That’s their job, essentially they are the front door to the world of medicine, and a lot of their work revolves around connecting you with someone who can help.
A good GP, when presented with symptoms and evidence of something they don’t know much about, will say, “Huh. Let me have a look at some stuff”, and then they will go check things out.
If things match up then they will likely say, “Ok, let’s try X” , or alternatively, “I know someone who is better suited to deal with this”, and hand you off. They might say, “Perhaps it’s this other thing”, which might piss off some long term sufferers of particular illnesses, but I’d prefer a no stone unturned approach to things than blanket dismissal.
Folks cannot fathom the unplumbable depths of stupidity that constitutes the average American’s conceptual space. That’s why we have doctors. Because most people wouldn’t think twice about diagnosing themselves with autism and shoving magic crystals up their asses.
That’s their job, essentially they are the front door to the world of medicine, and a lot of their work revolves around connecting you with someone who can help.
A good GP, when presented with symptoms and evidence of something they don’t know much about, will say, “Huh. Let me have a look at some stuff”, and then they will go check things out.
If things match up then they will likely say, “Ok, let’s try X” , or alternatively, “I know someone who is better suited to deal with this”, and hand you off. They might say, “Perhaps it’s this other thing”, which might piss off some long term sufferers of particular illnesses, but I’d prefer a no stone unturned approach to things than blanket dismissal.
Folks cannot fathom the unplumbable depths of stupidity that constitutes the average American’s conceptual space. That’s why we have doctors. Because most people wouldn’t think twice about diagnosing themselves with autism and shoving magic crystals up their asses.