hidancity wrote:Ok, the question methodology isn't going to work. I need you to be more specific and a public forum isn't the place for it. I you have ever been to a Chinese doctor who does acupuncture, the questions can get pretty weird from the nature of your dreaming to your urinating habits and then most people pretty much ignore the questions because they are like what the hell does this have to do with my neck pain. usually more than most people can figure out without any kind of training in any type of alternative medicine. If you were in person, I could diagnose the problem in a couple of minutes. Resolution might take a couple of sessions depending on what we found.
And so long as we're moving toward attempting actual diagnosis, let's all of us keep it to personal consultations outside of the forums, please. Emails, PMs, or - preferably - visits to doctors in the 3D only. You know,
C&F policy and all that. We have liability to consider.
Please remember that medical discussion about complaints is only forum-allowable in such a wise:
Q: My left (upper) hand hurts when I play flute.
A: Have you tried changing your grip? Cold compresses? Those have worked for me.
or
A: I suggest you see a specialist.
This type of iteration is generally not forum-allowable:
Q: My left (upper) hand hurts when I play flute.
A: I think you have [X-itis]. Tell me more.
or
A: You should go with vitamin therapy/positive thinking/Viagra/prayer/booze/ignoring it.
It's not always easy to determine what's best not posted, but the main rule of thumb is to keep complaints restricted to the playing-related, and recommendations to primarily the most basic and practical First Aid level, or instrument-related technical how-to advice, nothing more. Pointing to possibilities like contact allergy is admittedly in a grey area, as a number of people, particularly fluteplayers, have it. I do myself. But suggesting such a possibility is not quite the same as diagnosis, and ways to ameliorate that particular condition - if that's what it actually is - are already well-known, basically simple, and don't require actual medical treatment: stop playing, or use tape, or grow a beard, or get a different flute made of less allergenic qualities, because it's also well known that contact allergy - IF that's what it is - doesn't abate in the long term any other way than by simply avoiding contact with aggravating materials. This of course is only an example, if a pertinent one. And remember that seeking or giving on-line public diagnosis and prescription here, beyond such aforementioned guidelines and simplicities, is completely forbidden. If you know or are yourself a specialist, contact the subject privately if you feel you must, but this not being a medical site, even that could be playing it a bit fast and loose for administrative liking. Nevertheless, the PM is a way around this, because then it's behind the scenes, out of our hands, and only between the immediate parties concerned - for better or worse. Note that we don't encourage it; we only suggest with some reservation. As for me personally, I would hope Chiffers even avoid such PMs here out of good community spirit, and instead go with email.
Thanks.
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