/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11005219

>>11006013
Honestly none of those seem very likely. R&D is very hard to automate, normal pharmacies need people explaining things to the customers and hospital pharmacies involve too much variation. Maybe suply chain.

>old-ass RN asks me for a drag off my cig between rounds
>don't even look at her, pass it and tell her not to niggerlip it
>look at her
>turns out she's black
I'd better not get written up for this.

>>11006074
>not smoking alone inside the abandoned parts of the hospital

>>11006051
Good to know. Which seems like the best to go into in terms of growth potential on the other hand?

>>11006074
lel
but she probably cool and wont make fuss

Guys...can we have a non frog edition once in a while please?

>>11006074
Kek, based retard anon

>>11006539
I don't know senpai, I'm still waiting for that mom edition.

>>11006539
>>11006541
If ya want something, you have to do it yourself

>tfw frenchfag in first year of med school
Give me strength bros I don't want to fuck this up

>>11006674
At least you got in, it's hard to get there. Just keep thinking about goal.
What are my chances of getting copd ? I am 19 , do sports, overweight. Three years ago I was in my primary care and doctor told me I might have asthma for me to get some 2 other medicines I had to be hospitalized (probably long acting corticosteroids) but I can get salbutamol right away. Pick it up use it 3 times, feeling better, throw it away.

2 years ago I was feeling like shit coughing, chest pain and other. Told a friend to buy me ventolin he brought it, got better use it frequently till this day.

6 months ago I got terrible chest pain, walking was so hard and shit, salbutamol was of no help, went to er, doc said it's airway obstruction, sent my father to buy some stuff from pharmacy, including antibiotics and antihistaminics plus something for i.v. I refused antibiotics went with others, felt immediate relief. To this day I still use ventolin few times a day on most of days (some I don't). Never smoked, but people around me do smoke, air is poluted af, especially during the winter.

>>11005997
Im too much of a brainlet to do mental math dilutions in lab while I'm in tissue culture. Should I give up on being a doctor

>>11006751
Those come with practice.

>>11006741

you probably have asthma. Sounds like you need a controlled medication (inhaled steroid) to use regularly in addition to albuterol inhaler. Get your self some advair.

I have just recieved a thoraxic nerve block, they injected bethametasone directly on my T9 nerve roots. I received this procedurw as I have a thoraxic disc herniation and nithing else worked. I found some pain relief after the procedure, perhaps in the order of 30%. Di you guys think that injecting another drug could have a better outcome?

How well do Med Lab Techs live?

>>11005997
>money
But was it worth it?
Non-med brainlet software dev here who GLADLY takes way less money than his director boss makes because his life is a living hell of constant politics, paper work, and explaining himself to everyone while mine is one of showing up way late in the middle of the afternoon, slapping together some code to make a product work, and heading back home way early before getting high on cough medicine, eating some cheese ramen with a couple Boost nutrition juice boxes, and listening to music / watching movies / reading.
I mean, I'm really appreciative for all the medfags out there becoming doctors so I can one day maybe not die as quickly as I would have without you, but doctoring seems stressful as fuck.

"Cure" research for autism is focused on identifying genetic markers.That research will plug along unhindered. Once we've found those genes, we will be able to tell in-utero whether a given embryo is autistic. That means that the "cure" will simply be abortion. You can argue that we'll use CRISPR and gene therapy to fix people with ASD, but that's not realistic. Gene splicing doesn't work that way, and even if it did, abortion is easier and we already have the technology for it. And with the inevitable overlap of genes in high-functioning and low-functioning autists, it will be better to err on the side of caution.
When people are given the option, they will choose to abort autistic babies just like they do with down's syndrome. And, done early-on under the guise of a right to choose, that decision will have the justification that simply abandoning or murdering that same child outside of the womb would lack. They will be erased long before they ever have a voice.
Arguments for the subtle differences in individuals and for the spectrum of manifestations will fall on deaf ears. And the numbers will back up the parents; you're far more likely to end up with a shit-smearing, tortured retard than you are with a quirky savant. It will be seen as merciful and kind not to burden such individuals with the breath of life, and as always, people will be quick to speak on their behalf and assuage those pesky moral doubts. They will assure us all that their lives were never worth living to begin with.
Society will never have to deal with autism again. In the end, those who the "cure" was always intended to benefit-the parents who are burdened by having to raise autistic children-will get what they always wanted out of that "cure": the chance to raise somebody else altogether instead.

>>11007954
The same parents who imagine that their autistic child is simply a normal person trapped in a defective body will jump at the possibility. The ones who daydream about somehow, one day, removing that aspect of their children and leaving behind a normal person possessed of all the things they love about them-they'll get what they were always really after.
That way of thinking-gone. That mode of feeling and perceiving the world-gone. Those interests and that way of fixating on them-gone. That flap of the arms snd clapping of the hands as they jump up and down in joy and excitement-gone. The way they bounce on their tiptoes as they walk, the odd cadence of their voices, those long-winded rants and those strange rituals of theirs-gone. We won't be removing some secondary aspect of those people and leaving intact souls behind-we'll be erasing everything they ever were or will be and discarding it as medical waste. Which, really, is all we wanted to begin with.
God forgive us.

>>11007490

In medicine there are equivalents of doing what you do, although not to the extent perhaps that you’re accustomed to.
For example, it’s very easy to coast through life as a junior doctor, outsourcing all important clinical decisions to senior staff and never worrying about exams or research to progress through a specialty. However I can’t imagine anyone with an ounce of self respect wanting to take orders or defer to someone 10 years younger than them for no other reason than their own laziness and apathy.

Had peds surg today. The Prof called us all in a room with a 5 y/o boy telling us that we will never see something like this ever again.

Morgagni hernia, basically his intestine went through the diaphragm and it fucking twisted the heart to stay on the right side. AND THE KID WAS ALIVE AND WELL besides an elevated CRP and granulocytosis. Clear lungs, his throat was fire red which means bacterial infection (Had staph aureus, but it didn't respond to ABX). Good thing they ordered an x-ray.

>>11007453
Anesthetics could be added, but the duration would be very short. Corticosteroids are the best choice. Surgery is the last step for management.
>>11008326
Interesting. Ped surgery has all kinds of weird shit, but pediatric surgeons in my hospital are assholes.

>>11008355
Peds surgeons are pretty based desu. Ours is the only male on the whole ward, kek. I haven't interacted that much with them to see if they're assholes or not, but considering that I have a whole semester left, I can see that happening.

>no reply in last thread
Hyperhidrosis for feet can be managed with cotton wicking socks, non occlusive shoes etc, but how do you manage palmar hyperhidrosis? It completely ruins my grip and comfort when driving, means that I tend to try to avoid handshakes which is really hard in the job seeking phase, and kicks in at dinner and in bed for good measure when I'm not hot and not stressed about anything. It's really uncomfortable but I can't think of any ways to manage it, is it time to seek professional treatment?

>>11008326
How does that even happen? Do you get a dozen doctors crowding around the bed while the kid's unconscious to avoid spooking him while he's awake? This is some paranoia inducing shit

How much do you guys actually fuck around and shoot the shit with each other behind the scenes? Whenever I'm being seen in hospital everyone is either faking some happy bedside manner or is stressed out and running around

>>11008666
The kid was operated a few days ago but the doc gave us his papers and x-rays and stuff to look up and talk to the kid's mother. This shit made my day, I was genuinely interested in something surgical for once, kek.

hello guys,
there is a little over a year I had a big cough with spit lungs but it's gone very quickly. Then during the year that followed I have something like burns in the throat but I had it only for a few days then after that, and it came back a few weeks later.
In short I thought it was a sex disease like herpes so I do all the tests but nothing.
I went to see a doctor in the hospital and he told me that it can not be a virus or bacteria because the burn is intermittent.

you know what it was? but now it's ok I have nothing for 4-5 months

>>11008658
I have palmar HH too and the only thing you can do is pretty much avoid stress
Aluminium chloride dries up your hands badly after a while, and other treatments (Botox injections, electrophoresis, sympathectomy) are just too invasive.
Wait until gene editing for common health issues becomes commonplace.

>>11008762
>gene editing
what's the timeframe on this?

>>11008795
I have no idea. If you live in europe like me, probably a long time.

Does music fuck up your concentration when trying to learn something? Talking about stuff like ambient music here, with no rhythm or lyrics.

>>11009061
For me, yes. I need total silence

Holy fuck I just noticed a ringing noise in my right ear. I didn’t have it yesterday.
Is it tinnitus? Am I fucked? I can’t have this shit right now

>>11009061
i always study in silence

I GOT INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW FOR PA SCHOOL GUYS :)
What should I be aware of going into this interview? What questions do they usually ask?

Why would you be sure to cease surgical prophylactic antibiotics before end of anaesthesia?

>>11009776
I'm from EU so I have no idea, just wanted to say congrats.

In all seriousness you guys belong on /fit/

>>11008668
All the time? Supposing workload is normal. If you have a ton of shit to do, there's no time for chit-chat.
>>11009061
Rarely, I've adapted to ignore distractions. I can study in many situations. But when I'm at home I do it in silence mostly.
>>11011155
What?

What medication (prescription and non-prescription) promotes neurogenesis and synaptogenesis?

>>11011507
Why would surgical prophylaxis ABs be charted for the last dose to be given before anaesthesia effects end?

>>11011492
We're fine here, thanks for your concern.

>>11011559
no you aren't

>>11011639
Yes we are, it's the weekend, I can do this all day senpai.

>>11005997
Happy weekend, frens. I hope you're all doing well.

>>11011522
Anyone?

Anyone know what would make shits extremely irregular in consistency after drinking pretty concentrated tea? It's not a serious concern and goes away after a day. I'd imagine my flora's pretty odd since I've traveled a fuckton and I'm pretty sure I've had cholera before, but I'm not sure if there's anything I can do.

>>11007465
Not bad the pay is a little less than nursing. I think you can get a job just about anywhere you want right now. All the thrills of the hospital but never having to look at the sick and fying flesh bags.

>>11012181
sounds great is there any advancement to the job?

>>11011523
Because data shows that only one dose of prophylactic Abx reduces SSI compared to multiple doses or post-operative dosing.

>>11005997
>Anesthesia for research

The fuck?

>>11012558
Newfag detected. Even worse, a trip newfag.

Fuck I hate being the short stay resident in ED. Half baked plans that fall apart the minute something goes wrong, three times the patient load I would take in mains and half the nursing staff to help when the "mild" APO turns out to be a nstemi and I call a met call as the bp sinks into their boots. Save me

>>11009776
I think the question of "What do you think a PA does?" tends to come up

>>11012558

>Sign in to scopus and insert query ALL(subject you are interested)
>Number of documents for each year in the right column
>Oncology: 157,556
>Pathology: 204,117
>Neurology: 107,157
>Anesthesia: 37,722

This is bullshit by any means, probably just a meme at that point.

>>11011522

None.

Synaptogenesis has a solid scientific background on the basis of the nmda receptor pharmacology. Contrary to expectations, excitotoxicity (eccessive glutamatergic activity) doesn't increase by any mean your brain functionality but is a key feature in neurodegenerative diseases (to the point that antiglutamatergic drugs have label indications such as riluzole for als).

The idea that taking some medications increase neurogenesis is just silly.

Have any of you fucked a nurse?

>>11012547
That makes sense I'm reading up articles on it now but how do anesthesia get involved?

>>11011522
HIIT

>>11015428
Any day now...

>>11014108
But what medications promote synaptogenesis?

>>11014108
And are there any practices which can promote synaptogenesis?

>>11012629
OOF

>>11012629
Just stick with, you can get used to anything.

>>11012141
Caffeine

I can't figure out wtf is wrong with me.

S/S: 6/10 abdominal pain radiating to back with discomfort level of 9/10 an hour after consuming Tuna, Tilapia, Portobello Mushroom, Wood Ear Mushroom, and egg. Pain comes and goes every 15 minutes and lasts for roughly 6 hours. Tuna "intolerance" developed last March, then mushrooms in September, and eggs very recently. Smaller concentrations are ok, such as bonito flakes, mushroom extract, or egg in pastries. After an "attack," dull lower left quadrant pain can be felt at night as I pass gas.

Blood test only came back significant for homogeneous ANA pattern. I have a persistent cough, dry heaving issue only when it's cold for 6 years now, and the only drugs I use is modafinil recreationally 2-3 times a week. Caffeine 1 cup of coffee a day, non-smoker and drink occasionally.

Pls help I want to eat food again.

>>11016960

And sorry I tried to use your doctor lingo or whatever to list my shit to make it possibly easier for any of you guys that can figure my shit out, I've been to soany doctors and they can't give me an answer.

continuing with the money theme

>>11017486
Thread theme
https://youtu.be/3r5byXcQMGg

>>11017486

>>11017502
i'd go with this
https://youtu.be/yeVx1C73o8k

I dont know where to ask this. How do I keep my feet warm??? For the past 20 years Ive been enduring my feet fucking freezing at night (a/c or no a/c) and recently it has become unbearable. Wearing socks only makes it worse.
>what have you tried?
wrapping them in the blanket
letting my feet hang off the bed so that gravity and warm blood can do something
tucking my feet into my crotch in a fetal position
PLEASE fucking help me, I want to cut off my feet because of this shit.

>>11017704
Thicker socks? Eletric blanket? Warm water bottle? Thick sleeping bag?

>>11006120
R&D is probably a safe bet.

>>11009061
Silence is the best. Noise can cause overcompensation, but that would require you to be actually motivated.

>>11015428
Yes.

>>11017609
>tfw you walk to the ER and see this

what to do?

>>11008708
>Tfw you tell a bunch of doctors how much dick you suck for no reason

>>11009061
Depends.. I find music can help solidify memories and can help with recall as long as youre able to listen to the music in your head

>>11005997
I'm gonna do neurology bc i hate money and am satisfied with a meager 260k

>>11011522
Aerobic exercise (more specifically HIIT) promotes both of them.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094356/

>>11016293
Just go fucking study and buzz off with your nootropic bullshit

>>11005997
>money money money -edition
You quacks are as famously bad with money as you are at actually curing things.
Found any good real estate scams or biotech pump-and-dumps to "invest" in yet?

>>11018976
clamp urself my man

I am 30 years old, have a Bachelors of Bio-med and Masters of Science (Science management) meme degree. Been working as a builder for past 4 years, is it too late to become a doctor?

>>11019014
No.

>>11018371
Why is neuro pay so mediocre?

>>11018371
1. stroke fellowship
2. interventional fellowship
3. ?
4. 500k salary

>>11019014
Are you in the US? You probably could get into DO school at least if you do well in a SMP/masters program and get a >505 on the mcat. The whole process could take 3 years before you actually start school though and during those years when you are taking pre-req courses and studying for the mcat it'd be hard to work full-time so you'd need a way to support yourself somehow

>>11018371
Bro, if you really hate money, do FM.

It's so fucking pathetic when older nurses feel threatened by fucking STUDENTS. On my first day this roastie cunt went off at me for about 5 minutes telling me how I know nothing about anything and then proceeded to call me a know it all. Bit contradictory there love.

>>11019078
Shit like that always happens. I was on the IM ward at a patient and the nurse came in to do an EKG. One of the electrodes fell off and I pointed it out. Bad decision, she went on telling me that she did thousands of EKGs and knows how to do them and doesn't need some "lousy student" to tell her that. I froze and didn't say anything, just thought she had a bad day or something.

I never get "triggered" by small things like these, just carry on and do your best, anon.

>>11019033
I am in AUS

>>11019103
I was pretty shocked because this one particular cunt treated me like that all week. Never been abused so much in my entire life. Really soured the rest of the experience because it was easier to just keep my fucking mouth shut and never ask questions or to participate. It has motivated me to hit the books a bit more though, since I get to be more than a procedure monkey.

>>11019014
Can't you literally just study for the GAMSAT and get in easy? Your biomed probably covers the pre-reqs (if there are any, depends on the school). From there the only obstacle is financial stability and dealing with the insufferable zoomer classmates.

>>11019103
triggered enough to remember it and make a post about it on 4channel

Frens, I unformally graduated last week. Meaning, I don't have a diploma or anything and I can't start work. I should be volunteering right now, but I've been feeling so burned out, so I've been chilling at home and doing hobbies. Now I feel guilty. Body wants to rest, mind wants to work. Wat do?

>>11019078
Weird how they're like this all over the world.

>>11019273
>I should be volunteering right now
Why? Is this an American thing?

>>11005997
>tfw ENT exam on Wednesday and barely know shit
Bros, I feel like I haven't learned SHIT in these 3.5 years. Real imposter syndrome.

>>11019272
Of course, I do remember small things like these and happened numerous times, just wanted to give an example, no need to be a cunt, m9y.
>>11019114
Nurses are frustrated, just keep that in mind. Not all of them but certainly most of them are indeed frustrated. Good thing my country doesn't have shit like NPs or PAs and at least I know for sure I have more knowledge than a nurse.

>>11019029
> just put your life on hold for 4 more years!!!
>>11019047
Absolute shit work and soul-crushingly boring

>>11019014
Not too late by any means.

>>11019019
Not a lot of procedures and they are mostly nerds who can’t look out for their own interests. The potential for neuro is very high though, my old prof charged four figures per hour in his private practice and had no shortage of patients.

>>11019029
Isn’t interventional neuro basically just neuroradiology? Never heard of interventional neurology as an actual sub spec of neuro
>>11019644
>potential
In what sense? Yeah anyone who’s notoriously good at what they do can charge a lot but neuro doesn’t strike me as a "will boom in the future" specialty like interventional rad or psych

Any dental anons here?
I need to specialize in something next year and I dont know what to pick.

What the absolute fuck moment today at peds.

Go in with two colleagues (I'm the only guy in my whole group), 4y/o, no rhales, pharynx is red, tonsils are swollen, red and have white pus in the crypts. To make a differential, I wanted to consult the kid and the kid started to cry when his mother lifted his pajama top. One of my colleagues told me to stop because I was traumatising the kid...???? What in the fuck? How the fuck am I supposed to make a physical or even a crappy differential diagnosis without even touching the kid?

Took both of them out and I fucking snapped. I'm usually not this short tempered but this time, I don't know why, I just snapped and told them both to fuck off and let me do a physical and they went to the Prof, kek. I got a little lecture about how to talk with my peers in the future but other than that it was fine.

>>11019829
jesus fucking christ... been there too. Personally I hate peds, I have little patience with kids desu.
But when you have to make a physical exam you just have too, no two ways about it.

btw when they cry is when pulmonary auscultation is at it's greatest, despite what one would think otherwise! On recurrent wheezers some times you don't even need your stethoscope to hear the wheezing when they start crying.
Your colleagues should know better.

>>11016960
I'll try help you just for fun tho...
Any abdominal ultrasound of the right upper quadrant? or any abdominal imaging study for that matter?
How old are you? does it happens with fatty foods? any allergies on your family or you? any changes on your stool? have you lost wight lately? any relevant diseases in your family? what lab studies have you done so far?

So far, according with your description this could be anything, the first thing that pops to mind is chronic cholecystitis (quite rare tho, depending on where you live or your ethnicity). But it could be a shit ton of other things, from food allergy to a median arcuate ligament syndrome. It could be anything with your description, you gotta be more specific.

>>11019775
My cousin is about to degree in odonto, she says oral and maxillofacial surgery pays quite well and it should be quite fun too.

>>11019921
I've practiced on kids before, I know that auscultation is at its peak when they cry but this kid was more like half crying? I don't know, it seemed forced to me, I did consult him anyways, I couldn't care less if he was crying or not, I really needed to finish the consult properly. My colleagues, I think, are too sensitive about it and try to do everything with as little noise as possible thinking that if the child.cries, something must be wrong. Fuck them anyways, tomorrow I have peds again and can't wait to see what patient are they assigned this time.

Ate some shellfish in a restaurant yesterday and I'm trying to figure out exactly what may have caused the food poisoning which followed around 6-7 hours later. Some dip with fries was served as well, and I drank some water from a glass container. Didn't eat anything after.

I'm around 28 years old.
Symptoms were milder than what most sites seem to suggest from shellfish:
>nausea
>followed by emptying my stomach by vomiting (I had some control and more or less decided vomiting would be better, but I didn't exactly induce it)
>there was also very little diarrhea (less than what you'd expect)

The whole ordeal was more or less over in about 40 minutes, most of it trying to ignore the nausea in bed.

Haven't had any of the dangerous symptoms like prickling of skin, convulsions, confusion and short-term memory loss, problem with speech, blood in vomit/stool (what little there was).

I was fairly cold when I decided to go to the bathroom and sort of shivered while preparing myself for the possibility of vomiting. Although I haven't and didn't really notice any particular temperature sensitivity: likely it only followed with the nausea.

Stomach has recovered and I've eaten without issue, but my stomach is still a little sore probably from the vomiting.

I don't have anything to worry about, right? Was it really the shellfish? Haven't eaten anything supposedly risky the last months.

I'm from Denmark btw.

>>11019757
Potential for earning, not in the future sense, it’s fairly easy to find niche and get really good at it.

When I'm nervous, something in my nose tenses up and it gets harder to breathe. It's especially frustrating when I'm trying to fall asleep.
What is this fenomenon?

Just to make it clearer - I don't start breathing heavier, it's more like if my nostrils contracted.
Also, when lying down, it's worse on the side than on the back with the nose facing up.
Blowing the nose makes it worse.

>>11020109
You're fine, probably bacterial enteritis that you've already cleared, and it could have been from basically anything including the glass. I'd contact the restaurant and let them know, though.

>>11020109
You got just an acute gastroenteritis, probably due to food poisoning, basically you ate toxins produced by bacteria. You should be fine.

Your biggest concern should be dehydration so keep drinking isotonic liquids (energy drinks have way too much glucose so you will dehydrate further so try avoid any sugary drinks). Look it up on google how to prepare your own isotonic drinks, its quite easy.

Be worried if you start bleeding when taking a dump, if you get very dehydrated, if your symptoms get worst or they persist over a week, if you develop fever, if you develop respiratory symptoms like if getting a cold. These symptoms will indicate that you got a bacterial infection that need antibiotic treatment and assessment by a physician.

Also, we can't tell if you got sick due to the shellfish you ate but it is most likely.

>>11020558
Like a nose twitch? probably just a benign fasciculation.
Benign fasciculations, muscle twitching that is, can be secondary to anxiety, dietary deficiencies, lack of sleep, medication, you name it! annoying but generally not dangerous at all, we all have those.
They can be repeated moves (twitching) or just one sustained spasm. It shouldn't last more than 3 weeks tho. If it lasts more than that then I would recommend consulting your physician.

Back in med school I used to get eyelid fasciculations every time we got into the exams period just from anxiety. It was annoying as fuck.
(wrongly called myokymia, but only if you want to get very annoying with someone since technically the only difference with a benign fasciculation is seen in electromyographic studies)

>>11019014

Not too late at all. Go for it.

>>11019014
I've known people graduating from med school on their 50's so not too late at all.
Depending on where you live there may be age restriction to certain medical specialties, that is if you want to specialize further in the future (which obviously you will). But most don't have such restrictions so you should be ok.

>>11015428
black surgeon did

>>11017704
>>11018300
Im going to fucking kill myself, I cant put up with this anymore. I havent slept for 4 days because my feet are fuckinf freezing at night.

>>11021392
>buy this
>put hot water in
>place your feet on or around it in ed
>it will warm your feet for a good 6 hours
>????
>kill yourself

>>11005997
Who are the world's best doctors?

>>11021392
Thromboangiitis obliterans probably, it's better if you kill yourself already anon.

>>11021426
I'm the leading medical expert on Apus.

>>11018327
In order
>cease your demands for Xanax
>drop your shank
>slowly back out of the ER

>>11021569
Blatant lies, I am the ultimate physician.

fix tinnitus

>>11021703
I"m afraid there is no cure for this condition but it can be managed a bit. Try having a fan on in the background for constant noise

>>11005997
Water Baby here.

It's amazing how none of you understand how a Healing Stone works.

>Shall I share it with you all?

>>11005997
Complex question: I'm nosy and I just want to find out: I went on clinical rotations giving flu shots for school and the pharmacist leading the event offered me and my classmate free flu shots. We filled out the paperwork and everything. Do pharmacies just give out flu shots like that? Or is he getting reimbursed somehow? He partnered with the company we were doing the flu shots at...So I was thinking he gave them to us so the company will reimburse him because we fall under some sort of special category. Or maybe he gets reimbursed because he considers us employees of HIS pharmacy...idk, guys just help me find some dirt on this.

>>11021734
it was probably a fake shot staged by the cia to get your dna info and track you down

>>11021738
theres no such thing as a free lunch. so who the fuck is paying for my flu shot i didnt give him insurance information

>>11021738
did u know theres a secret pharmacy "insider" society made up of 2600 individuals in the USA who have the most influence supposedly in pharmacy and law?

>>11021745
thats what i am saying. data mining. do you know how they tracked down bin laden in pakistan? same approach. fake flue shots to collect dna. thats why it was free.

>>11021748
and this too of course. they pay for the free shots and work closely with the cia.

>>11021752
get the fuck out of my face, hick

>>11021752
>flue shots to collect dna.
how much DNA do you think there is on a dirty needle man? almost NONE because red blood cells don't have a nucleus but AIDS is a virus and much much smaller and spreadable than red blood cells

Sincere question here:
Why did all of you choose this path? I'm not looking for the answer that goes on your personal statement. Level with me here. We're anonymous.
What made you guys decide on medicine?

>>11021758
well ask the operatives in pakistan.
except it was polio not flu. it did the trick.

>>11021768
it pays a lot theres status involved and the hours are easy (At least in pharmacy). plus its an office job.

>>11021768
All my jobs before were boring and it pays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUlbVI9Ig4
Wake the fuck up sheeple, brain death don't real

>>11021768
I didn't really had much option. I come from a family of physicians so I was expected to get into medicine. I learned to like it on the road tho, can't say I regret it.

>dont have a durry for a couple of days
>get congested, cough up a fair bit of yellow, viscous, gel-like phlegm
>start smoking again, it stops
this has happened a few times, is it my body clearing shit out once i stop dumping tar into it or what

>>11021781
Isn’t pharma pay and status relatively mediocre? Not trying to start shit, maybe it depends on the country

>>11021818
That isnt saying much most jobs are boring

>>11022076
not in the USA, youre pretty much upper class . its basically a guaranteed 100 k a year or more

>>11022118
It isn’t bad but it’s not MD tier
In my country most pharmacists are dudes for whom med school was the first choice but who didn’t get in

What is this

Context

>>11022270
Looks like some weird skin shit my dude

>>11022276
I’m worried about SCC.

What specialty do I go in if I want to be THE doctor? The guy who deals with illnesses, the guy who takes care of everyone, the guy who can diagnose anything?

Is it internal medicine or family medicine?

I work at Walmart in the meat department so I’m constantly in an environment around and just under freezing. I’ve noticed that ever since I started in this department that I have been tired all the time and feel generally lethargic. I never seem to have any energy at all anymore and I was wondering if these were related.
Before the meat department I worked in the deli which was constantly hot and involved a decent amount of cardio and large amounts of stress relative to now

i le want le be like le docotore house :D

>>11022304
House was a nephrologist though, he did a residency in pathology and infectious disease, so his direct interaction with patients doesn't make sense to me.

Is there really a diagnostic department in hospitals?

>>11019078
alright not a doc (phd student) but how do you know if they feel threatened vs whether you're actually a dumbass? been trying to figure this out...

>>11022323
Okay so here's the thing, nobody should get THAT pissed off at students for not knowing shit they haven't had much practice in, and for asking relevant questions or trying to discuss things. They have this image that every student who comes in is hot shit who's going to tell them how to do their job because they naturally feel inferior and threatened to newer or 'higher up' staff (nurses vs doctors etc.). So they misinterpret every question, mistake and general comment as a threat.

If you're a dumbass you just won't learn quickly and continually fuck up simple practical things, and your booksmart knowledge will be poor.

>>11022303
No you don't *flinches chickenshit

>mathematard
>use the med library because it's cozy and there's no loud chinks and indians everywhere
you guys are cool

>>11022357
What?

>>11022352
wheeew i should be good then, thanks. was spiraling the past week.

>>11022361
>live in Australia
>every library is full of noisy chinkoids and indians
It's isolating but the only place I can study effectively is at home.

>>11022374
I'm in poo peeland but all the ethnics congregate in the general library so they can be talk and eat

>>11020562
>>11020934
Thanks. I only asked here because the symptoms were so mild. Otherwise I would have seen a doctor.

Should PharmDs be able to prescribe and perform basic medical acts in some specific cases?

>>11022515
No. The only thing that I would let them do is to refill meds for chronic patients but that's not the case because usually, I'd like to see my patient before to monitor his evolution or if there are any significant changes.

>>11022523
Why not?

>>11022073
yes

>>11022295
im

>>11005997
Would you guys have a Superficial Keratectomy for a small area of stable Salzmamnn/SECD? It causes minor ghosting with subtitles. I already have a diagnosis and yearly checkups. What are the risks of having it removed?

>>11022570
And I just told you why. It's my patient which means I've been seeing him for a long time, which again means that I know how severe is his/her illness and I can make a decision based on the consult.

>>11007954
If we do that, what will happen to 4chan?

How is the best way to find labs to whore yourself to for an internship? I've written to several of the major labs in my state, and have gotten some reciprocal interest, but I'd like to cover my ass and contact as many as possible. Is there a list or database somewhere that's handy?

>>11022570
pharmacists aren't doctors
where I come from pharmacology is 4 year degree with little to no patient experience

>>11022698
What kind of bumfuck country do you come from?
Here in order to do anything else than sell hemorrhoid cream to old people you need to spend 8-9 years in school and subspecialize
>pharmacists aren’t doctors
>what is a PharmD

>>11022709
guarantee my country's hdi is higher than yours ;)
pharmacists are to doctors as programmers are to computer scientists

>>11022829
>so much cope in one post
Keep your uneducated opinions to yourself, third worlder. Any country with a half-decent university system takes both MD and PharmD programs seriously.

>>11022308
>Is there really a diagnostic department in hospitals?
Nope. They even mention in the show in the first season that his billing is basically nonexistent and his whole department is a financial drain on the hospital, but they keep him around
1. because he is a genius
2. he has tenure
3. it’s a teaching hospital
4. his reputation brings in VIP patients and raises the prestige of the hospital.

The show is well written and pretty amusing if you’re a medfag, but the showrunners have said a lot of inspiration was taken from Sherlock Holmes (House and Wilson, Holmes and Watson). He’s less of a doctor and more a slightly autistic guy playing detective. Why his character would even become a doctor in the first place instead of a detective or FBI agent is beyond me.

>>11021084
I kind of don't think that's it, although I can't be sure. It's just like something is irate in my nose so it bloats and makes breathing uncomfy

>mfw head of department calls me doctor in front of patients

>>11023178
Pretty based. I had some professors that did that too. I remember once I had to make a full physical for a patient and I got nauseous so I excused myself but ended up vomiting just outside the door. The Prof said: "I'm sorry, looks like one of our doctors is malfunctioning, I'll send you another one right away". Hey, at least he referred to me as a doctor.

>>11022515
Yes, clinical specialties already grant medication management responsibility, VA pharmacists have the ability to prescribe. An extra two year residency that would effectively be a PA program would give pharms enough experience to prescribe and maybe diagnose.

>>11019278
It's not american. I'm in a europoor country and it has become common practice lately. You volunteer where you want to resident in, that way the bosses see you're serious about your choice.
>>11021768
Wanted dental at first, but decided /med/ is going to be more interesting. Can't say I was wrong.
>>11022295
IM, intensive care and infectious desease.
>>11022361
based

>>11005997
Modern medicine is very corrupt and plenty of cures exist for various aliments (cancer, alzheimer's, heart disease...) that are both non-toxic and very inexpensive. Anyone who works at a major hospital that does damaging "cures" or "treatments" should fear God, because you are destroying lives for the sake of a profit and the alternatives are the actual treatments and cures. Don't go down with this sinking ship.

You have been warned and are now without excuse before God.

>>11015991
? Because anesthesiologists are giving the pre-procedural antibiotics.

>>11015428
Yes. Not worth it. Not because it was a bad lay, but if you don't marry said fucking nurse (or even if you do) your business is ALL over your workplace. Don't shit where you eat. Thankfully I did it as a resident, so I'm outta there.

>>11019014
So it's not too late, but can I recommend against it? I'm an actual fucking doctor and the life is *not* as glamorous as you think it is. Can you imagine yourself being happy doing anything other than medicine? Do that thing.

>>11019019
The pay is heavily skewed by academic settings/pay which are traditionally subsidized by other sources of revenue. Neurologists do fine.

>>11019829
Do your exam. Don't apologize. Let your colleagues get upset. Care less about what they say.

>>11019921
>btw when they cry is when pulmonary auscultation is at it's greatest

Lol. No.

>>11022295
There is no "the" doctor. Everyone will ask for help. Every specialty needs a friend. The point is finding those things you like to do the most while being able to cope with the parts of the specialty that you dislike.

>>11024189
>plenty of cures exist for various aliments (cancer, alzheimer's, heart disease...) that are both non-toxic and very inexpensive.
That’s great news! Would you mind telling me what they are? My friends, family, and patients would be extremely glad.

>>11011522

Exercise, proper diet, hydration, passive ROM and stretching (yoga), mindfulness.

>>11024257
>Everyone will ask for help. Every specialty needs a friend.

What's the American equivalent of a general practitioner? I want to have first contact with a patient, give them a checkup, and be able to say "yeah you need to go see a dermatologist"

>>11024684
FM, IM, Peds
EM

>>11024326
What's the big deal about hydration? I am a boomer and we didn't drink so much fucking water. Is this a new zoomer science? Why should I drink 5 gallons of water if I am not thirsty??

>>11024740
he just said hydration bro it just means to make sure you drink water

Do hospitals give kidney transplants to old people? Seems like my dad's been doing dialysis forever and keeps getting taken off the 'transplant list' whenever an exam or checkup finds something innocuous.I think he's just getting the run around until he croaks.

>>11024258
embryonic stem cells. government bans them

the government also artificially caps the number lf doctors with forced MD or DO degree plus US residency. if they allowed passing an exam and a hospital exam there would be way more doctors and your pay would decrease

>>11024834
lmao this mfer

>>11024834
Embryonic stem cells are capable of causing cancer themselves

>>11005997
How many of you get gifts, travel to conferences or money compensation from pharma companies? Asking for a friend

>>11024834
So wait, I thought doctors were evil, now you’re sayings it’s the goverment.

>>11024834
>embryonic stem cells cure cancer
You should publish your research, you’re guaranteed a Nobel Prize.

>>11024816
I think not. From what I've witnessed (Not from US) when I had urology, (we did urology twice a week and once transplant surgery instead of uro) the kidneys were assigned to patients that 1. Were compatible ofc , 2. Had 10 or more years to live, 3. The younger, the better.

Just from what I've seen, the actual criteria is much more strict and rigorous.

>>11024189
Chyeah my guy that dudeweed cures all lmaoooo #legalize

>>11024684
Family medicine

>>11024834
You still haven't provided a cheap miracle cure for every disease.

>>11027033
Fuck off, m8. Essential oils are where it's at.

>>11027049
He's not as fun as the Clamper. At least he cited published articles. Granted, he didn't read them past the abstracts but still.

COME BACK, CLAMPER. I owe the two points I got in my pediatrics exam to you since you brought up clamping so much.

>>11027119
Ngro wt is clamping

>>11027135
When u clamp the umbilical cord on 2 ends so u can cut it

>>11027169
I clamped ur mum on both ends before I cut her

>>11024684
>>11024722
This, and checked.

>>11025547
Not him, but it's a bit true for both.

The AMA is literally big Satan, as self-interested as any pharm lobby or medieval guild

>>11024189
Get a load of this guy.

By what mechanism does inflammation cause DNA damage?

>>11021781
Euro or US? What's the earning potential like for pharma?

>>11027922
Oxidative damage

>be black
>White and Asian professors are nice and provide opportunities
>Black doctors are always cunts

Wtf I'm actually pissed off. I bet they want to be the only smart black guy in the hospital and they see me as a threat to that. Honestly this made re-evaluate race realism.

>>11005997
>going into medicine to make money
Do people really think this is a thing?

>>11021781
>pharma meme
Enjoy being replaced by computers and AI in 5 years

>>11028389
For a poor person it's a guaranteed bet. Sure finance and tech pay more but entry into those field is not open to everyone. (My maths friends that went to good schools got good jobs, rest are basically neets)

Do medicine and you're guaranteed $200K+ in 5 years post graduation

>>11028389
Nothing pays the same with the same certainty. Variation and outright failure are much more common in tech, finance and law.

>>11028394
>Source: dude trust me

>>11028400
If you’re in the US there are much better ways to make money. The cost of medical education is outrageous, along with getting paid pennies for residency. If you’re half as devoted to a different career, you could easily be in a leadership position in finance or banking by the time a new doctor would be finishing residency and making just as much money with none of the debt, to say nothing of the attrition rates or getting matched into a poorly compensated specialty.

>>11028495
Outside of the US it’s the best choice. Not to mention much more stable

>when your friend starts rattling off symptoms and asking for a diagnosis
>so you tell them you're just a premed and that they should see a pulmonologist for this kind of issue
>so they blow smoke up your ass about being smart and just keep asking
>so you tell them that you're not even in med school yet and they really should see an actual doctor for this and that impersonating one is illegal
>so they keep asking and explaining their symptoms
>so you finally crack and tell them that in your wholly unqualified and unprofessional opinion it's probably costrochondritis and explain that word means inflammation in their rib cartilage and that they should still get actual tests done by real doctors to be sure it isn't a clot or an embolism
>so they go to the ER and get chest x-rays and a d-dimer and the usual
>diagnosis: acute costrochondritis
>mfw

>>11028586

>>11028400
And unless your family is already wealthy (or you somehow secure a full ride scholarship through both undergrad, med school, and a specialization) you will wind up with somewhere between $200 - 500,000 USD in student debt. The interest alone (assuming federal rates) is $14,000 - 35,000 a year without even touching the borrowed amount. 200k a year puts you in the 35% bracket, which drops you to 130k takehome, and that doesnt account for 401k or any employee benefits costs. Add in malpractice insurance, cost of living, a car, a home, and then that several thousand a month to the student loan.

And that assumes a guaranteed 200k salary.

>>11005997
Thinking about going into Pathology lads. Is it true that you have a decently good lifestyle as a pathologist?

>>11028394
Radiology will be automated quicker than hospital and industrial pharmacy i.e. probably not in your lifetime anyway

>>11028775
yes

I'm thinking about becoming a nurse. Is it difficult? I guess not, since most nurses are female. But I've forgotten most of what (little) I learned in highschool...

>>11029001
You like to clean up and assist? It's difficult just like any other blue collar job.

>>11029001
It's not that difficult to become a nurse, it can be a pretty bullshit job in the hospital though. Everybodies problems fall on you, from housekeeping to MD's and you have to solve it. You're always available for family to bitch at and. You have to wipe asses and as a male, lift dead weight until your back breaks. Furthermore, at some point hospital budgets will break and you will be understaffed and overworked for a year straight. If you don't have a passion for people or helping people out it will break you in the hospital.

You are in a unique position to develop relationships with all hospital staff and patients while getting to learn a lot of hands on skills. If you have good interpersonal skills and are quick to think on your feet you'll be fine. It's just about figuring shit out, managing egos, and being vigilant. Just don't step out of your scope of practice and follow your MD's lead.

>>11028753
I'm going to apply at Kaiser Permanente's new med school. If I get into one of the first 5 classes, that's free tuition for all 4 years and I can pay off my undergrad loans before I even enter residency. No 12% compound interest for me. If I get in.
Also, I consistently make a 28-30% return on my portfolio already and 200k a year is less than a third of what I intend to make per year.

>>11029640
>Kaiser Permanente's new med school
Good luck with that.

>>11029683
No numbers out yet. Just required courses. I'll just have to bust my ass and swing for the fences, right?

>>11029693
It's a gamble. If I were in your shoes and really wanted free tuition I'd be applying to NYU and WashU since they're already established, plus, assuming you aren't already living there or in another CA city the cost of living is fucking crazy in Pasadena. If I wanted a higher chance of getting in for relatively low tuition I'd apply to my state school(s).

Ok guys, I'm a young nurse 6 months in to the profession. What do you MD's most want from a nurse, what do we do that irks you most, how can I best carry out your will etc. etc.
A lot of senior nurses comment that I'm very good at communicating with my MD's for a young nurse but I want to improve nonetheless.

For perspective I'm tele/med-surg right now, w/ plans to advance to critical care, pcu, or ED after my two year obligation on my unit is up. Fuck med surg

>>11030066
Furthermore, what can I best do to help the med-students learn and do their jobs. Would y'all like me to show you clinical skills? Do you just want a full report on the patient from me? it seems to me that doctors assign you to a patient and ask you to assess them prior to them rounding. Do y'all get a chance to look at the chart or are y'all hoping I fill you in as much as possible?

>>11029859
I am living there, though. My family's been going to Kaiser since I was a kid.
The other two are totally on the list now, though. And I'll take the best acceptance I get.

Does anyone know any free Windows programs for CT image viewing, and where I can get some complete CT series to view in the program? All I can find is dodgy subscription sites that boomer rads pay for.

>>11028385
Wow, weird.
>>11030066
Don't be rude to med students and junior doctors. If they don't know something show them how it's done. I can speak only for them because I was a med student recently and am a junior doc right now.

guys help. my damn trigeminus is oversensitive for whatever reason causing a fucking pain due to cold/wind and damn autum is here. I can't go outside without getting a "headache" every time I come back home. I cant hold my finger in front of my ear forever. fuck when will I go to a doctor? why didn't I go yet this shit has been haunting me for years, but again I live in a shithole so there's that.

>>11030920
Careful, you'll summon him

>>11029001
Ironically, I've seen more guys fail associate degree/uni level nursing school after they realized it wasn't just washing people all day.
If you really want to be a nurse go to trade school for the easiest position, being the practical nurse. They let high school dropouts become practical nurses and you will end up doing the same shit as an associate/university level nurse.
Better yet anon, why don't you just become a physician assistant?

>>11031333
Well in America ADN's are hard to employ with the nationwide push to only hire BSN's. The jobs available for you are shitty unless you were just an older nurse who got his ADN back when that was the standard and have years of experience behind your resume. No reason to be an LVN, you'll be paid less for a job you do as well as BSN's and have no room for advancement unless you get your BSN.
A BSN means room for advancement, an ADN or LVN just means your stuck at the bedside for life. Also, BSN's are more prepared coming out of college because of more clinical rotations, sims, and capstone rotations.

>>11031333
Oh and PA's are fucking based, great career choice never met a bad one.

The other day my drug-seeking pt literally managed to get a rapid called on her in CT. Afterwards I was telling my docs "hey man, I drew cultures she might be septic however, I'm usually not one to say this, but I really think there is some psych drug-seeking going on" only for all the MD's to dismiss me. The critical care PA came in, took one look at her, talked to her for 30 seconds walked out and just looked at me and said "does she like pain pills?" Next day I found a bloody syringe in her bed.

>>11028586
>do an ECG to a little girl
>graph looks odd
>spitball it and wonder if she doesn't have a Situs Inversus
>she did
>mfw

Through my father I have been sort of assisting doctors, mostly just reading out stuff for them, is not what one would call being a resident, but damn yesterday I had to tell 2 person that yep they have a tumor, luckily both of them took it well, (especially considering one of them had already been checked a couple of weeks ago and they somehow missed it), but I wonder what is the best approach to, you know, "give the news"?

Can I hang with the cool kids in /med/ If I end up working on the electrical side of biomedical technology?

>>11031567
Wizard hat and say "Skidoo Skidancer, you have terminal cancer"

>Anyone got any idea for tools that would help them with doing their job? Like anything handheld or even larger that would be fairly helpful?
I'm a mechanical engineer and I have access to a full shop and I'm trying to break into the field buy I just don't know what medical professionals want and my doctor friend is just asking for stuff I can't do like a detector for idiot and druggie patients

>>11031585
Like this?

>>11031463
>PA's are fucking based
I thought about this as an EMT wanting a better job, but then saw the horrible admissions requirements for my local university:
>2.7 minimum GPA
>Minimum of 910 hours of health care experience
>Health care experience, may include, but is not limited to: Acupuncturist, Chiropractor, Homeopath, Massage Therapist, Naturopathic Physician/Naturopath, Osteopathic Physician/Osteopath, Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, and others.
I removed all the legit health care jobs from this, but why the fuck does it have PHYSICIAN beside naturopath and why does this university consider pseudo-science based "experience" as health care? Mind you this is a good university here, I'm disappointed.

>>11031952
>he doesn’t believe in bioelectrical homeopathic treatments
Bet you were clamped, too

>>11031567
First of all that's the fucking doctors job to give them that news, that's why they get paid the big bucks and they know prognosis's better than us.

But unfortunately it often falls on us. I had to explain to a pt that what he thought were cysts that we biopsied was actually a tumor that was part of his diffuse metastasized cancer. I calmly explained there was a strong likelihood of him dying.

If your in that situation just tell them calmly and firmly exactly what you know. If they ask you questions you don't have the answer explain to them that you don't want to provide them unreliable information. Use words like death, dying, cancer, etc. etc. don't dance around the subject. It's just like when a pt dies you tell the family "they have died" not "they've moved on".

And just as a reminder, that's the fucking doctors job. I fucking hate MD's that dance around code status's just because they don't want to have a difficult conversation

Maybe this is a place to get some advice.
I have autism and adhd and for the past 5 years or so increasingly bad depression, which has rendered me completely passive at this point, melted my mental capacity and general energy and has got me inching closer to suicide every day (not that I want to die, just to stop feeling so fucked 24/7). I also have chronic gut pain due to constant gas retention which I think is caused by some kind of failure in the coordination between my brain and my gut, which also gives me a headache and makes me feel like I have sort of a permanent hangover. At least I know for certain there's nothing physically wrong with my gut due to a recent colonoscopy.
Today my GP wanted to prescribe me sertraline (also known under the brand name zoloft I think), but after reading about it the risks seem way too fucking high.
My instinct says fuck no to antidepressants, but I'm pretty much at rock bottom right now (although I'm sure I could sink even deeper. It can always get worse as I've found).
Anyone have any experience with antidepressants? Would the fact that I have autism have any influence on the risks I'm taking by using it?
Are the risks worth it?

how do i get back to enjoying studying this garbage

im about a year off of getting my MD, but i just cant sit down and study
i've been coasting the last five years, mostly relying on my memory

colleagues are mostly trash, nurses are godawful.Some patients need help and all, but a lot of them are animals

im 25 yo completely alone doing something i fucking hate, while I had the grades and the iq to do literally whatever the fuck I wanted

does it get better? why and how?

>>11032013
>Today my GP wanted to prescribe me sertraline (also known under the brand name zoloft I think), but after reading about it the risks seem way too fucking high.
If you’re as depressed and horrible off as you day then there is literally no risk. Side effects of sertraline are negligible in 99% of cases. You need a psychiatrist and you are in no position to determine the correct prognosis or treatment methodology based on your post.

>>11032013
other than meds, there's ECT
if i had a depression i'd pick ECT

idk the specifics of wtf is going on with you or your GP, but i'd refer u to a psychiatrist

>>11032033
That's the thing. If it were under the supervision of a psychiatrist I'd be willing to take the chance, but not if the GP is the one monitoring me.
Unfortunately I'm still months away from being able to see a psychiatrist due to waiting lists, which is why I brought up the issue with my GP.
Guess I'll have to wait it out then.

>>11032047
>I'm still months away from being able to see a psychiatrist due to waiting lists
Where do you live that this is considered acceptable? I have a hard time believing it’s impossible to get an appointment with a psychiatrist within a week wherever you are.

>>11032057
Netherlands, and I should add that it is a psychiatrist that's also specialized in autism.
It's a problem in the entire psychiatric field here though. The last couple of years I've seen several news articles how unacceptably long waiting lists have become. 6 months not even remarkable anymore.
Goes to show how fucked this society is.

This makes me wonder
MDs or future MDs, how would you react if you knew one of your colleagues was seeing a psych? Is it seen as a big deal by other doctors, or is it less of a stigma than in non-medical circles?

Guys I've been having anxiety my whole life, social anxiety, anxiety attacks before highschool/college basketball games were I would literally sit in the stalls prior to games shaking and having what we jokingly called "anxiety shits", couldn't sleep during post-grad stress, now I have random attacks at my job. It's worse at night once I fall in to the irrational twilight sleep, I'll wake up with my heart racing thinking about call alarms and the fact that I forgot to advance my patients morning diet to full for the MD. The problem is I'm in the medical field which makes me feel drug seeking and I've always coped well. From the outside looking in I'm well adjusted with friends, successful in school, and successful in my professional life but I'm tired of dealing with the anxiety day in day out and just want some fucking benzos to get me through the bad days

Went to my pcp and told him straight up the story and he basically said, "well it sounds like you have underlying generalized anxiety disorder but you cope well so here's some trazadone to help you sleep, if it doesn't work call me back and I'll give you some ambien"

How the fuck do I get something prescribed to me, I feel like me being a male just makes them overlook my anxiety.

>>11032029
Just go to a specialty that minimizes the things you hate.

>>11031567
>you have cancer
>is there anything you would like to know

>>11032162
don't you literally lose your license if you get caught seeing a psych
>>11032174
thx for the reply brother
it's good advice

>>11031598
Look at current medical instruments and try to come up with something that does the same things cheaper/better or does more things etc.

>>11032002
>If your in that situation just tell them calmly and firmly exactly what you know. If they ask you questions you don't have the answer explain to them that you don't want to provide them unreliable information. Use words like death, dying, cancer, etc. etc. don't dance around the subject.

This is a culture-dependent thing though, in many places you are supposed to tell the family and let them trickle the information to the patient.

>>11032013
Sounds like the drugs might be good option.

>>11032002
Thanks anon, I am getting worried that with another person we might have been sued, I mean the results were right there, and the the poor sod's lymphonodes have began to swell (actually a good thing in this case as it made me go back and recheck everything) but the big guy told me that last time he did not have it, oh wanker.

I am not sure how to feel about him, I mean any of you ever had someone who had such a successful streak in his work that he thinks he can joke around anything? One time he jokingly said to an old lady she should stop taking her meds and she took it seriously.

>>11032180
You fucking wot? My psychologist works at the biggest hospital in my area and deals with doctors all the time.

>>11032162
Seeing a psych can mean so many things, so hard to say.

>>11032029
It's the fucking burnout man, everybody in the hospital experiences it doesn't matter what position you are in. You just get so tired of putting your all in to it but then you'll be explaining a patients heart condition and they interrupt you to ask for coffee or tell you to discharge them now or else. You either become numb to it or find solace in the patients that do care and do genuinely want to learn and get better.

Also, quit being a negative asshole. You have good colleagues, you have good nurses, and you have good patients. Not all of them of are good, but most of your colleagues and nurses are trying their best while dealing with exactly what you're going through. Try to keep a positive attitude and empathize with them.

>>11032200
Sometimes we use humor to cope in this profession. But as a professional we have to be aware of what our words can do to impact people. You tend to get a feel for when and when you can't joke with people.

And at some point you are absolutely going to say the wrong words or make inopportune jokes, just man up and apologize sincerely. One thing you'll learn is that it's not about the mistakes you make but how you fix them.

>>11032208
Well obviously you wouldn’t know what exactly brought them there, just that they’re seeing one. I was just wondering what the usual reaction would be among MDs.

>>11032235
Thanks anon, I am liking the place, learning things in the sort of environment one would or should usually be after years of studying, I just wonder what does it feel like long term, I mean getting intimate details off complete strangers, negative awful details, oddly enough I feel mostly fine almost guilty of not feeling bad enough, thought I believe that a certain detachment makes thing easier for everyone.

Funny how, at least for me, there is this woman a volunteer, doing secretary work handling appointments saying she wants one day to treat people but man nobody else sees it possible, often whining, talks way too much, laments at how we are not helping people enough and unloaded on me all sort of stuff at how she is has no friends and she felt abandoned or money and some months ago tried to kill herself, wonder if I am going to turn very cynic soon.

>>11032261
quit being a negative asshole
Try to keep a positive attitude and empathize with your colleagues

>>11005997
Serious question, do psychiatrists really believe in theories backing psychiatry like chemical imbalance of the brain ?
Do psychiatrists really believe they are helping their patients, society, or do they have other motivations for doing that job ?
I'm thinking about firefighter arsons for that last question.

>>11012187
This I want to know as well. I think that there is some degree of advancement in big labs. You can also become a medical laboratory scientist, and working in a laboratory probably gives you a good skillset for other lab based /medical jobs

>>11032284
am in a psych department rn
>chemical imbalances
psychiatrists say it's not really clear and nobody knows for sure how and why things work - it's very complicated
>Do psychiatrists really believe they are helping their patients,
yes they do believe so
and often they do help the patients get better
>society,
is something we live in
>or do they have other motivations for doing that job ?
they try their best

>>11007958
well god damn

>>11032304
thanks for answering, so are psychiatrists really that retarded ?
I thought they were either evil or retarded but it sounds more like they are retard...
Do you have anecdotes on psychiatrists intelligence ?

>>11005997
Any retard can become a doctor.
I know a girl who is a complet retard, literally sound retarded when she speaks, and she's a doctor.

>>11032350
Why do you hate psychiatrists so much

>>11032353
Yeah, doctors I know can't even treat their own children
MD are absolute brainlets

>>11032357
Got misdiagnosed (if we consider mental illness diagnosis exist) and put on risperdal as a child

>>11032361
I doubt it was a misdiagnosis. You type like a schizoid autist and seem to hold the opinions.

>>11028495
In finance they get 100k for the first 2 years then 80% get dropped. If your family doesn't have connections and you don't sell your soul 100+ hrs/wk you will not make it in finance.

In medicine 98% get through

>>11032029
Yeah it's just that school is inefficient and they nitpick you all day

>>11032162
I don't trust them. There is a reason for "mental health" stigma. You can get ssris from a pcp. Seeing a psych means something is up

>>11032350
My guy you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Bipolars and schizos need to be medicated- it protects society

>>11032261
Detachment is a natural coping mechanism to being around suffering all the time.

And some people are just fucking suck or are cunts and should never have joined healthcare. Nonetheless you should try to empathize and be kind to these people, because once you're a professional you'll realize half your patients are non-compliant assholes but you still have to treat objectively and fairly. Likewise, some of your co-workers are also fucking assholes.

>>11032353
Some fucking doctors are legit retarded and have no clue what the fuck they're doing they were just unbelievably good at studying and memorization. 90% of them are actually pretty fucking smart though man.

>>11020558
Please help

>>11032761
You have cancer

>>11032162
Depends. Honestly, some people can handle being nuts and some can't.

>>11032761
see
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What might this be? Just anatomical variation? Got an MRI for research and they gave me the scans, so I'm going through pretending to be a radiologist now.

>>11033224
coronal

>>11030066
bend you over and fuck that tight pussy raw for an hour, feeling your ass sticking and flapping on my thighs on and on... on and on... everyday a new day to try new ways to fuck every orifices your hody provides. Sucking and biting those petite titties and losing conciousness on your lips.

>>11030643
MicroDICOM is best viewer ive used so far

>>11033435
MicroDICKom lmao

Had a root canal Tuesday, and had severe pain develop Thursday night. Went back to the dentist yesterday morning and got started on penicillin. Now have swelling of the face in the area near where to root canal was done. Needed the root canal due to an infection that had apparently built up over multiple years due to the tooth having a second tooth form inside it originally. Should I consider a trip to ER?

>>11033435
This is pretty good thanks anon

>>11022374
Oath, that seems about right

How do I improve my focus and work more efficiently?

Is medicine a good job field for a diagnosed sperg?
What would be the best and worst specialties for one?

>>11034234
Best: pathology, radiology, most surgery, and neurology.
Worst: anything that involves the need to outwardly communicate empathy to others, I guess. Psych, family med, pediatrics, oncology (except rad onc).

Love you, orthos, never change

>>11032284
>chemical imbalance of the brain
The current consencus is that the notion is bunk for serotonin/depression and accurate for dopamine/psychosis/schizophrenia.

>>11033775
Apply yourself.

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>>11034244
Neurologists talk to people all day about serious and emotional problems