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by wfunction 4793 days ago
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 anyway.

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>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?

> > 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.

Without a diagnosis, how could a doctor possibly know the answer to the question "what happens if we do nothing"?
I never said without a diagnosis.
It's pretty rare to arrive at a diagnosis without tests.