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The man revealed that a jaw injury from a boxing match had caused persistent discomfort.
The man said ChatGPT gave him a detailed explanation.
With artificial intelligence rapidly transforming the tech landscape, its impact on healthcare has been nothing short of revolutionary. It has enhanced diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. While Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has made headlines for its medical diagnostic claims, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is also gaining attention. In a recent Reddit post, a user claimed that ChatGPT helped identify the root cause of a jaw issue that had plagued him for over five years—within seconds.
The man revealed that a jaw injury from a boxing match had caused persistent discomfort, resurfacing every time he opened his mouth. While temporary fixes like pressing fingers into the side of the jaw to stop the clicking offered brief relief, the issue kept returning, leading him to believe the damage was permanent.
“Yesterday, I randomly asked ChatGPT about it, and it gave me a detailed explanation, saying the disc in my jaw was probably just slightly displaced but still movable and suggested a specific way to open my mouth slowly while keeping my tongue on the roof of my mouth and watching for symmetry. I followed the instructions for maybe a minute max, and suddenly… no click. I opened and closed my jaw over and over again, and it tracked perfectly. Still no clicking today. After five years of just living with it, this AI gave me a fix in a minute. Unreal,” the user continued.
The man added that he had undergone two MRIs and was even referred for maxillofacial surgery to address the issue. Meanwhile, the surprising effectiveness of the AI-generated remedy left social media users stunned, sparking a wave of reactions. One commenter wrote, “You just fixed mine too. When I was a teenager, some kid was a bit overeager in MMA class, and it’s cracked and clicked ever since. It just stopped because of this.” Another shared, “I found out more about my sleeping issues in 15 minutes with GPT than years of other research and a decade of doctor visits. YMMV, but there is something to be said for these tools with regard to medical issues.”
Many also shared how AI tools helped them solve their issues, such as hiccups. One wrote, “I suffered from hiccups at least a few times a week, often lasting half an hour. I asked o3-mini-high for an efficient technique to fix it (empty lung breath hold, with precise step-by-step instructions), and it worked perfectly, immediately.”
Earlier this year, social media was flooded with claims of people diagnosing their medical issues using Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok. One woman even claimed that Grok successfully detected her daughter’s fracture, something medical professionals had initially missed.
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