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This sounds like you've missed the point entirely. > It has happened twice that they found a problem in my blood check. Both cases it was nothing but if it had
by ufmace 3y ago
This sounds like you've missed the point entirely.
> It has happened twice that they found a problem in my blood check. Both cases it was nothing but if it had been, knowing it early could have saved my life.
The point of the movement as I understand it is that this is actually a pretty significant problem. Extra checks due to "possible problems" aren't free - it's always paid for by somebody, and even if that isn't your wallet directly, it still take up time, inconvenience, and usually physical discomfort. Some have pretty significant risk of complications. Often, nothing is found or what was suspected to have been an issue wouldn't have affected the patient's quality of life. Exactly where the line should be drawn is debatable, but the point is it's not necessarily a good thing to aggressively find and investigate all "possible problems".
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- lazide 3y agoMost tests have a high enough false positive rate that it can cause real issues with real false diagnoses too.