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So is dang/HN in general good with the several comments in this thread giving explicit medical advice that is some variation of "don't go to the doctor, use chatGPT"?

I'm not sure the value of the discussion around those comments outweighs risk of spreading/normalizing that idea.

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Feel free to read the original comment again.

Do not rely “solely”..

I had high blood pressure for 30 years. ER visits. Multiple cardiologists in SF.

I had a nodule on my left adrenal gland. Hyperaldosteronism.

I diagnosed this. Not the doctors.

The doctors missed this for decades.

I'm highly interested in your story/diagnosis. Did the dna panel give you crucial information in this journey? Do you have a write up somewhere on your process? I'm currently going through a very complicated and subtle heart issue and I'm looking for any source of data I can get.

How is your adrenal gland nodule related to your genetic profile? AFAIUI, they are not related in any way.

Some folks don't have access to doctors or their doctors are way overworked.

And so random people on the internet should be advising them to dump their genetic profile into chatGPT for medical diagnostics?

Doctors are humans too. They don’t know the entire solution space.

Any diagnosis and action set of steps found, you’ll have to work with your doctor to implement.

Have you ever lived with a chronic condition for decades for which multiple doctors literally have zero answers for?

I'm glad you figured out your issue! Genuinely!

That it worked for you, doesn't mean it's a wise general recommendation.

Eh, i think it's fine. It isn't like the teeming masses are gonna run out for dna tests that they spend hours formatting and selecting and then fed into a complicated extraction process involving careful prompt engineering. I think the danger in recommendation lies almost entirely within the space of "easier than going to a doctor", which this process certainly is not. You wouldn't do that for a cold. But god damn am i glad that there's people talking about this. I have several chronic and subtly terrifying health issues myself and this information can save lives. What alternative do you propose, that we should not freely share our methodologies for survival?

Nope. But I'm thinking of a locally hosted medical assistant might be clutch.

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