This is obviously a joke, right…? You do know that eggplant contains potassium..?

com2kid 4y ago

It was a regular doctor's visit with my primary care. My point is that a lot of doctors don't try to root cause problems, they just look at the most obvious symptoms and send patients on their way. Not bothering to figure out why my BP was dangerously high was, odd, to say the least. A bag of baby spinach can provide the entire RDA for potassium. Go a couple weeks with 0 potassium in your diet (it requires effort, oops on my part) and see what happens. (I'd been working on an eggplant curry recipe literally every night for a couple weeks trying to get it perfect) thankfully such dietary stupidity is easily fixed. As another example I just witnessed a case of roseola being misdiagnosed as an ear infection. My primary care doc misdiagnosed a leg length difference as arthritis in one of my knee joints. (Pain was due to muscle imbalance causing the knee to be pulled out of position, I visited a podiatrist and he was a bit upset at my primary care doctor...) You may be a good doctor who does proper investigations, but my point is a lot of people have encountered doctors with very bad diagnostic abilities, or doctors who just ignore them outright.

haldujai 4y ago
This is incorrect. I’ve treated hypokalemia in thousands of patients. It takes days with oral routes. Also, a BP of 160 is not dangerously high. Particularly if you are young, healthy or known to the doctor as it is most likely white coat. I could describe out the flaws in the leg length discrepancy and your podiatrists argument but I think I’ve made my point. I have repeatedly demonstrated your believed truths to be largely invalid yet you feel the confidence to speak with absolute certainty, as if your experience is ground truth. Please stop spreading falsehoods and vitriol about my profession. I have sacrificed over a decade and given up a more lucrative career to help others and your actions are dismissive. If you have had multiple expert opinions (I.e. not he said she said with podiatrist and doctor) or a legal proceeding demonstrate your doctor was negligent then please don’t speak as your opinion is medical truth. Edit: On second thought I can’t believe I responded seriously to a poster who thinks they gave himself symptomatic hypokalemia because they were “testing an eggplant curry recipe literally every night for a couple of weeks” and treated it by eating a single bag of baby spinach. This is obviously a joke, right…? You do know that eggplant contains potassium..?