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Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark (arstechnica.com)

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The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.

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[–] wahming@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a use case like this, AI would be less about a final diagnose and more about getting the doctor or patient pointed in the right direction, especially with rare cases that few doctors are aware of. You no longer need to visit a hundred specialists in the hope of finding the one person who's seen something similar to your case before.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Agree in this case AI is just WebMD symptom checker but with the ability to take in infinite data points and narrow it down with prompting questions and hopefully being able to upload images for further diagnosis.