Health & Wellness

Organize old medical test results for a second look

Years into a long search for answers, a parent fed early tests and case notes about their daughter's rare illness into ChatGPT. It named the correct disease in minutes.

Caution. AI can't diagnose. Use it to prepare questions for a doctor.

Steps

  1. Remove names.
  2. Paste in the results.
  3. Talk through the ideas with a doctor.

Prompt you can copy

Here are test results and notes (no names): [paste]. What conditions might fit, and what questions should we ask a specialist?

Tools

  • ChatGPT

For Healthcare, Parents. Added .

Source

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