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I believe several important points are being missed. I never attempted to make this a pissing match, but when there are inaccurate responses, I feel as if I must intervene.
This "doctor" asked a question and when a vaild answer or answers were given, his response was simply "no". When I questioned whether his answer was really a "primary disease" he didn't respond at first, and then said his use of the word primary was taken out of context.
He then contradicted himself stating that my response couldn't be correct since the fictitious patient didn't have a subungual lesion, even though he forgot that his OWN answer was "subungual ulceration".
When questioned, he simply decided to answer with childish responses and insults, rather than address the question(s). And finally, when he made claims of EBM to support his views, Kidsfeet did what anyone would do.....he asked for the studies to support the EBM claim, and of course instead of burying Kidsfeet with those studies, his response was that Kidsfeet wasn't smart enough to find those studies.
So the attempt wasn't to turn anything into a pissing match. The attempt was to make sure accurate information is being written. Any shmo can come on this site claiming to be a well trained MD and asking for differential diagnoses, etc., but if the answers or diagnoses or opinions that doctor is stating is in fact not accurate, I feel that it's important to challenge that information. My hope was that by challenging a medical "colleague", I would receive enlightening answers, not childish knee jerk reactions.
I have NO problem with an intelligent discussion to understand the rational behind someone's thought process. And if you read my posts, that's exactly what I attempted to do, but this doctor decided to deflect my questions and respond with childish insults.
I also find it disturbingly curious as to why this supposed "MD", who claims to be an internist with a fellowship in endocrinology would dedicate ALL but one of his posts on SDN to the podiatric forum. Doesn't anyone else find that just a little odd?
This "doctor" asked a question and when a vaild answer or answers were given, his response was simply "no". When I questioned whether his answer was really a "primary disease" he didn't respond at first, and then said his use of the word primary was taken out of context.
He then contradicted himself stating that my response couldn't be correct since the fictitious patient didn't have a subungual lesion, even though he forgot that his OWN answer was "subungual ulceration".
When questioned, he simply decided to answer with childish responses and insults, rather than address the question(s). And finally, when he made claims of EBM to support his views, Kidsfeet did what anyone would do.....he asked for the studies to support the EBM claim, and of course instead of burying Kidsfeet with those studies, his response was that Kidsfeet wasn't smart enough to find those studies.
So the attempt wasn't to turn anything into a pissing match. The attempt was to make sure accurate information is being written. Any shmo can come on this site claiming to be a well trained MD and asking for differential diagnoses, etc., but if the answers or diagnoses or opinions that doctor is stating is in fact not accurate, I feel that it's important to challenge that information. My hope was that by challenging a medical "colleague", I would receive enlightening answers, not childish knee jerk reactions.
I have NO problem with an intelligent discussion to understand the rational behind someone's thought process. And if you read my posts, that's exactly what I attempted to do, but this doctor decided to deflect my questions and respond with childish insults.
I also find it disturbingly curious as to why this supposed "MD", who claims to be an internist with a fellowship in endocrinology would dedicate ALL but one of his posts on SDN to the podiatric forum. Doesn't anyone else find that just a little odd?