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Originally Posted by 11mile
I'm a noob here so I dunno if you two know each other or not.
If not, it is simply not cool ruling out major pathology based on statistics. How many modifying risk factors can a person have that they are NOT posting up on a public forum which could alter your guess work? Off the top of my head, I can think of a dozen bits of information that a person may not want to broadcast online... information that would make anyone think twice about a quick rule-out.
If a person is concerned about their health, go to a doc. Simple as that.
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I totally agree, but I will reiterate that this is all about odds, and I am trying to put it into proper perspective for him. He is way, way more likely to die in a car accident driving to the doctor, than he is to die from anything the doctor diagnosis. Even if you incorporate all his relevant risk factors that "he didnt list", this still holds true. This is what I am trying to get across.
Modern day medicine is statistics. The Evidenced based medicine we hold in such regard, is at its very essence, numbers. Indications for screening, investigations, treatments, relative risks, sensitivity, specificity, validity - all based upon digits.
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