Natallia Tarrien, a 28-year-old pregnant woman from Rock Hill South Carolina, felt a tight feeling in her jaw, she turned to ChatGPT for some medical advice.
"Why does my jaw feel tight?"
"Do you have any other symptoms or medical conditions"?
"I'm 8 months pregnant"
"Have you checked your blood pressure"?
She did and reported it as 142/109.
"That's a bit high and you've not had a history of high blood pressure. Check it again in 30 minutes".
She checked it and it was 153/114.
Chat GPT responded "Call an ambulance NOW"
By the time the paramedics arrived her bp was 200/146. As they wheeled her into the hospital, the doctors said get her into the delivery room stat. That baby has minutes left! Thankfully they saved the baby. But Natallia still had a ways to go. She ended up going blind. They eventually diagnosed Natallia with preeclampsia and 5 days later her vision returned.
"The doctor said something I’ll never forget:
“'If you had gone to sleep that night… you wouldn’t have woken up.”'