They identify possible diseases for the symptoms that patients present. Then they conduct differential diagnoses based on asking questions, having tests done, or observing the patient.
It sucks to be misdiagnosed. But for 40 doctors to be flummoxed you need to realize that isn’t the doctors - that’s the limits of of modern medicine itself. The way doctors work is ... (continue)pic.twitter.com/HvcYxT43hz
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These doctors she interacted with all followed what they were taught in Med school. A doctor or two can mess up, real bad, but for 40 to misdiagnose they aren’t “dickheads” but are simply working off a playbook for Medicine that is incomplete. That’s life.
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It’s also worth noting that she makes money off of telling her story of suffering from Lyme Disease and not having it diagnosed properly.pic.twitter.com/E4j86KrwI0
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