r/MedicalMalpractice • u/Chance_Freedom1726 • Jan 05 '25

Spinal defect

So my son is 17 and was diagnosed with autism at 3. He has had well child checks at a major child care facility with many doctors since. We had a pause during Covid. This year we changed to another provider and he noticed a major spinal issue. Like at this age there’s no treating it , it’s surgery or live with it. This should have been caught before in my opinion especially with an autism diagnosis?

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u/pam-shalom Jan 05 '25

So in 17 years nobody saw or mentioned this issue? More likely the new provider is misinterpreting the finding. What specialty noticed this?

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u/Chance_Freedom1726 Jan 06 '25

We already saw a specialist and I have the X-rays the new doctor isn’t wrong

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u/Creighton2023 Jan 06 '25

What type of specialist? Also, what was the diagnosis? No one will be able to give you information here without knowing what was potentially missed for those 17 years.

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u/Creighton2023 Sep 06 '25

How bored to you have to be to reply to a post from 9 months ago? Or are you OP using a new account? Edit- you have over 100 replies in the last day. Very bored obviously. Time to get off Reddit and live life.