"ChatGPT Fixed My 5-Year Jaw Problem": LinkedIn Co-founder Shares Reddit Story Of AI Treating Chronic Issue

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman recently mentioned a viral Reddit post in which a user claimed that ChatGPT helped resolve a chronic medical issue in under a minute, after five years of struggle.

The viral Reddit story

As shared by the Reddit user, he was experiencing a persistent jaw clicking (likely due to a boxing injury) issue that remained unresolved despite seeing an ENT specialist, undergoing two MRIs, and receiving a referral to a maxillofacial expert.

Frustrated, the person turned to ChatGPT and asked for a diagnosis and treatment. The AI suggested that the jaw’s disc might be slightly displaced but movable, and recommended a mouth-opening technique involving tongue placement and symmetry.

“I followed the instructions for maybe a minute max and suddenly… no click,” the user wrote. “After five years of just living with it, this AI gave me a fix in a minute. Unreal.”

Reddit user shares how ChatGPT fixed a medical issue they had for 5 years. Replies are flooded with users who had the same condition, and finally found answers too.

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— Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) April 18, 2025

Users react

When another user commented that “doctors will hate ChatGPT” for being “1000% more useful than WebMD,” the LinkedIn co-founder disagreed. “I'm not sure they'll hate it. If implemented correctly, AI could help doctors diagnose individual patients faster, do less paperwork, and see more patients in a day,” he responded.

One X user remarked, "Lets do migraines…"

Another wrote, "The problem with the medical community is that a doctor probably could’ve correctly diagnosed this and prescribed the correct recourse But it would take more than a 30 min appointment, so it would never happen. And it would cost $100,000 or 5 years to schedule.

Though medical experts caution against using AI tools as a replacement for professional diagnosis, the Reddit post points out how AI could be used in personalised healthcare."

A third user commented, "Isn’t it weird how every time OpenAI drops a model, there’s a Reddit post like ‘my son walked again after one ChatGPT session’? Every model gets instantly outclassed by others, yet only OpenAI gets this hype. It’s getting tired."

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