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   clarkiestar (clarkiestar@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 09:36:37 JST clarkiestar

   #longcovid #longcovidkids

   We are continuing to go through the frustration of all the medical professionals immediately jumping to the conclusion that it’s psychological. Even at the kids long covid clinic!

   https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/risking-it/202401/my-sons-long-covid-journey-nearly-crushed-me

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 09:36:34 JST Antiqueight

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     • argv minus one

     @sewblue @argv_minus_one @clarkiestar I was told, by a doctor, that if you needed medical help that going to a vet made more sense because they were trained in a scientific process and mindset unlike doctors.

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     SewBlue (sewblue@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 09:36:35 JST SewBlue

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     @argv_minus_one @clarkiestar I'm an engineer with #LongCovid. Doctors have surprised me.

     Not a 1:1 comparison, as an engineer I need to be able to walk up to a structure or system and figure it how it works and if a problem is safety related or not. I need to know how to build on someone else's work.

     Doctors are drilled on a series of pre-determined scripts. XYZ symptoms and test results, ABC diagnosis, perscribe 123 medication or refer elsewhere. The prior science did the thinking and insurance will only back those treatments. Evidence based medicine is rigid and unthinking.

     Go off script, something new to science, and a normal doctor can't figure out what to do, or have the time. Insurance won't pay. Life is not TV.

     I've got far, far more professional discretion than a doctor does, and my work is critical to public safety. Medicine also accepts a far higher death and injury rate than is allowed engineers.

     The reality of what medicine is today surprised me.

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     argv minus one (argv_minus_one@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 09:36:36 JST argv minus one

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     Also, a lot of doctors seem to have an intense aversion to admitting that they don't know what's causing a symptom, and instead accuse the patient of anxiety, laziness, or the like.

     Nevermind that dire symptoms can easily *cause* anxiety and laziness. Because, y'know, they're scary and exhausting. Obviously.

     What is that all about? Is med school teaching them to think that way?

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     argv minus one (argv_minus_one@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 09:36:37 JST argv minus one

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     This right here is a highlights reel of medical incompetence. The existence of #LongCovid was well known almost as soon as the pandemic began…except, seemingly, to doctors.

     When most patients know more about a widespread illness than most doctors do, there is something very, very wrong with doctors' training.