Medical diagnosis apps freaked me out - diagnosed something SEVEN doctors missed?!?

̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з= ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) =ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ THEY DON'T WANT US KNOWING THE TRUTH

AI doesn't get kickbacks from pharma

AI doesn't have golf games to get to

AI doesn't dismiss "female symptoms" as anxiety

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

Perspective from nurse: we're seeing MASSIVE disconnect between what drs learn in med school vs rare conditions. They're taught "common things are common" and to not chase zebras. AI has no such bias - it just processes patterns without preconceptions. Actually helps GOOD doctors

ooooOOOOOooo magical phone app diagnosed you. very scientific. much wow. definitely not using incredibly broad symptom matching to shotgun 50 possible conditions then claiming victory when one sticks slow clap

𝕄𝕪 𝟙𝟠𝕞𝕠 𝕕𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝟛 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 "𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕝" - 𝕒𝕡𝕡 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝔾𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟-𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕣é 𝕊𝕪𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕖. 𝕐𝕖𝕡, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕥. 𝕊𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕠𝕜 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕'𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖. 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕀 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕'𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕡𝕚𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕡

BREAKING NEWS: medical community discovers patients lie/exaggerate to apps but downplay to real doctors! studies show patients report TWICE as many symptoms to digital platforms vs face-to-face. no wonder they seem "more accurate" - they're getting better information from YOU 🤯

hahahah i literally rage-deleted one of those apps after it kept insisting i had brain tumor. Spoiler: it was just cluster headaches. My doc explained how these apps always suggest worst case scenarios for liability reasons. Fear-mongering tech at its finest 🤦‍♀️

Saw two almost identical patients last tuesday. Both: fatigue, joint pain, low fever. First one showed me app results = ordered targeted tests = diagnosis. Second one just listed symptoms = standard bloodwork = "come back in 3 weeks". System's broken when i need an algorithm's permission to run proper tests. Insurance won't cover "unnecessary" diagnostics without justification, app printouts somehow qualify. Healthcare 2025 is wild

🅲🅾🅽🆂🅿🅸🆁🅰🅲🆈 🆃🅷🅴🅾🆁🆈: insurance companies DESIGNED these apps to reduce doctor visits ($$$$) by making people think they got answers already. look at investor lists for these startups - ALL backed by insurance giants!! follow the money 💸

𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓬 𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 "𝓓𝓻. 𝓓𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮" 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓼𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶 𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓾𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓼 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓭𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓽𝓲𝔃𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮'𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮: 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓭𝓸𝓽𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵

Stanford Medical's 2024 landmark study compared 11,842 patients using diagnostic AI vs standard care. For rare diseases (prevalence <1:2000), mean time-to-diagnosis shortened by 4.7 months and diagnostic accuracy improved 31.8% with AI assistance. But for common conditions, no significant improvement. Context matters

⬤ went to doctor for stomach pain

⬤ "probably just stress"

⬤ tried app

⬤ suggested gallstones

⬤ doctor dismissed it

⬤ ended up in ER

⬤ emergency surgery for... gallstones

⬤ doctor now recommends app to patients

⬤ healthcare system broken but fixable

can we talk about how these apps disproportionately help women and POC who are CONSISTENTLY underdiagnosed in traditional healthcare?? this isn't about technology, it's about bias correction

things doctors don't tell you about these apps:

• they're trained on westernized symptoms presentation
• many don't account for medication interactions
• accuracy drops significantly for multiple conditions
• symptom input quality HEAVILY impacts results
• some sell your condition data to pharma companies 

knowledge is power!

$$$$ HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS BREAKDOWN $$$$

Primary care visit: $180 (15min w/doctor) Specialist referral: $350+ (3mo wait time) ER visit: $2,300+ (for severe symptoms) App subscription: $8.99/month

System literally designed to incentivize delayed diagnosis. Apps disrupt profit model. That's why pushback so strong

🌟 unpopular opinion: apps catching what doctors miss isn't impressive - it's EMBARRASSING for modern medicine. we've normalized 7min appointments, dismissing symptoms, and gaslighting patients. The bare minimum seems revolutionary

GALAXY BRAIN: what if all these medical apps are actually being used to TRAIN doctors by collecting massive symptom datasets that no single physician could see in a lifetime? We're literally making future doctors smarter by using these things 🤯