Man uses Doubao to identify father's stroke symptoms, seeks medical treatment overnight for timely thrombolysis

Recently, discussions about AI medical consultations have been very heated. On Douyin, a consultation video shared by a doctor resonated with a large number of netizens: during a consultation, a patient presented different diagnostic and treatment approaches suggested by AI, and when he hurried back to the office to check, he found that the guidelines had indeed been updated. After the video was posted, it received over 2 million views, and the comment section was flooded with a large number of real experiences. In the top comments, one netizen shared: "Although many people complain about Doubao, it really saved my dad's life. That night he suddenly had a numb tongue and couldn't move his legs. I thought it was nothing serious and planned to go to the hospital the next morning. But I searched on Doubao, and it was a cerebral infarction! We went to the hospital overnight and received rapid thrombolytic treatment, which preserved the golden treatment window. I am still grateful to Doubao." On October 23, the reporter contacted this netizen, Mr. Yu, who works in Beijing. He recalled that at around 10 p.m. on June 25 this year, his 63-year-old father suddenly developed weakness in both legs and difficulty swallowing. Because the elderly man usually had underlying conditions of the "three highs," and the symptoms were not considered too serious, they were not too anxious and planned to wait until dawn to go to the hospital. Out of habit, before going to bed, he entered his father's symptoms and past medical history into Doubao, wanting to ask which department he should register for the next day. Unexpectedly, Doubao reminded him to "go to the hospital immediately to rule out cerebral infarction," and after he supplemented the elderly man's past medical history, it once again warned that "this is a high-risk signal and cannot be delayed." After Doubao's two warnings, Mr. Yu drove with his father overnight to Liaocheng People's Hospital, where he was diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital in time, and the elderly man seized the golden window. He is currently recovering well and has no aftereffects. Thinking of this experience, Mr. Yu could not help but feel some lingering fear. Treatment for cerebral infarction has a 4.5-hour golden thrombolysis window; every minute of delay increases the risk of hemiplegia, aphasia, and even life-threatening danger. He said: If patients with cerebral infarction are not treated in time, their quality of life is too low, and they cannot be left without someone to care for them. If it were not for Doubao, the lives of his father and the whole family might have changed dramatically. "It can be said that Doubao saved my dad's life, and I am truly very grateful." There are many similar experiences in the comment section. Some parents discovered that their child had a "leg length discrepancy," and Doubao suggested "suspected developmental dysplasia of the hip; recommend registering with orthopedics." After going to the hospital for examination, the judgment was confirmed, and the child promptly wore a corrective brace. Another patient's sister had leg pain for three months and could not get out of bed, with multiple medical visits yielding no results. Doubao suggested a pelvic CT, and a nerve tumor was found... In fact, when to register for which department has always been a major problem for ordinary people seeking medical care. In a 2019 article published in Chinese General Practice, "A Survey of Satisfaction with Outpatient Consultation in the General Practice Department of a Comprehensive Tertiary Grade-A Hospital," researchers found after surveying a sample hospital that 53.2% of first-visit patients had no idea which department they should register with, 65.1% of patients had to rely on the advice of the triage desk/consultation nurses to determine the department, and 28.8% of patients had experienced registering for the wrong department. With the spread of AI technology, intelligent assistants such as Doubao are increasingly acting as AI triage desks. Li Shujuan, chief physician of the Department of Neurology at Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said that from the perspectives of public science popularization, emergency warning, and triage reference, AI's performance is noteworthy. It is of great help to ordinary people in identifying hidden emergencies and avoiding delays in their condition, and it can also effectively reduce the cost of doctor-patient communication and provide new ideas and new clues for doctors' diagnosis and treatment. However, she also emphasized that the risk judgments and diagnostic and treatment approaches given by AI can only serve as reference and cannot replace in-person medical consultation. Dr. Li Shujuan reminded people that when they feel unwell, they can use AI to do advance preparation, such as which department to register with, organizing their past medical history, and sorting out the questions they care about most during consultation, but they should not copy AI suggestions to self-medicate or delay emergency care. "Use AI reasonably, but do not blindly trust it, and do not treat preparation as the answer." Source: Red Star News, Yangtse Evening Post