I wonder what percentage of people is misdiagnosed? Plenty would be my answer.

It's fortunate that you had this knowledge at your fingertips, Linda.

I've bookmarked this. You never know.

The other thing to bear in mind though, is that people have implicit faith in doctors. I don't, and it's not because of an entrenched eversion to them. Medicine is not big business, and doctors are on a treadmill day and daily. How on earth can they ever have the time, or energy, to dig deeper? Even when there's a hint of symptoms being of something else, it's next please, and the show is on the road.

There are two types of patients as far as I can see, those who have infinite trust in their doctors, and those who conduct ther own research, getting past the first few pages of Google to do so.

Thanks for this great post, Linda.