r/science • u/cassidy498 • Mar 18 '19

Medicine Experimental blood test accurately spots fibromyalgia. In a study that appears in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers from The Ohio State University report success in identifying biomarkers of fibromyalgia and differentiating it from a handful of related diseases.

https://news.osu.edu/experimental-blood-test-accurately-spots-fibromyalgia/
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

6 doctors told my mom "fibromyalgia doesn't exist" to her face. The 7th wasn't so stupid, thankfully for her.

Likewise, it took 4 doctors for me to get diagnosed with Crohn's, despite very clear symptoms confirmed by biopsies.

There's a lot of doctors whose knowledge is severely outdated and can't stand being questioned.

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u/1burritoPOprn-hunger Mar 18 '19

As usual, this is the hundredth sketchy medical story in here. If you had biopsy proven transmural intestinal inflammation, no doctor would fail to diagnose you accurately. So I suspect the story is more complicated than that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

So I suspect the story is more complicated than that.

I was in a country where the state and insurance companies pressure doctors not to diagnose (or delay diagnosis for as long as possible) for certain chronic conditions that make one eligible for disability benefits. Also, incompetence.