I've heard once (a long time ago) that medical doctor students are only required to take one semester in diagnosing by symptom.... I wonder if that's true.
It seems to me that, in practice, they don't even fact find. They take 3 to 4 vials of blood to tell you there's nothing wrong (unless one has type 2 diabetes... THEN everything is blamed on the diabetes).
Am I bitter? Yeah. Sorry. A doctor I was seeing for about 6 or 7 years wouldn't take me off the diabetes meds I was having a reaction to. Finally, he got tired of my complaint and said that I was having complications of diabetes. I said I was going to stop taking it. He said he'd put me on insulin next time I came in. I haven't been back. Most of the sypmtoms went away and I lost 40lbs within 3 months. That's when I discovered I had pinched nerves at both ends of the spine. Probably from the auto accident.
It's not like the hospital didn't thoroughly exray me 3 times. They didn't even comment on the double spina biffia on L5. Forget diagnosing by sympton... how about diagnosing by emperical data?
Okay. I am done ranting. If you've read this far... Thank you.
The title above is a link to one website that helps diagnose by symptom. It's what's available. Pathetic. But, there it is... take it with a heavy grain of salt. Diagnosing by symptom alone is treacherous. Symptoms should help to narrow down the number of tests needed.
It seems to me that, in practice, they don't even fact find. They take 3 to 4 vials of blood to tell you there's nothing wrong (unless one has type 2 diabetes... THEN everything is blamed on the diabetes).
Am I bitter? Yeah. Sorry. A doctor I was seeing for about 6 or 7 years wouldn't take me off the diabetes meds I was having a reaction to. Finally, he got tired of my complaint and said that I was having complications of diabetes. I said I was going to stop taking it. He said he'd put me on insulin next time I came in. I haven't been back. Most of the sypmtoms went away and I lost 40lbs within 3 months. That's when I discovered I had pinched nerves at both ends of the spine. Probably from the auto accident.
It's not like the hospital didn't thoroughly exray me 3 times. They didn't even comment on the double spina biffia on L5. Forget diagnosing by sympton... how about diagnosing by emperical data?
Okay. I am done ranting. If you've read this far... Thank you.
The title above is a link to one website that helps diagnose by symptom. It's what's available. Pathetic. But, there it is... take it with a heavy grain of salt. Diagnosing by symptom alone is treacherous. Symptoms should help to narrow down the number of tests needed.
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