alt Hacker News> Most doctor advice boil down to drink some water and take a painkiller
Forgive my brusqueness here, but this could only be written by someone who has not yet been seriously ill.
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You've clearly touched the problem with healthcare in general though. If it's not life threatening, it's not taken seriously.
There are a lot of health related issues humans can experience that affect their lives negatively that are not life threatening.
I'm gonna give you a good example: I suffer from mild skin related issues for as long as I can remember. It's not a big deal, but I want my skin to be in better condition. I went through tens of doctors and they all did essentially some variation of tylenol equivalent for skin treatment. With AI, I've been able to identify the core problems that every licensed professional overlooked.
Doctors that treat shit that you can treat on the spot and it gets better or it doesn't tend to be really good. Surgeons in particular. Doctors that treat shit that don't have clear causes and that you give medicine to, and sometimes it kinda improves, they tend to be pretty bad.
This is both a liability and a connectedness issue.
I mean, unless you have a life-threatening emergency, it's the way the entire Danish healthcare system runs.
Brusqueness? More like insensitivity, lack of empathy, and ignorance.
My 12 year old daughter (correctly) diagnosed herself to a food allergy after multiple trips to the ER for stomach pains that resulted in “a few Tylenol/Advil with a glass of water”.