Rebecca King-Crews reveals she has Parkinson’s, says doctors dismissed symptoms as ‘anxiety’

Sidenote, the amount of times Doctors misdiagnose nowadays (sometimes without peer review), is alarmingly concerning.

Glad she’s doing well now, with her treatments.

My dad had ALS unknowingly and his doctors thought he needed back surgery. Gave him the back surgery and it like kicked off his ALS and paralyzed him. It’s hard to check for everything but it sure sucks when shit like this happens.

Let’s not rush to conclusions about the competency of her doctors. Part of the reason MAHA has been able to generate skepticism against doctors is flippant use of words like “dismisses” in headlines like these. The article gives no indication that there was any malpractice, bias, or other deviation from the recommended clinical pathway in this case.

The way that diagnostic pathways work is that the current data is evaluated per clinical guidelines (such as AASM) and the most likely conclusion is made until disproven by new data (such as new symptoms or lack of response to treatment). So if a patient’s condition is rare and progressive (like Parkinsons), it can take a few tries and some time to get to a correct diagnosis. It’s not necessarily bad that healthcare providers try more common diagnoses first (like anxiety).

Now, I’m not an expert on Parkinsons nor a doctor, so there could be facts I’m missing about this case. I’m just saying that the word “dismisses” in this headline is doing a lot of work to make people angry against healthcare providers who may have done the right thing from a clinical pathway perspective.