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Medical students, while being trained to diagnose illness, are often reminded that “common things are common”, and that “when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras”. This is because, having memorized the symptoms of various exotic diseases, they have a tendency to overdiagnose them, forgetting that almost every patient who presents with flu symptoms has the flu, most people with headaches just have headaches, and so on.…”
Medical students, while being trained to diagnose illness, are often reminded that “common things are common”, and that “when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras”. This is because, having memorized the symptoms of various exotic diseases, they have a tendency to overdiagnose them, forgetting that almost every patient who presents with flu symptoms has the flu, most people with headaches just have headaches, and so on.…”