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I generally agree with you, but one thing I _hope_ AI can lead to is me being able to actually consult something resembling a medical professional. It's so difficult to get time with my doctor, and when I do, I get swept out the door ASAP.

My hour long yearly physical takes 15 minutes and my miscellaneous questions get brushed off. I have some sort of eczema on my hand and he told me to use lotion. After telling him I do, he said to keep doing it. It had been six months then and now 18 months. Problem is still there.

Just today I finally found a dermatologist. Soonest appointment I could get from the ones I called is May of 2027.

At a certain point, I hope LLMs can provide at least basic medical help reliably because I can't get the opportunity to ask a doctor to begin with.

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Have you tried telehealth? Obviously some stuff needs in person but I've been reasonably pleased, never felt rushed and the doctors just seem to generally have a far more pleasant demeanor. Dermatology is also one of the areas where it works really well.

That being said, have you tried more than just basic lotion? Butenafine clears a lot of fungal issues. High content zinc oxide diaper paste is also very useful. There's a brand from Dollar Tree that's very popular but triple paste is another option. The heavy zinc oxide coating cures a wide array of skin issues.

Wash your hands with nizoral then moisturizer with something like Okeefes or just the ZO cream.

telehealth is a great way to get all your health information sold on the data market and into the hands of the worlds biggest ad companies.

https://apnews.com/article/telehealth-prescription-glp1-ftc-...

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/12/13/out-of-control-d...

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/your-health-data-being-sold-wit...

Okeefes has definitely been good for the past few winters when my hands naturally get very dry, but this one is a big more consistent now and okeefes is helpful, but not a cure.

I really haven't considered telehealth because I figured it'd be easier to see in persona, but you're right that it's probably worth a shot and likely totally fine.

I appreciate your reply and I'll be taking quite a few of these suggestions into account this coming week. Thank you!

Fwiw my son has some eczema (red rash) and using hydrocortisone 2.5% 2x a day for no longer than 2 weeks (longer than that can cause dangerous thinning of the skin or something) seems to be helping a lot.

Hi, sorry if this is OT, but I wanted to chime in here on the off chance I can help, because I had maybe the same problem for years and it got really bad - no doctor or dermatologist could help.

Do you get small blisters on your hands and maybe feet? If so, it's called dyshydrotic eczema.

I was told for years that it was an autoimmune disorder, had tons of different treatments and specialists, only to discover it was an allergy to milk protein. I can't have any mammal milk product, no butter, cheese, etc... but I'm completely cured.

As part of this journey I also found out that a lot of women develop it as a result of nickel allergy and Low Nickel Diet helps.

Sorry to go off the rails, I just wanted to take the chance that I could help someone avoid everything I went through.

While I'm obviously not a doctor, dyshydrotic eczema is what my research came up with too. I do consume quite a bit of dairy, so it's very possible that's the case. The times I've seen it go away are during travel, which I usually associated with being an environmental change, but now that you mention it, I'm consuming less dairy when I travel.

Super interesting. I appreciate that. I'm going to take this into consideration!

One thing I had difficulty with was understanding how strict I need to be.

I have to read the ingredients on everything I buy, I have to ask and (embarrassingly) tell restaurants about the allergy.

If I get any milk product at all it'll trigger blisters.

Took my wife a long time to convince me, but she was right.

and yet Americans are convinced that the problem with "socialized medicine" is that they'll have to wait to see a doctor. they're already waiting to see a doctor with our current stupidly broken system.

This all sounds like a policy problem (i.e. natural stupidity). As someone further up said, this is inevitable when there's a profit motive and slathering AI on top just moves the goalposts and kicks the can. I can already imagine a future where The Poors only get access to the "lite" models in these scenarios.

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