If you aren’t feeling well, it is natural to want an answer as to why so that you can feel better. With the internet now a ready access tool, we have vast amounts of information at our fingertips. The problem is that it’s the internet. These are not all scholarly peer reviewed sources and in 2023 a chunk is even being written by AI.
A Note on Symptom Checkers
When it comes to medical advice and evaluation, Googling and digging is sometimes helpful if you are a good detective. But if you are adding items to a medical symptom checker, please take the answer with a grain of salt. We have had clients come to us and say the results presented came out as either A. You have a headache, relax, destress, and try an NSAID pain reliever or B. You are currently in the process of death head to the ER immediately. These are opposing answers and not helpful. If you feel like something dire may actually be wrong, and you are a patient of ours at Internal Medicine, Lipid, and Wellness we always want you to feel like you can call us. That is why we are here.
There is Substitute for the Real Thing
Medical knowledge, education, and experience is a cumulative thing. As doctors, not only did we receive a thorough education, but we have educated ourselves in an ongoing manner for years while treating patients and gaining experience through our practices, study of medical journals, articles, ongoing studies, trials, and so much more. It isn’t possible to replicate a real world tried and true doctor with an online browser and not even with advanced AI.
Personalized Attention
At Internal Medicine, Lipid, and Wellness we care about our patients not only as patients from a clinical sense, but as people. That is why as diagnosticians we wanted more direct time with each patient on a one-on-one basis. It is partly because of this that we formed IMLWP to be a concierge patient care service.
The IMLWP Difference
If you are in the Fort Myers area and tired of waiting an hour for a 5-minute doctor appointment where you feel pushed through, rushed, and not really listened to – it is time to break that cycle. Get the diagnosis you need so you can get the treatment to help heal. For more information or to book an initial appointment please call our office at (239) 362-3005 Ext 200. www.IMLWP.com to learn more
