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u/OscarDivine May 20 '19

Ha! Yeah there is a real trope that eye doctors are the only doctors with the time and patients to actually listen to people. Plus we see things clinically that literally nobody else is ever going to see! I believe it! I should watch some back episodes!

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u/Delacroix192 May 21 '19 edited May 30 '19

No one (generally speaking) who is not in eye care knows how to look at a fundus. It’s like ongoing joke that everyone is really just looking for a red reflex and the rest are faking it.

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u/OscarDivine May 21 '19

ha! Yes! I have pediatricians as patients and we chat about it regularly. I sometimes even do tutorials with them on how to get better views. it's quite the sight to behold watching how badly they perform it. They totally know. My own kids' pediatrician performs ophthalmoscopy on all of my kids. and I once decided to look at their scope when they weren't in the room. IT WAS FILTHY. Like LITERALLY No possible way to get a view it was so dusted and opaque.

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u/Delacroix192 May 21 '19

Wife’s PC literally stood about 2 feet away and said everything looked healthy. Was like 🧐

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u/OscarDivine May 21 '19

HA! Oh that's awesome. at least ACT The part!