While most people turn to second opinions from other doctors or even switch medical treatments, like allopathy to Ayurveda, one Reddit user took a completely different route. He went to no other human health expert, but AI. And, according to him, that worked better than years of professional consultations.
In a recent viral Reddit post with 24,000 upvotes, the user claimed ChatGPT cured him in just one minute which doctors couldn't do in five years. He mentioned how OpenAI's tool helped identify and resolve a persistent jaw issue he had been struggling with for more than five years.
"After 5 years of jaw clicking (TMJ), ChatGPT cured it in 60 seconds", he posted.
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5 years of medical follow-ups
The person shared further details about his condition and wrote, "I’ve had jaw clicking on the left side for over 5 years, probably from a boxing injury, and every time I opened my mouth wide, it would pop or shift. I could sometimes stop it by pressing my fingers into the side of my jaw, but it always came back”.
Despite consulting an ENT specialist, undergoing two MRI scans (including one with contrast dye), and most recently being referred to a maxillofacial expert by a dentist, no lasting solution had been found. That changed when he turned to ChatGPT.
ChatGPT's diagnosis and cure
A few days ago, he casually asked ChatGPT to help him cure his jaw injury, only to receive a detailed explanation. The AI diagnosed that "the disc in his jaw was probably just slightly displaced but still movable". It also gave a suggestive fix.
"It suggested a specific way to open my mouth slowly while keeping my tongue on the roof of my mouth and watching for symmetry", the user wrote, sharing that the technique actually worked.
"No click. I opened and closed my jaw over and over again, and it tracked perfectly. Still no clicking today", the person wrote while calling the moment “unreal".
