Diagnosis is a Netflix TV series based on the New York Times 'Diagnosis' column written by Dr Lisa Sanders. Lisa Sanders is an attending physician (a consultant in the UK) who previously contributed to House MD as a medical advisor. House MD is one of my favourite medical TV shows.
In Diagnosis she looks at 8 diagnostic challenges. The majority of these cases are neurological in origin. To reach diagnosis in these cases she published a column online and invited people from around the world to make suggestions. In several cases a diagnosis is reached.
This is almost an exercise in folk medicine, with random strangers making diagnostic suggestions. Unsurprisingly Lyme disease is mentioned a lot and unsurprisingly positive Lyme tests suddenly appear. In some cases I was not satisfied with the ultimate diagnosis and in at least one case I think the patient was unsatisfied. A lot of mistrust of doctors is vocalised which is common. Some doctors are good and some doctors are bad. All doctors make mistakes and all doctors get things wrong. Some diagnoses are hard to understand and will be refused by the person with the symptoms.
As a medical TV show, I enjoyed this, partly because it was mainly neurological problems and partly because it is what I see in clinic on a regular basis.
Worth watching.
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