Medical professionals spend years learning how to diagnose complex diseases. Sometimes, however, the biggest warning sign isn’t on a chart or a scan but a single sentence. When doctors on Reddit were asked to discuss the biggest red flags they’ve seen in patients, one answer came up again and again. It’s when a (male) patient says: “I feel fine, but my wife made me come in.”

It sounds like a joke about stubborn husbands. Doctors treat it as a clinical pearl, meaning a rule of thumb that holds up in practice.

“Every time. [Myocardial infarction] and cancer being the most common diagnoses, in my experience,” one medical professional wrote.

Clinical pearl – If your male patient says “I feel........

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