5 Apr
2025
5 Apr
'25
3:24 a.m.
On 4/4/25 12:55, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Right, I don't think
my internist would have had the
reagents or whatever on hand to identify the cause of the
rash, but I think he would have recognized it as an
infection. The PA gave me some steroid cream which was
totally the wrong thing to do.
As for PAs, my
regular doctor was out of town, I had a rash on my side and went
to an urgent care place, the PA there totally misdiagnosed it, and it got
worse. Then, I went to a dermatologist, he took a sample of scrapings off the
rash, diagnosed it correctly, and the prescription solved it. Not sure my
regular doctor would have been able to diagnose it either.
<physician>
Admittedly, the fact he scraped it and got a sample is likely *why* he got it
right. When in doubt about a rash, get a chunk of it. I haven't been in general
practice in over a decade but I never referred until I had a pathology result.
On the other hand, general medicine and family medicine practices have so
little time for visits now. I don't miss that grind. I don't think AI will do a good job of taking
biopsies ...
</physician>
Right, some thing need hands or eyes right on the scene.
Jon