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Technology can fix plenty. I have narcolepsy and was able to diagnose myself after multiple doctors had failed, and luckily I finally found a specialist in nar
by terminalshort 1y ago
Technology can fix plenty. I have narcolepsy and was able to diagnose myself after multiple doctors had failed, and luckily I finally found a specialist in narcolepsy who could actually confirm it. Wouldn't be possible without Google (which any of those docotors could have used but didn't). I would probably still be searching for a doctor to actually do his job. Technology can solve plenty of problems. What we need to do is get the doctors out of the loop.
- kelvinjps10 1y agoSo you think with just technology, using something like Google or AI, you would be able to correctly self-diagnose with the "doctors out of the loop"?
- terminalshort 1y agoI was in my case (and I didn't even have AI back then) after multiple doctors failed miserably. Of course I needed to get the actual doctor diagnosis to get insurance to pay for my treatment, but that's bureaucracy, not medical science.
- in_cahoots 1y agoI didn't say that technology won't fix anything, merely that it won't fix everything.
- sarchertech 1y agoAnd for every person who correctly diagnoses themselves despite at odds with what a doctor is telling them, you have 10 people undergoing unnecessary, dangerous treatments because the misdiagnosed themselves.