Doctors rarely offer medical advice because when they do, they get assaulted with questions from people who go “Oh, since you’re a doctor, I feel X, Y or Z. Can you have a look?” and then they end up doing a consultation for free. I know that because I have the same problem as a computer engineer.
We had a chat with a doctor cousin of mine over a Christmas family dinner over this: at some point during the evening, he looked at me across the table and said “You’re a computer guy: could you take a look at my Windows? There’s something wrong with some driver. It’s probably nothing, It won’t take you a minute.” I told him “Sure. I charge $55 an hour”, knowing full well that when you start messing with someone’s old computer, you invariably end up spending hours reinstalling everything.
He got all cross and went “Well isn’t that nice! We’s family and you won’t even help me? What’s the point of family then?” I then popped my foot on the table and asked him “Okay then, since we’re family and you’re a doctor: I have an ingrowing toenail and it kind of hurts. Can you get your bag out and take a look? It won’t take long”.
He saw my point and shut up 