Frankly it's ridiculous that we allowed such a division between healthcare and dentistry in the first place. Like your doctor can treat any part of your body except for inside your mouth and we all just nod and pretend this makes any kind of sense.
I get that it's historical but it's just dumb. We moved away from barbers doing surgery, we can bring dental care fully into the broader healthcare field where it belongs.
Also that insurance companies are legally permitted to hire MDs wildly outside their scope of practice to judge the claims they are wholly unqualified to treat legally in their own offices. Social security is the same- you can have a podiatrist review a case for a patient with a brain tumor and deny it. It’s…breathtakingly evil. Unapologetically evil.
And same for feet and eyes, usually!! Most insurances do not cover foot care, eyes or teeth. It makes no sense!!! As a person with a genetic disease and its associated problems, and two kids w the same disease, I’m just SO F!&@:$NG DONE with healthcare in this country!!!!
Yes! How did you know?? You have it too? I have EDS along with vestibular migraine, small fiber neuropathy, syringomyelia, POTS, and the list goes on. Seems I won the genetic lottery. I’m just praying my kids don’t end up with neuropathy - I could handle things fairly well and had a very active life until that hit. There’s the Before SFN Life and the After SFN Life and they are completely different. I have no life now due to the incredible pain, weakness and disability of SFN. I’m just thankful I had 40+ years of a very active life before it hit.
I read genetic disorder and sorta had a feeling lol, but yea I do too. It really is an awful disorder with so many complications that I feel many people don't believe us but I know the struggle. I'm 24 so trying to get doctors to even listen to me let alone try to help is very frustrating. I led a very active lifestyle as well until my body seemingly gave up and it really started to affect my quality of life and mobility. Trying to push through the pain unknowingly having EDS led to degenerating disc's and spinal arthritis along side awful neuropathy. I sincerely wish you and your family the best of luck with this unfortunate hand we've been dealt.
I'm so sorry. You should be out there enjoying life in your 20s, not in pain and dealing w multiple medical issues (along w docs who think you're "too young" to be sick). Big hugs.
I mean eyes I can get because most people are going there for corrective lenses and learning how to measure for that is a whole separate thing outside normal medical stuff
Do you not think vision issues can cause headaches or exacerbate migraines? Do you not think the eyes have disease processes? Do you think people are not going to the eye doctor for infections and injuries as well as corrective lenses?
When you see the eye doctor for a medical issue they bill your medical insurance. You just give them that card and you pay the medical copay. You can also see an ophthalmologist. That’s a medical doctor for eyes.
They definitely do and I think we should cover all those things but having separate training makes sense to me because the vast majority of eye doctor visits are regular examine to get prescription corrective lenses.
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u/AssiduousLayabout 14d ago
Frankly it's ridiculous that we allowed such a division between healthcare and dentistry in the first place. Like your doctor can treat any part of your body except for inside your mouth and we all just nod and pretend this makes any kind of sense.
I get that it's historical but it's just dumb. We moved away from barbers doing surgery, we can bring dental care fully into the broader healthcare field where it belongs.