The medical establishment is way too trigger happy to use words like, 'hypochondria' and never, "We don't know." IF they were better with correct diagnosis AND cure or alleviation of symptoms, people would not need to diagnose themselves.
“IF they were better with correct diagnosis AND cure or alleviation of symptoms, people would not need to diagnose themselves.”
Indeed. And unfortunately, most doctors are terrible at diagnosis because:
1. They don’t care.
2. They don’t keep up.
3. They don’t care
4. They are in a hurry.
5. They don’t care.
6. They rely on tests and don’t know how to perform clinical analysis.
7. They don’t care.
BTW, did I mention that they don’t care?
My experience has been if you don’t have some idea of what is wrong with you when you go to a doctor, you’re basically gonna succumb to your illness, because you won’t be diagnosed, or you’ll be mis-diagnosed, and/or you’ll be given a drug that will kill you instead of making you better.
I made the round of docs for years, and I mean literally coast to coast, and not one diagnosed my pernicious anemia. I spent years trying to figure out what was wrong. I was literally on my deathbed when I finally thought to ask a doc for a test that proved with 100% certainty that I had pernicious anemia. It came back extremely positive. The doc then says, yep, you’ve got pernicious anemia and one B12 injection a month will cure you. Like, DUH! And let me tell you, B12 shortage due to PA and other causes is NOT rare! And also, it becomes even more frequent as people age!
BTW, it’s only the worst of the worst docs that are threatened if you come in with your own information. You see, they hate it when a patient might know more than they do. The really great docs continually learn from their patients.