me, experiencing fatigue, hair loss, skin issues, and brain fog doctor in the US: you’re getting older, try going on birth control and taking antidepressants, that’ll be $200 :) doctor in Chile: your blood work shows multiple vitamin deficiencies causing your hormones to go wack, let’s get that fixed. $10 please
@holaivory Treating symptoms vs. finding root cause. One is a scientist. The other is just an agent in a system.
@Shahin_Mannan @holaivory I realized a few years back that the US medical system is based on the two P’s - pills and procedures. Cures don’t make as much money (for providers and insurers) long term.
@Shahin_Mannan @holaivory Great point! Does the physician in this system have the time to gather enough information to diagnose and treat the underlying problem? Our system pays clinicians for each procedure.
@Shahin_Mannan @holaivory Yep. Many good doctors seem frustrated too, in it with us & feel powerless. Systems can be changed.
@Shahin_Mannan @holaivory Yep. They type symptoms into a database and a medication list pops out. Not even a slight attempt to find the cause.
@Shahin_Mannan @holaivory why would you reverse the respective positions?