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JayStavis
on April 12, 2023
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What are the most common tinnitus frequencies? (20...
TIL. I was semi-hoping someone would fill in the gap! At the same time I'm wondering why the heck my doctor won't tell me these things.
sbierwagen
on April 12, 2023
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The average doctor does not have an encyclopedic knowledge of all human disease, and if they do, they are discouraged from using it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_(medicine)
samplatt
on April 12, 2023
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Doctors only know what they've been taught or experienced. You'd hope specialists would know these things, but even they miss things and forget things. And GP's? fuggeddaboutit
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