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Injuries I Can’t Diagnose Because I Didn’t Go to Medical School and I Didn’t Become a Doctor
No, I can’t guess
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3 min readMar 28, 2024
Cases presented by a child to their not-a-doctor parent in one day:
Q: Why do you have a rash?
I see your rash, but I have no idea what caused it.
Did you eat something different? Did you touch something outside?
Is it itchy?
Is it spreading?
If it’s not better by tomorrow, we will go see your pediatrician.
No, I can’t guess.
Because I did not go to medical school, and I am not a doctor.
Q: Why do you have pain in your leg?
Did you fall?
It doesn’t look swollen.
Put some ice on it.
Not because I think you broke it.
Do you think you broke it?
If it’s not better by tomorrow, we will go see your pediatrician.
No, I can’t guess.
Because I did not go to medical school, and I am not a doctor.
