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Doctors order tests to help them choose the right treatments. If they have absolutely no idea what the possibilities are then they wouldn't be ordering tests a

• tsotha 13y ago
  >Doctors order tests to help them choose the right treatments. No they don't, except in very rare cases. Doctors order tests to make a diagnosis. The treatment follows from that. >If they have absolutely no idea what the possibilities are then they wouldn't be ordering tests anyway. I'm not sure a doctor would have "no idea what the possibilities are" unless you don't have any symptoms. If you don't have any symptoms, why are you at the doctor's office?
  • wfunction 13y ago
    > > Doctors order tests to help them choose the right treatments. > No they don't, except in very rare cases. Doctors order tests to make a diagnosis. The treatment follows from that. What I said didn't contract what you said. If test => diagnosis => treatment then test => treatment.
    • tsotha 13y ago
      Without a diagnosis, how could a doctor possibly know the answer to the question "what happens if we do nothing"?
      • wfunction 13y ago
        I never said without a diagnosis.
        • tsotha 13y ago
          It's pretty rare to arrive at a diagnosis without tests.