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by BobbyTables2 503 days ago
Are you sure you aren’t in the US?

I find specialists here have zero intellectual curiosity. Sure, they recognize the most common condition in their field when blatantly obvious.

When it comes to the second most common issue in their field or anything not blatantly obvious (significant test result and 10/10 excruciating pain), they will just offer no diagnosis and go no further.

Just getting them to do an exam or even order a test is a huge challenge…
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IX-103 503 days ago
It seems to depend on who you see and, probably, where you are in the country. Every time I go in to see my GP he seems to schedule a battery off lab work. And when I went to a dermatologist for an annual mole exam I left with prescriptions for dandruff and eczema.
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michh 503 days ago
The first one I saw was like that. But I went for a Second Opinion, as is my right, and it was a world of difference.
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