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People post what symptoms are. What tests they have had, what doctors have said. People make suggestions on what conditions they should investigate. What test
by treeman79 4y ago
People post what symptoms are. What tests they have had, what doctors have said.
People make suggestions on what conditions they should investigate. What tests should be run next. What kind sort of doctor they should see next.
Something like Sjogrens, doctors tend to very out of date on testing criteria. So often a patient has every symptom. But doctor is highly dismissive of it.
Or a test with a high false negative rate is negative. Doctor immediately stops testing. Even though better tests exist.
Another example is when I see someone complaining about double vision. They need to go get a spinal tap to measure pressure. Not a lot of doctors realize that.
- p1esk 4y agoYou’re speaking as if you’re a doctor with better than average training and experience. Are you?
- bookofjoe 4y ago>Not a lot of doctors realize that. Retired neurosurgical anesthesiologist (38 years experience) here. It would never occur to me (or neurosurgeons I worked with) to order a spinal tap if a patient presented with double vision. Elevated cerebrospinal pressure — if present — could cause acute brain stem herniation and sudden death.