/sci/ - Science & Math

First for FUCK NURSES

you're all losers before you become shills

fuck this thread of grade grubbers

>>11906023
based

>>11906024
cringe and inferiority complex pilled.

do you literally look like your picture, friend?

How do I study for this? This is basically all 1,342 pages of Robbins and the exam is on Saturday.

>>11906032
>1,3k pages in 2 days
Good luck fren.

>>11906032
you're fucked

>>11906032
it's literally impossible to cover it all from scratch
you need to have read this book at least once before and even then speed reading it will take a miracle. The fact that you're on 4chan even and not already studying is a very bad sign.
Trust me anon, I learned all of this the very hard way
A last ditch effort would be to do a bunch of exercices and hope something similar is asked. But that stretegy requires insane luck

But good luck senpai

>>11906043
>>11906045
You are underestimating the lady luck, fickle yet kind maiden.

>>11906032
Just speed read the larger percentage sections then do practice questions all day

You are most likely fucked but you will learn to prep more for next time

>>11906063
Fuck the luck thing, that book should've been long devoured as >>11906062 said.

>>11906065
This is your best bet tbqdesu.
>you're most likely fucked
That's a very nice way to put it.

>>11906062
I should clarify that I've read the chapters at least once but it was over the course of a year. There were also review classes for the difficult chapters through the past month. The topics on the right are still fresh in my head.

Just wanted to know about any high yield stuff that I should take note of, you guys ;---;

>get new motorcycle pants
>try them on
>bend over sitting down
>hey that's pretty tight
>over the next few hours sharp pain like a cramp builds up around bottom left of ribs and on back
>now hurts constantly, especially when I move
What the hell happened? Not sure it was the pants but I haven't done anything else today.

>>11906095
time to pop some carisoprodol bro

>>11906024
>t. Panjit Mukhopadhyay

>>11906032
You already did and you only need to quickly repeat things, do you? Otherwise go for it next year....

>>11906032
Baby robbins

corona-chan made me put on a fat belly and the rest of my body is skinny. 183cm sitting at 78 kilograms from 70 before corona-chan.

I want to be that fat doctor that sits in his office and gives commands, but it's too early bros.

What are some good anki decks for practical skills like reading CXR or ECG? Or ACLS skills?

>>11906487
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WvrTTglK4XqKAtjk7hdQoxMleOfAuojG/view

Google it next time, fag.

>>11906483
go to scoobysworkshop and start trainkng from home
his workout plans are the only ones I found fit witha busy schedule
to be fair i've only been following it for a month but I feel way stronger and I'm slightly thinner
He also does his research and keeps everything evidence based

highly recommend

>>11906483
>tfw ballooned to 82 from 70 during corona cause I stopped giving a fuck

All of it goes to my belly too.

>>11906556
Thanks bro, I'll check them out. I have plenty of time now, thesis is pretty easy to write so I can go harder on it. I'm trying Couch to 5k now and already bought a kettlebell.

>>11906577
Yep, that's just like me. I'm a stick with a belly.

>>11906577
>>11906483
START DEADLIFTING YOU FUCKING FAGGOTS

777 cases today. Absolute shit hole, I'm mad. This is the peak of my country so far and it will increase for sure.
>>11906804
Never lifted in my life, just cardio to keep my shape but since corona chan, I got particularly lazy.

>>11906032
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQs_Bef_V8

>>11906936
kek'd.

>>11906804
Med anon here, thoughts on running steroids? At the moment Im thinking of going from a lanklet to a giganigga in like 6 months. Cycling testosterone and roids is dangerous yes but over a short period I really doubt it fucks you up. Being the most jacked doc in the hospital would be awsome not to mention the amount of nurse pussy you would get. I guess all the ugly docs would chat shit about you, deep down they are just jelous that you look like you were birthed on mars and give 0 fucks about earth beings.

Anyone got a good gunner meme to share?

>>11906944
>med anon here
Dude, shut the fuck up. Most of us are in medical school or physicians here. Drop the "MED STUDENT HERE, HAHA EXDEEE, SHOW ME HOW TO DO ANKI KUDASAI LMAO AMIRITE HUE"

If you want /fit/ advice, there's /fit/ and we don't really care about steroids, we're just crying because we got fat.

>>11906950

>>11906944
>Being the most jacked doc in the hospital would be awsome not to mention the amount of nurse pussy you would get. I guess all the ugly docs would chat shit about you, deep down they are just jelous that you look like you were birthed on mars and give 0 fucks about earth beings.

Also, you're trying very, very, very hard to fit in dude.

>>11906951
Wow someones sensitive.

>>11906980
>that edgy r*ddit reply

Any dermfags here? I guess not but it doesn't hurt to ask
How bad is it really to shampoo every single day? I tried tapering off shampoo but dandruff and itching comes back every time. I don't know if it's seborrheic dermatitis or whatever but the only time when I don't have dandruff is when I shampoo every day with something like head&shoulders shampoo. I have long hair which makes it even worse. Any advice?

>>11907061
Do you wash your hair properly? Like massaging your scalp with the shampoo for at least 1 minute before rinsing? I had the same issue as yours, very bad itching and dandruff. Bought an anti-dandruff shampoo and massaged my scalp for like 2-3 minutes.

I also wash my hair every single day, but instead of a long hair, I'm almost bald lol.

>>11907075
>Bought an anti-dandruff shampoo and massaged my scalp for like 2-3 minutes.
You can also massage it on and leave it for five minutes or so (or until the end of your shower). Anti-dandruff shampoo worked much better for me when I started doing that.

>>11907075
>>11907089
Yeah that's what I do, I take care to really massage it into the scalp. It works if I do it every day, but every time I try to space it out, the dandruff comes back

>>11906928
>Never lifted in my life
that shows

>>11906944
weak

>>11907118
im posting this in between my sets
are you proud of me finnsenpai?

>>11907129
yes

>>11906032
let the voice of skies take you to places where there are no responsibilities
https://youtu.be/AMndPTS0KLY

>>11906944
your gonna regret roiding, just eat big and lift big and become natty king.

>>11906017
This thread belongs in /fit/, since medicine isn't a science, and doctors aren't scientists.

>>11907354
extremely and dangerously based.

>>11907369
Someone just post the /fitposter/ image please, I'm on my other laptop and don't have the finnish frogs.

>>11907369
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190445/

On the same note, we can be on /sci/ and /lit/ at the same time.

>Medicine Is Both Art And Science. So far we have discussed art of medicine as a human faculty that has to be based on science. >Medicine, however, is not an exact science. It is an applied science, and its practice is an art.

Also, get rekt.

>>11907369
>>11907378
gotchu senpai
this is why I sync my shitposting toaster with my phone

>>11907385
based and thank you.

what material can i practice suturing on if i’m a poorfag? tried banana and sponge so far and they are shit

>>11907543
banana and sponge, you just suck

>>11907543
pig feet.

>>11907369
and are you a scientist?

>>11907552
you don’t understand the skin feels very different banana is only good for beginners then it just gives you wrong idea

>>11907354
aah the song of my people

>>11907559
oky at that level just get pig bits with skin

Dentist/Orthodontics people:
I (32 year old, male) was given a choice between orthodontic camouflage and an orthgnathic surgery. I have no trouble chewing or closing my mouth etc. but I do have a lower jaw where teeth are pretty much aligned with those on my upper jaw (upper and lower teeth touch each other with no overlap).

The orthodontist was kind of clear that the surgery would require me to wear braces for a year before the surgery and that WOULD make me look worse than I do now. He was also clear that camouflage solves the problem with my teeth (and teeth only).

Three questions:

1. where do I get some articles regarding both options in adult people? from what I see males have it slightly better since a prominent jaw is a bit less of a big deal than in women.
2. can camoflage fix facial assymetry or push my lower jaw back a bit?
3. is it possible to do surgery before wearing braces or earlier than before the lower jaw is fully transformed?

>>11907861
>1. where do I get some articles regarding both options in adult people? from what I see males have it slightly better since a prominent jaw is a bit less of a big deal than in women.

inb4 on the internet
I meant something like gen.lib.rus.ec but for medical academic articles

>>11907354
>Amazing view, amazing music, amazing man. BASEDDDDDDD

>>11907369
Real question is why them niggers have their masks on so tight

>>11907382
>it's an applied science and it's practice is an art
well yeah but you could say that about a lot of fields.

I can feel a weird lump here. When I push it, it feels hard and slightly uncomfortable. I am underweight and barely drink, so what could it be.

>>11908234
Almost anything.

>>11908234
sounds like terminal cancer

>>11908234
Decent chance it is a muscle knot.

>>11908234
On the ab or between them? If it's between the muscles it could be a hernia.

>>11908298
It's just underneath the abs, maybe an half inch away from them.

>>11908234
Could be a Meckel's diverticulum

>>11908234
Have you been having rough gay anal sex lately?

>>11907973
the glasses were mostly one size and they were those “diver” glasses that is suppose to be tight so there was no other way.

Are neurosurgeon sterotypes real or no? Is it true that they are nothing more than egoists that love the attention? I wanted to to try and get into neurosurgery myself

>>11906095
you went to snap city buddy

>>11906032
>go lick a Chilis doorknob and get COVID, thus rendering yourself unable to take the exam

Yw bro

>>11909057
Who gives a shit about stereotypes? Get stoicpilled, don't get cocky and you'll become a gigachad.

>>11909275
Thanks, bro. Solid advice.

>tfw got a decent score for radiology today despite half-assing it
Probably used up all my luck and I'll fuck up tomorrow. Wish me luck, bros.

Trying to find a term. I read about it once, but can't remember the name. It's the neural inability to recognize your own problems, auto-something-nosia (self, problem, agnosia). Anyone know the word?

REEEEEEEE
Why won't my left lower eyelid stop twitching????!!!!!
It's not a constant thing and it doesn't happen when I'm focusing it'll just be on and off.
It makes reading insufferable. Sometimes lasts an hour and sometimes lasts 5mins.
Could it be dry eyes potentially?

>>11909364
asomatoagnosia perhaps?
that seems the closest

>>11909364
Anosognosia?

>>11909527
Drink more water and sleep more. Could be magnesium deficiency or sleep deprivation.

>>11909556
This is it, thanks so much anon

>>11909551
shout out to you too, this is close but no cigar

>>11909057
Hopefully, you took the entire comic as satire, anon.

>>11909300
Good luck, dude.

>>11909649
No problem, anon. It's basically the opposite of hypochondria and looks like neurology was finally useful for once lmao.

>>11907354
>patient comes in
>"doc, I feel short of breath"
>get the stethoscope
>begin auscultation
>hear that

Wat do?

>>11909527
stop being alchy

>>11909681
jump on horse backwards and ride patient to radiology for x-ray while both of you suck milk out of horse’s tits

>>11909785
Ok, x-ray is back. It shows this. Wat do now? (Took a while to crop)

>>11909852
Strong anti-microbial because he looks like a fun guy :D

>>11907973
I think it's just showing how shitty their equipment is.
I've worked in chem and biochem labs where I had to wear shitty goggles (like pick related) on top of my glasses and a respirator (for chem) or surgical mask (for the microbio lab) and never looked like that even after 12 hour days.

>799 corona cases today
Wait, if this keeps going on for another year or more I'll be afraid to enter residency.

This is the map. I'm in the county with the red circle. It's fine, almost 700 in here is no big deal, but the eastern romanians, oh the shithole is too big anons. How are we going to recover?

>>11910102
forgot to mention +34 cases today as opposed to zero in the last weeks. Idk if they ded or just asymptomatic but it becomes frustrating.

>>11909852
He needs to become a piñata

>>11909852
saving this shit

>>11910102
give back transylvania

>>11910167
And drop all those throat singers on the floor? NO!

>>11910171
Thanks, but it's low effort.

>>11910175
No. Pls send palinka, thanks.

>>11910181
it is legally property of the magyar just give it back bro

Sorry for off-topic.

>>11910198
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Trianon

Apparently not, but since my fiancee is hungarian, you can take Szatmár County.

My lab results came back, I've been on iron supplement for almost three weeks now and according to the results my ferritine level is at 108 ng/ml now.
I know it's in the norm but should I keep taking the supplements just to be sure? I don't even know if it's really the supplements who did this but I feel way better.

>>11910249
Continue taking it. Three weeks is not the norm. You usually go for 1 month, then reduce the amount you take if possible. If you already take the least amount possible, then you can stop.

>>11909852
>Wat do now
Establish Khanate in Radiology and assemble a Mongol Horde to expand it
REJECT MODERNITY EMBRACE HUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>11910594
>Khanate of Radiology
Naisu.

Gunner memes please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhhi8vxDjEs

Med thoughts on Chiros should I be recommending them to my patients.

>>11910181
>And drop all those throat singers on the floor? NO
freedom is painful brother

>>11910797
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591574/

Read directly the conclusion. Fine for neck, shoulder and anything that a PT can do 100 times better without cracking someone's bones but there is either lack of research or there is research of very low quality (basically shit, abysmal research) that proves that chiropractic "maneuvers" do any good to people with asthma, ileus and other conditions.

Instead of chiropractic, go to PT school. More useful, actually evidence based medicine and I think they're pretty based.

For me, the ranking goes MD > PT >>> Nurse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> POWERGAP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PA (just because the PA copeposter is a piece of shit)

>>11910889
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591574/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNcnM0FkTM

I personally think there are alot of cases where surgeons are keen to intervene even though alternatives have been yet to be explored.

>>11910181
It maybe low effort, but it's good enough for me broski.

>>11910965
Depends for the surgery. No chiropractor will solve an appendicitis or something visceral like a surgeon will.

And the video feels biased as fuck. Just look at that first fucking comment holy lmao. I can still comment on it. If it's true, then surgeons turned him away because operation is too risky or the guy didn't have money to pay for the surgery and imo, the chiro took a huge risk. There are also plenty of cases in which they fuck up.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972425/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905885/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK91735/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK91735/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016850/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794701/

Thank fuck I'm not American and chiro's do not exist here. I'll take a PT over a chiro every day.

>>11906017

The psychiatry one is bullshit.

Psychiatrists in general have a disdain for psychoanalysis - the only reason we'd care about one's past trauma is a side note in our heads about a worse prognosis and a stronger recommendation for therapy. We're all just about pills and giving people advice on better sleep/diet/excercise if you're lucky.

Having said that I DO sometimes feel like a charlatan practicing medicine going completely off subjective data/feedback. I'd love to just bully a diabetic patient with their thicc set of labs in my hands.

>>11911021
>he took satire seriously
Oh, psychs these days are really fun to be around.

>>11911015
Its funny because all the ortho surgeons say PT is a waste of time.

>>11911024

Yeah but in this case it's the HARD, HARD opposite. Like we want their problems to be medical so we can pawn them off to other specialties - so we go hard on labs and tests and PRAY it's something else.

>>11911028
If ortho surgeons said that, then who would help the patient with his/her recovery? A chiro? Lmao, grow up.

>>11911029

But again - having said that - I do think FAKE DOCTOR is an appropriate title still.

VERY VERY VERY trial and error medical practice. :^)

>>11911055
Not him but you're an asshole that had a bad experience with a psychiatrist once or twice and now you're crying on 4chan like a baby. Please kys.

>>11911059
no I'm a self loathing psychiatrist

>>11911069
Well shit, and here I was ready to swear on the internet.

Aren't you supposed to be happy with all that Xanax access and other goodies?

>>11911045
Not even joking XD You get a hip, you get a hip, you get a knee

>>11911028
t. chiropractor

Damn, we pretending to be specialists in this thread now?

>>11906095
im not a doctor but it sounds like you strained some muscle in your abdomen or something

>>11906032
That went about as well as expected, which is to say not at all.

Ya boy's dropping out of med school.

oh god oh fuck oh help. going to sleep now, but I just noticed how when I tilt my head to the right (and back to straight position) I hear grinding and shit in my right ear. today I listened to loud music on headphones so I believe that's the cause and I hope it's temporary, or just fucking wax. oh please bring me some good news when I wake up oh mighty /med/

>>11911726
rinsed with peroxide and it's gone. hopefully permanently

>>11911644
never had the makings of varsity doctor

>>11911726
clean your earwax nigga

Is sciactia a temporary thing? I woke up yesterday with pain exactly where the sciatic nerve travels. Def not muscle pain as I've had muscle pain in my lower left back.
It's very painful when I do the straight leg raise, when I cross my left leg and put my chin to my chest and when I walk. I did a couple stretches the day before but nothing that I feel could have damaged my back that bad.
I've done a few stretches today but im still having a lot of pain when I walk.

>>11911644
There's always PA school

>>11911946
>>11911961
Sorry frens

>>11911946
Never had the makings of a high school athlete, eh? Tell me more. I bet you can tell from the way I type that i don't have the makings of a secretarial transcriptionist either. How about the making of a CIA ticklefight ninja? Do you think I could be one?

>>11912064

don't really want to just use this to diagnose me but I'm annoyed at how recurring this has become

occasionally my right shoulder will start hurting like a fucking bitch. I'm no medfag so the best way I can describe the location is like in the very center of the round muscle that makes up the outside of your shoulder. the pain feels like it's fairly deep inside and severely restricts motion, right now I can't even rest it comfortably in any position.

when this happens it feels better after a few days, but I can't figure out any cause. it's happened about once a month for the last few months, today I noticed it appear just after sitting at my desk for a few hours.

>>11911960
depends on the cause...
what is temporary anyway? Is anything temporary? sometimes a second feels like a thousand years... time is it real or an illusion? Is it linear or cyclical? if a were to say you have lived this same exact life over and over eternally and will continue to do so, what would your reaction be? if you relived the same sciatica pain over and over for infinity since conception(not since it is cyclical) of the universe can it really be temporary? or is it permanent in the most hellish sense of that word? Or will it be felt only once? Something like flow of river when it appears cyclical but no drop of water is like the other and never be the same. Then like the drops of rivers adding to each other did your choices and actions lead to this pain you feel? It seem like they certainly did, but as you chose what you wanted to do, did you also choose what you wanted? did you?

>>11912064
build beansie the fucking ramp!

Good morning, /med/! Don't forget to take your vitamin C and stay healthy.

>>11911644
Why? Just because you failed an exam?

>>11912064
>>11912068
New schizo?

>>11912144
Tbqdesu, you either put a strain on your deltoid without knowing or you have subdeltoid bursitis (unlikely since you said it's a recurring pain). Check with your GP, a joint ultrasound is always helpful.

>>11912144
To add a bit, I couldn't find anything better with images than this, so...

https://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/subacromial-subdeltoid-bursitis-shoulder-pain-isnt-always-the-rotator-cuff/#:~:text=The%20subacromial%2Dsubdeltoid%20bursa%20(SASD,gymnasts%2C%20tennis%20players%20etc).

Here you have a pic of shoulder anatomy, then you have the tests below that pic but you'll need a physician/PT to help you with them. If they're positive, then you might have bursitis. As I said, it's unlikely but it's possible.

Any dermatologists here or anyone who is educated in skin that can help me identify what type of plague is infesting the head of my penis?

I'm a virgin, so it's not an STD
https://i.imgur.com/fcNC7si.png
https://i.imgur.com/W3J3Vq8.png

>>11912332
Can't help you dude, but I really doubt that any derms with high paying jobs would lurk /med/. Go ask on r*ddit or something, there's r/AskDocs and you might find a derm or somebody that can help you.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32672337/#

Post interesting primary care studies please, I can only find memes on PubMed, corona-chan must've hit them hard since they're all putting out papers from Kyrgyzstan (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32672334/)) and other dumb shit.

I was applying eye drops minutes ago, sadly I miscalculated and actually two ended up running down my cheekbone into my lips, I don't know if it got in or not, am I fucked?
Felt a knot on my throat minutes ago and did some gargling
It's made of
chondroitin sulfate
sodium hyaluronate
excipient csp
HELP HELP HELP

>>11912365
ur gonna die bro

>>11912365
Delete this pls.

>>11912366
FUCK no it cant be like this

>>11912368
>>11912366
be serious

>>11912389
I am. Delete that post you fucking hypochondriac.

>>11912395
So I'm ok, what makes you think that.??????

>>11912395
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HELP ME
EXCIPIENTS CAN BE TOXIC I CANT GO TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW

>>11912190
I like the philosophical thought but if you could actually help that'd be nice I'm having trouble walking and I have work

>>11912435
You've been baited by the /med/ schizo, dude.

sleepy /med/ is extremely sleepy.

This thread shows depression, struggle, anger, memes but...where are the premeds we can make fun of?

>>11912755
No worries fren I'll pretend to be one for you

Hi I'm a premed but I belong here since I know my impressive 2.9GPA will get me into med school for sure
Anyway since I'm basically a doctor now, why can't I just tell my professors they're wrong about everything?

>>11912767
Lmao, this is actually passable except the 2.9 GPA.

I remember the premed:

>HEY GUYS, I JUST GOT INTO PREMED AND I'M INTERESTED IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEEERRRRRYYYY. PLS GIB TIPS. :DDDDD

I laughed my ass off to that and the comments of other anons that followed.

>>11912773
yeah premeds are fun
perhaps they aren't as common because it's summer so things concerning school are not on their mind. Must be nice, summer training periods are such a hassle especially in this heat.
I just use this board as a very slow version of a chat room while consooming media in whatever free time I have. Right now I'm watching the new hero academia movie. It's below average so far.

Also great apu, saved

>>11912803
I was supposed to do summer training in either ObGyn or ICU but the faculty forbids it so I have too much time on my hands.

I'm too lazy to continue my thesis because graphs take a shit ton of time to make, man I can't wait to finally finish it. I kind of reconsidered my specs too and I'll aim for pediatrics or neonatology and FM third option, so I'll have to shoot a bit higher now.

Sorry for the blogpost, but I'm bored out of my mind and am a bit frustrated with the whole corona thingy because I entered a routine that's bad for me and made me lazier and procrastinate more.

Bros is academic medicine chad or virgin? I wanna be an attending with 0 call hours and residents doing my bidding.

>>11912836
>I wanna be an attending with 0 call hours and residents doing my bidding

Isn't that most attendings in the civilized world?
>tfw all the radiologists left work after lunch and you can't get a consultation

>>11912880
>Isn't that most attendings in the civilized world?

Even in my 3rd world shithole is absolutely, positively possible. Some attendings on the gen surg wards only operate to show off to students. (Appendicectomies, cholecystectomies and hernias, the don't operate otherwise. They make the senior resident show the interns how it's done, etc.)

>>11912880
Staff in community hospitals have call and sometimes mandatory shifts. I'm too lazy for that so I can only do academic or outpatient.

>>11912949
Do outpatient then. FM, peds, outpatient IM (as dubious as that sounds), literally anything with an office and comfy hours.

>>11912830
>the faculty forbids it
oh interesting
the faculty mandated 3 weeks this summer
it's shorter than usual because of covid but we have so few cases it does not matter (Tunisia)
I'm curious, is it prohibited because of coronachan or do you just not have summer training periods?

>>11913031
It because of corona-chan and cases are on the rise. I posted that yesterday we had 799 cases, it's going to be pretty bad desu.

>>11913040
>>11913031
Oh, the new cases just arrived. 900 cases just today, 90 only from a factory from the city I live in.

PLZ MAKE IT STOP!

>>11913059
>>11913040
this is one of the times in history where I can say I'm so comfy here in africa
but jokes aside stay safe very-well-sorted-images-anon

>>11913065
Thanks fren. I'm comfy everywhere as long as the eastern romanian gopnik stays away from me.

What does a low gamma gt means (6 U/L)?
All the article I have read on this says a high concentration is bad news and I can't find much on it being too low so it's probably nothing but why put the norm to higher than 8 then?

>tfw there is something wrong with the air conditioning
>hot
>really strong garlic smell everywhere for some reason
>the gas spring in my chair gave up and i just sink slowly if i sit in it

>>11913148
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=167&contentid=gamma_glutamyl_transpeptidase

Nothing. It only matters if it's high.

>2020
>Walk into Radiology
>The Great Chinggis Khaan starts playing

>>11913209
Pic of me listening to mongolian throat singing.

Were the pharaohs white

>>11913814
>>>/his/

>>11912435
sorry i’m doctor of philosophy

should I stop taking my meds ?
theyre so-called mental health meds.
anti-depresant and a mood stabilizer

>>11914057
>should I be more retarded than I already am?

Sure, go for it dude. I don't know what the fuck is up with these questions lately, but they don't even deserve a (You) anymore.

>>11914067
i EMBRACE retardation
retards are strong and low-inhib;literally an evolutionary advantage
>dude
you adress me casually

>>11914077
Then why ask the question in the first place when you knew the answer and you clearly made your decision? Just to bump the thread?

>>11914087
i DEFEND asking the question

whats the TRUE best scientifically/medically diet:carnivore/raw primal,or fruitarianism?

>>11914097
You don't make sense. Take your meds.

>>11914106
I repeat, take your meds.

>>11914129
i SPIT on your repetition

Any PA students in here?

>>11914186
NURSOIDS GET OUT

What specialty is he?

>>11914563
Neurology

>mfw finished my first rotation of intern year (FM) and nearly kill myself over any little inconsequential mistake I make

Starting inpatient service on Monday, getting sign out tomorrow. I hope I can learn not to give as much of a fuck and let little mistakes roll off my back. I'll figure it out right? Best of luck to all of you during these trying times and remember to be good to yourselves.

>>11912332
Pain? Itching? How long have they been there for? Part of me is just thinking something along the lines of fordyce spots. If not already, consider moisturizing/lubricating your dick when you're jacking it.

>>11909057
The only guy in my class who went neurosurgery was a complete psycho/fuck head and largely hated by the rest of the class. But as another anon said don't let stereotypes guide you, no matter your specialty everyone will shit on you. Surgeons are knife monkeys, GI docs are plumbers, FM docs are computer jockeys, etc. The only people who don't get shit on is infectious disease.

>>11914106
Plant based diet is the end game for health, what is more useful are smaller healthier modifications that can be sustained as opposed to radical diets that are more likely to fail.

>>11914057
Please don't stop taking your medications, discuss this with your psychiatrist if you're not feeling content with them.

>>11912144
>>11912218
Any inciting event when it first happened or was it just random? Are you feeling any weakness? I doubt bursitis on history alone. Is the pain sharp/dull/achy/burning/like electricity? How old are you, do you do a lot of overhead lifting? Does the pain move anywhere from your shoulder? Get checked for sure

>>11910797
>>11910889
I would recommend a DO with training from an ONMM residency (often FM +1 year). The work they do can be incredible and more anatomically informed than chiro. I've seen difficult pts get off their norco from regular OMM sessions. PT is always great with the right indication.

Good morning, /med/! Woke up to the rain outside and it's super comfy. I love rainy sundays.

>>11914186
see >>11914363 (based)

>>11914563
FM

>>11914601
>FM
Absolutely based. Fuck chiros, fuck nurses, fuck PAs.

Btw, don't respond to schizo anons who don't want to take their meds, they just want attention.

>>11914106
omnivore

>>11914563
he was terrain biologist, on one of his field trips he decided to stay.

>>11914982
My man, FM is truly the most based specialty. I know you're right about those anons but I hope me saying something will keep them safe

>>11915075
>will keep them safe
It's up to them, anon. A psychiatrist can only do so much. Sadly, most of the psych patients (inpatient psych) are non-compliant.

FM is indeed based and peak comfy and especially rural for me.

>>11913209
>>11913226
>you decide to auscultate the patient’s heart too after he cones out of x-ray
>hear this
https://youtu.be/2OR-LoJcxeg
what is your next move?

>>11914982
good morning anon
today is pretty hot a 28 celcius. Have not seen rain in months :(
but no training today, it's my day off. So gonna visit my best friend from highschool and just play local multiplayer and fighting games all day for nostalgia's sake.
Hopefully this is a good day

what's the best speciality for someone who wants to help really sick people who can't help being sick. I don't have a great interest in helping people with diseases caused by lack of self care even if they have been educated on how to change. Another way to look at it, is I want to treat ppl whose suffering was absolutely not preventable.

t.incoming med student who doesnt know shit about anything

>>11915232
i was thinking hospice/palliative might be a good fit. even if its just pain management (enlighten me pls)

>>11915232
you need to take his path

>>11915232
>>11915240
you don’t understand anything about diseases it seems like from your post, so it is really early for you to think about specialities, the question you asked is not even correct

>>11915243
Who dis

>>11915284
this name does not ring a bell tbqdesu
my guess is just some old nobel laureat

>>11915164
What language is that?

>>11915170
>28 degrees
I hate hot weather. Rainy is just perfect. Have a great day, my man.

>>11915232
>premed asking what spec he should choose
We were joking about this shit yesterday but had no idea someone would take it seriously lmao. Just get into medical school first and decide after clinicals like a normal human being instead of asking us. You don't even know what you want.

>>11915243
>>11915295
based and kek'd.

>>11909667

It's very much exaggerated but the ones I know are true to some extent, but way less noticeable. Except anesthesiology which is 100% accurate.

test

>>11915313
>test
my favourite is the caloric reflex test
the physics are just so interesting

>>11915316
I was testing to see if I'm able to reply because I was on /adv/ and saw a medical student thread and couldn't reply. Deleted it now to get that one juicy reply back.

My fav test is whatever comes from the lab so I don't do shit btw.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28984018/

How is access to primary care in your country? Here, a GP office is based on walk-ins and no appointments. Healthcare is also free here.

I know that the study I posted is American, but you can form an opinion of your country's primary care accessibility from personal experience.

>>11915340
>usually 1mo+ wait for normal appointment, unless they are too full or you want to get in sooner in which case you have to call at 7am every day and maybe you can get an appointment that day
welcome to california

>>11915340
Here it really depends where you live
the closer to the sea you live, the better access you have
Public healthcare while very much lacking in resources compared to private clinics because third world is VERY cheap. You could get a consultation for like 3 dollars and the state's healthcare insurance company will refund you all of it still.
However since conditions are so bad, doctors tend to leave which ends up in insane waiting times and month long waits for appointments for some specialities such as orthopedic surgery.
Private Doctors however have pretty much no appointments, very low waiting times and surprisingly good quality of care sometimes. But the cost of care is higher at around 25$-30$. You should keep in mind most people don't make a dime over 330$ a month when you look at these figures.
Overall compared to the rest of africa the quality of care is really good which shows by the amount of medical tourists. But that ain't saying much really.

>>11915365
Wasn't talking about public healthcare. Primary care. How accessible are your GP offices, etc.

What are those medical tourists you mentioned? Never head of such thing.

>>11915352
Damn, that must be a pain in the ass if you have a minor problem. I assume if you have multiple problems it goes by the chief complaint and you need another appointment for you secondary suffering.

if someone went cold turkey after taking sertraline for six months without any notable adverse reactions by two weeks, would it be safer to get back on the meds and taper gradually or should they just let imbalance continue to fix itself?

>>11915232
oncology or some smaller IM specs

>>11915300
That's Mari.

>>11915412
Yeah, it won't beat the throat singing, bro. You can let the patient have it with no problems. Seems benign to me.

>>11915397
>Wasn't talking about public healthcare. Primary care. How accessible are your GP offices, etc.
my bad, lost in translation
GP offices are very accessible if you are in the big 4 cities (Tunis, Sousse, Monastir and Sfax) with quite low wait times. Otherwise access to primary care is quite difficult. Some people will take hours of transportation just to see their doctor which ends up in people in rural areas letting conditions get the worst of them until it's too late
>medical tourists
people (usually from a subsahran african country or a neighbouring arab one) travelling here in the hope of seeking better care for their condition. We do it too in europe for operations that are not done here due to how rare they are or lack of training in that perticular procedure

>>11915416
Oh, now I get the medical tourist term. Basically someone suffering from a disease that has better chances of survival if he gets treated in a country with better healthcare or something of the sort.

>ends up in people in rural areas letting conditions get the worst of them until it's too late

That's why rural GP is based. The range of conditions you see is huge. Very underrated field tbqdesu.

Are doctors in rural areas rare in Tunisia?

>>11915424
yes very
I have yet to meet a person that wants to work there.
Most rural GPs are people from that town that come back and become the town's doctor. In that case I can see why someone might want to work near their family.
But it's quite hard to explain why'd you'd wanna leave the city which you've been in for years in med school, just to go to the middle of nowhere to a community you barely know.
I was born and raised in the city but all my friends that come from a small town all have a common goal of just getting the fuck out of there forever

>>11915434
>have a common goal of just getting the fuck out of there forever

Yep, same shit at my uni. I've been born in the city and I'm kind of fed up with it. Lived in the suburbs for a few years then back to the city (this time on my own + fiancee) and the city is just too loud and crowded for my taste. I really like rural areas and have plenty of them around the city (ranging from 6 to 12km away from the city) and would like to work there instead. The city is also oversaturated with physicians. One more and what good can I do? At least there I can form different kinds of relationships with the community and become a part of it instead of being a slave to some old ass commie attending for the next 10-20 years after residency. Hospital life may be a bit more entertaining than a rural gp office but there are too many rules and too many asses to kiss and not to forget the competitiveness of your peers.

Okay, this is a repost from /fit/, I posted this in a thread about why they can't get gf. Someone posted as a reply
>Stop obsessing over it. Live your life, do you, and do what’s right, and a woman will cross your path in time.

To which I responded:
>But I am 24, basically feel like god and live the best life ever, but I still feel like I miss out and waste it because that one thing is missing and that is love. Loving, being loved and feeling good. I just achieve and don't feel good. Please please help, I seriously fear I will die or fuck up really badly in the next 3-4 years if I can't change anything...

Sooo yeah....How can I find the courage to really live life however I want?

henlo yes how do i become the booby doctor

>>11915511
Let's start with kindergarten, lil bwoy!

>>11915513
kindergarten boobys?
sounds a bit illeagle

>>11915516
no, no, no. yuo go to kindergarten, school, college and then you get yuor booby dactor dibloma.

>>11915520
which collage for booby doctoring?
i already have 5000+ hours of online booby examing experience

>>11915525
oh. then get online dibloma. is easy and squiz tiddies every day :DDDDD

Hey anons. Second year medical student with strong interest in psychiatry. Am unsure if I could ever get into a sexual or romantic relationship; would that mean I couldn't be a good psychiatrist without that experience? I'll have to decide on what kind of residency I'll take in a couple years: a psych residency? Child psych? Family care (not super interested)? Pain management and rehab? (somewhat interested...but I really want to be a psychiatrist). There's also combined programs like family med/psych that I might do. IDK: if I haven't kissed anyone by the time I've got to decide, is a combined program a better choice for me? I'm 25, if that means anything.

>>11915530
Give me your line of thought. Why would you think that zero romantic/sexual relationships will make you a shit psych?

You still have a long time to 1. Get laid and 2. Change the spec you want to. I heard many times peers that were dead set on a spec for two or three months and then change to something else. Finish with your clinicals first, you might like something better.

t.6th year.

>>11915232
>what's the best speciality for someone who wants to help really sick people who can't help being sick.

Very strange request. Its very apparent you are new to medicine since with most conditions you could never say with full confidence they were caused by factors the patient was in control of. Your saying its the lifelong smokers "fault" they have lung cancer even though many people develop lung cancer without touching a cigarette. You could never say it was the smoking produced the cancer however it is likely to have played a part.
>lack of self care even if they have been educated on how to change

Inform your patients in a way that they understand and really trust. This is really important in ensuring they adhere to the prescribed programme, medication or lifestyle changes.

Have you had peers that were dead set on a spec for ten years or more? I've wanted to be a psychiatrist since I was 14. I've heard from several trusted friends that I kind of needed sex and relationships in order to be any good as a shrink. My argument is that you need to personally experience something in order to understand it (or at least sex and relationships) and many of my patients' problems will be relationship-based.

I'm on the spectrum, too; while I can have friends and do OK on things like medical school interviews I think I'm just too awkward to ever have a relationship - I think that people pick up on and are viscerally disgusted by the awkwardness.

>>11915530
Hey I'm >>11915509 , 4th(of 6) year medical student. I thought the same. I also thought that I couldn't be a good psych because I never experienced these things. But think about it like that. You also haven't experienced a lot of the pathoological conditions, still you can help them manage these conditions. I dunno.
Yesterday I fell asleep crying, woke up at 4am to brush teeth and went back to sleep. THen I woke up at 9am and started crying, before standing up and peeing or whatever. It just hurts so much. Please I just want it to stop.

>>11915530
Great virgin post. It's the new normal for med threads to get derailed by horny med students. Go to your yellow pages and find the nicest local hooker - escort - whatever your into. Have sex. Also realise romance is for girls dude.

>>11915551
>My argument is that you need to personally experience something in order to understand it (or at least sex and relationships) and many of my patients' problems will be relationship-based

False. You're not doing sexology you dummy. You'll have schizophrenic or suicidal patients. You never experienced voices in your head or never truly wanted to kill yourself. What difference does it make if you had sex or not, lmao.

And yes, I had peers dead set on specs since they started medical school or earlier and now they completely changed it.

Given that I'm on the spectrum, is it ethical to become a psychiatrist? I'm concerned I will miss shit and fail to understand my patients.

>>11915584
the state of psychtards

>>11915541
Not disagreeing with this but I'd argue a nuanced approach is required. For some patients, hearing that they caused their disease is likely to make them disengage, whereas for others it can serve as a wakeup call that they need to get their shit together.

>>11915232
Look, if you pointed a gun at my head and asked me this, I'd say anything to do with genetics or pediatrics is a start because they tend to get inherited diseases rather than lifestyle related problems. Psychiatry is arguable as well since patients tend to come from shitty social situations (which may or may not be due to their own fault).

But wait till you go through clinical like other anons have mentioned. Last years of medical school are times of rapid change in specialty interest for most

>>11915875
>argue a nuanced approach is required

I completely agree, in the Uk we call it the nudge approach. Often our aim is to just give a slight push in the right direction. Also timing can play a big part in getting someone to give up smoking for example. Say for two weeks someone stops smoking because they have a nasty chest infection and are on antibiotics. GP's will focus on these individuals to promote anti smoking messages since studies have shown these people are more likely to quit having made the first step themselves.

Any ER med anons here? There is a conference oxford school of emergency medicine. My uni wants me to be on a comitee or something to promote EM to my peers. Is stuff like this important for my future career Its online so I could probably just say I attended or whatever. Also would being on the committee be useful since applying looks like minimal effort but does it yield any clout later on.

>can't wait to finish medical school to finally delete my facebook account
>the only reason I'm keeping it is because of the group my peers made and they post exam dates and changes to the schedule

Does this happen to you?

>>11916020
yes same boat here, my fear is that i will need it for residency too, and it is a cursed loop.

>>11916108
Nah, I'm dead set on it. Need to contact me? Wapp or message, fuck your facebook shit.

>>11915340
>you talk to a nurse who determines when you get a time or if you need one at all
>between immideately and a few monts depending on the issue and the current queues
>most working people use private healthcare in non acute stuff, there you can just walk in at next free time

>>11915415
what if it's the other mongolian meme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yh9i0PAjck

>>11915530
It really depends on why you are the way you are.

>>11915551
>>11915561
Jesus, you guys really need to figure out why you want to become shrinks. If any part of it has something to do with self-medication or understanding your problems stay the fuck away.

Then again half of psychs are just alcoholic hobos on autopilot so who cares about autists and pussies.

i'm going to post my summaries of concepts i'm trying to understand here so sorry for shitting up the thread but i need a motive to keep going

>>11916302
autonomic nervous system is part of the peripheral nervous system that acts automatically without concious effort
for example on the smooth cardiac muscles and the glands (we do not control it)
it is divided into 2 parts that work together in tone as the balance shifts according to the body's needs
though some parts of our body are only affected by one, for example the smooth muscles of blood vessels are only acted on by sns fibers to keep normal blood pressure by keeping them constricted
sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight response)
it arises from the thorax-lumbar regions of spinal cord, the fibers exit until they reach a nearby ganglia (basically a collection of neurons in the pns), once they are in that chain of ganglia, then they may follow 3 routes, some synapse immedietly with post ganglionic neurons, others go up or down before they synapse, some of them cross the chain without synapsing and this group travels further to reach collateral ganglia where it synapses, then the fibers run all the way to target organs
it increases the things we need to make certain reactions like we're under danger and also inhibits the things we don't need
e.g. it increases heart rate, increase breathing rate, dilutes the pupils, realease glucose, inhibits digestion&peeing
the effect of sns is very widespread because high divergence (1 pre ganglionic fiber : 20 post ganglionic neurons)
parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest)
it arises from the cranial and sacral parts of the spinal cord, that's why it's called para it surrounds the sns region and travel to the parasymepathetic ganglia which is near the targets (the post ganglionic fibers are relatively short in comparision)
act when the body is under rest. lowers heart rate, breathing rate, normal pupils, store glucose, and more digestion&peeing
very low divergence compared to sns (1:4) so it's more specific localized responses

>>11916302
>need a motive to keep going
Open a notepad or get the OneNote app.

>>11916201
Not enough meme material. This one actually sounds good, ngl.

>>11916168
Are appointment based GP visits a US or UK type of thing?

>>11916201
>>11916374
Forgot to add

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UByXynZDUw

This is the one thing that hit the west from my country. This has meme potential btw. Skip to 1:39 for maximum NUMAI NUMAI IEI.

>>11916374
i know but committing myself to an audience makes it easier than just keeping the stuff to myself

>>11916407
>audience
Kek, but whatever floats your boat.

i don't get it aren't our nerves made up of tens of thousands of neurons? why does it talk about it like there's only 2 neurons that synapse with each other?

>>11916374
>Not enough meme material
>he doesn't know leekspin

>>11916526
Holy shit that brings up memories. I knew that song sounded familiar, holy shit. My apologies.

>>11916450
is this bait? or we have surge of high school kids? neuron is a functional element of nervous system so it is described singularly, like nephron for kidneys. do you think there is one nephron?

>>11916450
or are you amazed that single cell axon can be that long? yes it can. imagine nerves as strands of many axons (in most cases) going on those long distances that is a nerve.

>>11916374
>Are appointment based GP visits a US or UK type of thing?

I'm not quite sure what you are asking.

>>11907354
>tfw playing mount and blade as a khergit mercenary and soaking the sands in sarranid blood with my horde of horseboys

fuck yes

>>11916737
Sorry. Very bad wording on my side. Did a bit of research and found my answer so it's okay now.

>>11916450
Yes there is more than one neuron that synapses at the heart. But it would be too confusing to add them all in on that slide, plus there would be no reason to. You should just already know this beforehand.

Hey anons I’m an attending of Medicine just shot questions.

Does anyone remember the dude who performed a self-orchiectomy and posted on here? What happened to him?

>>11916567
so we have this bundle of long axons that come from many neuron cells inside a single nerve but the thing is the synapsis only occurs IN A SINGLE AREA in the synapse (rare to find) inside the ganglia where the axon terminals of all these neurons coming from the first nerve will meet the dendrites of new neuron cells of another nerve and this is what happens?

>>11916567
so the ganglia is like where a these axon terminals from the first cell meet another nerve with brand new nerve cells? or has the cells been already synapsing with each other many times across the nerve?

>>11916567
>>11918089
i mean if it's the second which makes more sense that the synapse place is spreadout and repititive what makes the ganglia so special?

>>11910249
I've heard that iron supplements usually get a person's levels back up within a couple weeks, and the rest of the prescribed duration is just to maintain a good level, anyone confirm?

>>11918074
>>11918089
imagine this nigga’s face when he discovers how long some dendrites can be

>>11918160
>how long dendrites are

>>11918125
synapses occur in centers, since you need cell body or starting and terminal point of axon so it can’t happen all across the nerve bundle.

>>11913031
hi Iheb, nice dots

>no good morning anon yet :(
Good morning /med/.
In like an hour I start my summer training at the ER
what's your "first day at school" tips to not be a nerd and not be bullied at a new ward?

Good morning /med/.

>>11918170
Good luck, my man. ER was one of my favs.
>not to be bullied
Don't do whatever the nurses tell you. If you want to put in IV lines, it's fine, but don't take patients to radiology or other floors and stay with a resident instead.

>>11916563
>>11916567
I kek'd hard.

>>11918162
so there aren't actually that many synapse places compared to how many neurons there are right? there's like 1 for every nerve going to an organ?

>>11918162
is this right?

>>11918162
this is the other possibility i was thinking about synapses within different neurons inside a single nerve bundle
what i'm saying does the synapse have to be between different nerves or it can happen within different neurons within a single nerve

>>11906017
med bros help me out, what kind of things will an mri scan not pick up?
I've been having concentrated headache in the right side of my head, just above the ear for over a year now. My scan came back completely clean, wtf could it be. Its like an expanding feeling headache

>>11918205
wrong, single neuron can have many synapses.

>>11918312
i don't get it then how does it have so many synapses?? just how many ganglias for a nerve is there and what's the difference between that and a regular synapse place. is it like this >>11918212 having many synapses when it meets other nerves or >>11918221 or something completely different. i just can't piece how it all fits together

>>11918205

>>11918329
there are more synapses then neurons

>>11918329

What's the point of taking temperatures anymore?

I went to the barber shop today and I was talking to my barber and asked him why he didn't take my temperature. He simply replied by telling me that it's useless.

1. You can be positive and asymptomatic
2. If you have a fever, you won't be coming to the barber shop

I mean, he has a point, but I guess it only applies to such businesses and not supermarkets, etc.

>>11918430
>if you have a fever, you won’t be coming to barber shop
this is severe underestimation of how retarded and careless a person can be

>>11906017
anaesthesiologist here
shitposting on /sci/ and /his/ during surgeries every time

>>11907369
>posts american dickchopper 'doctors'
i'm not sure what your point is anon, the civilized world is laughing at american 'healthcare'(not american pharma and biomed research, obviously)

>>11909527
I had that once for like a week and then developed conjunctivitis in that eye. It's probably inflamed or irritated by something.
If you've been having that for a long time though, it's a neuro issue probably.

>>11909681
hide your wife, sons and sacks with gold because your town is about to get sacked

>>11910249
Why are you on iron supplements? Are you a woman(on 4chan)? Were diet changes not an option?

>>11910797
I'd recommend chiro and acupuncture to schizo hypochondriacs who are clearly physically healthy

>>11918568
Based anaesthesiologist.


>>11918584
>Acupuncture
After reading an article about an acupuncturist who gave his client a pneumothorax, it's not an option even for hypochondriacs anymore.

Just give them vitamin C instead. Everybody loves vitamin C. I love vitamin C very much.

>>11918189
>Don't do whatever the nurses tell you. If you want to put in IV lines, it's fine, but don't take patients to radiology or other floors and stay with a resident instead.
this is actually good advice
when you're at that weird hierarchy position of not-quite-a-doctor, still position yourself as superior to nurses and other plebs and don't take shit from them; only take shit from actual doctors

>>11918591
>After reading an article about an acupuncturist who gave his client a pneumothorax
lmao dude what the fuck hahaha

>>11918598
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/acupuncture-caused-an-elderly-woman-s-lung-to-collapse-and-it-s-not-a-first/amp

Here you go.

>>11918595
I learned it the hard way.
>Hey anon, take this 120kg patient on a wheelchair to radiology
>Hey anon, take these samples up to the lab
>Hey anon, the patient in bed 3 needs some water, go buy some for him (from his own money)
>Hey anon, there's some blood on the floor, go clean it up (yes, this happened)

After that one night, I was exhausted and miserable. Next shift I ignored the nurses. Fuck them. ER nurses are a headache. Instead, my hot cougar attending saw that the nurses abused me and took me under her wing and showed me actual clinical stuff. I think I told you guys this in the early /med/ threads.

>>11918601
Makes me wonder how large acupuncture needles are
Are they like 26G? Thicker? Thinner?

>>11918641
>This is the one a lot of people get revved up about because they envision huge hypodermic needles, which have an average diameter of 0.01 inches. Acupuncture needles have an average diameter of 0.00325 inches. That’s like a strand of hair.

They also come in three sizes of length: 0.5, 1, and 1.5-inch needles. I use a 0.5-inch for ears, 1-inch for the face, hands and feet, and 1.5 for the leg and larger muscle groups.

Needles are measured in gauges, and the higher the gauge, the smaller the diameter. Hypodermic needles are typically between 25-27 gauges, and most acupuncture needles range between 30-40. The largest I use is a 32 gauge, and that’s for treating pain. Larger needles help break up stagnation and muscle spasms, but otherwise, thinner needles are the way to go.

In treating typical fertility conditions, I use thinner needles because I’m trying to influence energy – which doesn’t require big needles – instead of breaking up pain.

All I could find.

>>11918647
Shit. I wanted to greentext everything. :(

Guess I'm an acupuncturist now.

Here's the link I took all that shit from: https://ipacupuncture.com/acupuncture-needles-101/#:~:text=Acupuncture%20Needle%20Size&text=Acupuncture%20needles%20have%20an%20average,leg%20and%20larger%20muscle%20groups.

>>11918647
>30-40. The largest I use is a 32 gauge
hm, I'm used to 26-27 for spinals, and didn't think needles as thin as 30-40 could cause (clinically significant) pneumothorax
spooky

>>11918657
https://emj.bmj.com/content/21/3/398

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142775/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677943/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23317392/

Already plenty of cases. For me it's still a pseudoscience. Apparently, it's still very popular in china but hey, it's their invention.

>>11918284
Obligatory IANYD but the likelihood of masses not being picked up in MRI is low. Do you get any symptoms alongside the headache? What triggers it?

>>11918683
The conclusion we came to is that its stress related, usually triggered as I'm working sometimes when I wake up. Loss of balance if I'm standing up, otherwise nothing else.
Just seems odd to me that it would be concentrated in one place and not be anything but I requested my mri scan so I can get another opinion

>>11906017
why are pseudo-science fake doctors wasting tax money. And why are these glorified fortunetellers not exposed yet?

>>11918583
Honestly I was quite on my own, it was mainly because I was periodically anemic since a young age and when I felt a little down lately I decided to start taking iron supplements and only afterwards thought it would be a good idea to take an examination.

And no I'm not a woman but a man, for the root of my anemia they never really figured out, I think they just said it was genetic since my mother as well as some other member of my family were often short on iron.

>>11918812
Have you tried taking folic acid and B12. That should keep your iron levels steady and help absorption of iron into the blood stream. And also increase your RBC count

Never forget.

>>11918568
thats why we shit talk you all the time, and youre like “huh?” “Did you say anything?”

>>11918615
don’t remember need details about cougar

>>11918938
this is too accurate

what is this discolored spot on my arms? it just showed up overnight

>>11918986
Just looks like a small hematoma to me

>>11918986
ne läikät oli paskaa

>>11918996
yikes the pics look so different from what i have though

>>11918996
and it doesn't hurt

>>11918944
She looked like the chick from the band Blondie in her early years but bustier. Super hot attending and she was also very kind. Needless to say, I sinned with my thoughts a lot during that rotation.

>>11918986
Have you farted on your arm recently?

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>>11919067
Also, we called her cougar because her husband (radiologist) looked much, much younger than her. She's more like a MILF, not a cougar in the true sense.

Revising for finals, should I mix subjects up or do one per day?
For me changing to often can generate confusion although studying health disease within the population is boring af.

>why yes, I am a family physician, what gave it away?

How do you American medfags cope with living in America?
I'd be permanently seething if I was a doctor in the US and had to constantly deal with your countrymen and their antivax-5g-adrenochrome and now antimask nonsense
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>>11918701
Well there's a theory that certain headaches can be caused by contraction of scalp muscles or they're related to those muscles in some way. Phoneposting now and about to sleep so I can't lookup the details. Headache location is definitely not strictly correlated with the underlying pathology (sometimes it is but the majority of time not). It's good that your MRI scan didn't show any masses, that rules out the insidious option. It might be stress related as your doc suggests. Maybe a weird variant of a migraine? (migraines are like the lupus of headaches, they're always a suspect whenever you have a weird headache that doesn't fit into any category precisely)

>>11918701
Did they rule out migraines?

New bread when? I can't create a new one. Am on phone.

get the hell away from this thread
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