/sci/ - Science & Math

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>tfw pick up med gf
>she now wants me to play stupid video games with her stupid friends

>>12650306
Why would you date someone mediterranian?

>>12650305
>"i just wanna fugg"
>still engages in conversation

>>12650309
no but seriously we are pretty inbred, need some new genetic material to the pool

>>12650316
i don't think he will get to fuck without talking to her

>tfw patient is a gypsy

>>12650326
>ayyy wanna fugg babi
works every time

>/med/ - sex edition

>>12650134
>are you allowed to keep a piece on you?
Gun laws here are cucked. Can only buy a .22 after multiple idiotic paperwork, traveling to shitxico c*ty and having your military service carnet. Not only that but under our retarded laws you'd risk bankruptcy on reparations to the criminal or being sent to jail in case you slaughter it.
Also, you'd be ceased from public service for violating the code of conduct of your sanitary institution.

>>12650326
>ayyo wuts gud babygur u dtf or just playn?
Works all time.
T. basketball american

>>12650343
Used to sit with my gf way in the back on year 5 lectures and finger her until she gets too aroused and embarrassed

>go to med school because I think it'll make girls want to fuck me
>still a virgin except now i'm tired all the time

>>12650410
This is why women shouldn't be allowed to be educated.

my balls are too tight making half of my shaft unusable, can i accidentally vasectomize myself from stretching? is there any other solution?

>>12650457
Is there fluid in your scrotum? Does the tightness change while laying down or standing up or with coughing?

>>12650306
i feel ya

I am a 30 year old virgin doctor. No lie. I just can't stand how stupid women are and I don't want to be around them. I'd rather play sports with the boys or jam some In Flames riffs u kno?

>>12651495
I'm about to be a wizard like you.
Unfortunately I'm getting even hornier than I was as a teenager. Literally having sexual dreams and thoughts all the time. Also my paternal instinct is kicking in. I actually want kids now.
I used to be an antinatalist.

why not just end it after this?

>>12651621
because orif is easy

>>12651495
>>12651572
Just fuck a nurse??
???????????

>>12650665
>Is there fluid in your scrotum?
No, no lumps either
>Does the tightness change while laying down or standing up or with coughing?
Yes, when i am laying down it gets tighter than usual. sometimes when laying down the scrotum gets so tight my testes go inside my taint which is very painful, this also happens when running

i can't shit and i can't fart


what's happening to me

>>12650334
first time consulting a gypsy, fren?

>>12650306
>med gf
That's rough mate.

>>12651855
Just like the anon who couldn't piss, go see a dr.

first day of rotations here and I forgot to drink water for 8 hours until I got a dehydration headache
is it autism?

>>12652093
stupidity

>>12652194
>my prof when he's ready to pimp us

got an interview with a $400k COA school, lmao

wish me luck

>>12651745
I don't want to fuck a nursoid. I used to have no desire for children but now it's unbearable

>>12651809
See a urologist. This isn't normal

>>12652302
>COA
Coarctation of aorta? IDR med school app stuff.
Best of luck anon.

>>12652194
>>12652199
>The attending after he hears my shitty differential

>>12652194
>>12652199
>>12652320
>the attending after seeing my gay ass.

>>12652312
can it be a sign of something dangerous or can it cause infertility? i really really don't want to tell a receptionist about my balls just for some GP to examine them so he/she can redirect me to a urologist, i will need to get erect for him/her too. i am shy.

>>12652536
Yes it could affect the temperature of your testes which could affect your sperm production
You don't need to tell the receptionist anything. Just say you want a physical. There's no reason to be shy around docs. We've seen much worse and won't make fun of you unless your issue is because of sticking something weird up your rectum like a trainset

>>12651745
gud 1

>>12651572
I too want to have kids. But good fucking luck finding a woman who isn't absolutely retarded. Double that now that you're Dr. Anon. I used to try and lie about my job, but it never worked.

>tfw didnt match
what the fuck do i do

>>12653259
Rise up time.
You gonna do second round for FM?

>>12653259
Matching what?

>tfw intership is over and back to remote shit for a few month at least
i can't deal with this shit anymore bros

>>12653547
on Grindr

>>12653259
If this happened to me I would legit just kms
>>12653655
>tfw have to do telemedicine calls

>>12653259
how did you not match? how does anyone not match?

>>12653760
Prob is an FMG with shitty step scores

saw a pt with full blown neurosyphilis today somehow
fucks a new partner every other day. basically never heard of a condom. bmi of 40. black.

>>12654556
Are you in SSA?

>>12654556
he is spreading his seed
are you, anon?

what are some most important things yo keep an eye on in a pediatric i.c.u.?
it's first time working with kids... and first time in rianimation center too... give me some advice please thanks

>>12654575
usa
>>12654595
it's a woman

>>12654625
fever, change in activity, change in respiration, color changes

>>12654625
godspeed

What happened to me?

>>12655314
Lazy surgeon.

looking to kill myself, will 600mg of oral morphine do it? higher? what are some complications and steps i need to take

also just in case i break the law again, im not exactly sure what post about suicide did it but i got banned for a post

I have these moments during the day where I get rushes of adrenaline not per se, but I get this urge to study or to write my paper. This has been going on for the past week. What happened bros? Am I addicted to studying?

>>12654625
a very thorough status every single time

>>12655852
you mean body/activity check frequently?
>>12654648
what else? how about lab data? what arr some important values frequently checked?

>>12655930
>you mean body/activity check frequently?
clinical examination

>>12655462
anyone provide any insight?

>>12655938
thank you
Is there something else i should focus on?

>develop triple vision and intermittent phantosmia two and a half years ago
>triple vision only noticable on bright obiects on low light
>multiple mris, no brain tumor
>multiple head and neck examinations, nothing
>eyes are completely fine
>no sinus issues or chronic migraines
What could this be? Neurodegeneration? Scared that these could be early symptoms of MS or Parkinson's.

research is fun but why is it considered a bad place to be in, overall? Competitiveness from other programs? I know the rule of publish or perish but how are they selected by the big journals? Do they accept good papers from smaller research groups too or only prestigious shit?

>>12655428
Damnit. I knew it

>>12656000
try to rephrase your question

>>12655948
No. Fuck you I ain't working for free.

>>12656138
>>12656166
d-do you think they'll get married and have med babies?

>>12656166
>tfw evidence based bf

>>12656166
women can't be doctors.

>>12655948
...Nor shall any man's entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel any man to do so.

>>12655953
check for keratoconus at opthalmologist

>>12656400
no she is a worthless whore, he is pure and deserves better.

>>12656400
Useless roastie only use is cleaning the higher uppers cocks.

>>12656735
It’s medicine, medicine for my pain

>>12655314
Not too bad, will look better incrementally and fine in a couple of months.

t. that's my job

>>12655462
Why do you want to kill yourself, anon?

>>12657069
Psychopath on schizo meds, I can’t get high at all anymore. I’m a listless dopamine starved rat and it fucking hurts.

Thanks for asking, will 600mg be enough?

>>12657125
What's you living situation like? Do you have access to social supports like a social worker or therapist? What do you mean by "get high at all anymore"? What makes you say you're a "listless dopamine starved rat"?

I'm not going to counsel you on killing yourself. Yeah, life is hard. And you might have it harder than some. But that doesn't mean you should kill yourself. I used to plan to kill myself because I was a retarded, ugly, blue collar loser with no future who barely graduated high school. I decided I wanted to medical school instead of killing myself. Lots of uncertainty and self-doubt. But I'm glad that I didn't kill myself. I would encourage you to take drastic steps to improve your life instead of ending it. After all, the best suicide is a life well lived.

>>12657183
Situation is comfortable but relying on people, social supports are very lackluster. Extremely lackluster, dull sheen on everything they do.
I smoke weed, it doesn't work anymore, can't catch a buzz, from cigarettes, food, sex. Sleep isn't as satisfying as it used to be.

I lay around in bed with no drive, waiting for food and death.

I don't believe the medication will ever let up even once I'm off it, will never return to normal. So it's this half-awake half-suffering state I'm stuck in.

I didn't really need much to feel fulfilled, weed and relying on my natural abilities to coast through things kept me happy, but much of that has been ripped away. Again, unlikely to return.

Thanks for the sentiment, sometimes it gets unbearable.

>>12656856
I had a whipple. What surgeries do you perform?

>>12657260
you're gonna croak eventually, why not ride it till the end

>tfw fainted.... again......

>>12657345
What was the whipple for? You had pancreatic cancer?

i'm nearly 30 years old and am interested in pharmacology, should i try going to uni for it this late in my life

>>12659561
yes

>>12659472
Yes.

Just got the lowest score out of my entire class on my final. Class rank shot to bottom 10%. I'm very depressed bros. I feel like a retard. I just wanted to match EM

any medbros from countries other than the US?
>t. Dane

>>12660079
Most people here seem to be euros

Im a 21 year old burger who just applied for classes for this summer after not being in college for 2 years and Im very excited frens. I have little to no knowledge on science and medicine but I realized its the only thing I can study unless I want to enter a trade (not happening). Are there any tips, advice or books you would suggest I read to give myself a leg up? I finally figured out what to focus on doing in life so I want to do this all the way and study hard. Im majoring in biochem, because I would like to be a pharmacist although Im open to anything in the medical field really.

>>12660124
try suicide

>>12659561
Does your university have an age limit for applicants? No? Then fucking go for it. I knew someone that went to med school when they were 45. Don't focus on your age, just focus on the prize.

>>12660128
i want to go to nigger school to be a nigger

>>12660127
Why, Im not ready yet

>>12660079
Philippines lmao

>>12659561
Absolutely not. Just ignore the teeny boppers and their drama. You'll be fine. Good luck, anon. Let us know how it goes!

>>12660139
Some of us hate premeds here. I kind of hate them because they post autistic things like "any tips, advice or books you would suggest I read to give myself a leg up?".

As a word of advice: do not go into pharmacy. You'll hate it. It's medicine or bust, bucko.

>>12660283
Sorry for sounding like a retard then, what you’re saying sounds understandable and Ill probably be the same way when I start and begin hanging out here I imagine. Also thanks for the advice you probably saved me. Im an utter retard and dont know what I want at the moment so I just thought of pharmacy first, but if its something to be avoided then I will.

>>12660035
Are you willing to share some background and your case? We'd be interested.

>>12660056
It's just a test bro. Focus on step.

>>12650293
Is it possible to have a low a1c and still have diabetes

>>12660395
Step isn't even scored anymore. Class rank feels like it matters so much more and I fucked it up

>>12660411
Yes if you have a disorder that causes increased turnover of red blood cells like sickle cell.

>>12660417
Oh are you a first year? Class rank still won't matter I think. Step 2 CK will be the major one.

>>12660411
Yes if you're anemic esp hemolytic anemia or really well-controlled DM. If the latter, talk to your doc about discontinuing some meds.

>>12660391
Sure. Acute onset pain that led to ED visit. 10/10 pain. Lipase over 15,000. Spend 3 days in hospital. Hospitalist says, oh your scans show pancreatic divisum. Once I get out start a new diet as recommended (never smoke or drank). Work to get a 2nd opinion as I begin to drastically lose wieght (30lbs/4.5mo). Basically self managing at home with liquids, soups, etc. Finally get a 2nd opinion. Oh, anon, youve got what looks like either a psuedocyst or tumor. Youre gonna need biopsies. Biopsy x3 and they say, oh, anon, its positive for mucin. Now being seen in SurgOnc. Tumor turns out to be 3 to 4cm, extremely irregular shape in uncinate process and not acting benign due to how symptomatic I am. World-class pain, nausea, loose, fatty stool, weight loss, fatigue. Scheduled for surgery. Surgery goes well, path comes back, I win a big prize (cancer)!

>>12660461
Thanks anon.
How old are you? Do you drink alcohol? Smoke? BMI?

>>12660458
Yeah I'm a first year. I hope you're right ;_;

>>12660469
30, dont drink, dont smoke. BMI is now 18.5, was 22-23ish (5'9, 125lbs. Was 155lbs)

why is sketchy so fucking expensive?
people say it's worth though
what do bros

>>12660493
you can get a free trial

>>12660079
T. Mexico

>>12660489
Wow. Strange you got pancreatic cancer at such a young age. Any family history? Diabetes? Chronic pancreatitis?

>>12660470
It's probably the case. Because school grades are wonky

>>12660531
Genetic testing resulted in establishing I have an ATM gene mutation of unknown significance. No family Hx, No DM, they suspect Ive had smoldering pancreatitis for some time (how long idk). Ive been increasingly gassy (belching) into my mid to late 20's and tended to feel ill after large meals but I always attributed it to "well, maybe I over ate." The chronic pancreatitis was during the 5mo period between initial hospitalization and surgery. That was an awful timeframe.

>>12660548
Glad they caught it in time. Did they do any IgG4 study on you?

>>12660552
No., they didnt. Headed to bed. May answer more ?'s tomorrow if interested

>>12660494
https://freemedtube.net/
what the fuck is this btw?
apparently access to many online course videos
seems too good to be true

>>12660581
>https://freemedtube.net/
kinda seems like a chink scam from the website

>>12660581
Just torrent sketchy if you can't pay for it

>>12660439
>>12660458
They, as in the urologist, found nothing on me except protein in urine, not alot of protein but enough to raise a few questions. The CMP was normal, CBC was normal, everything was normal except the slight albuminuria.

I also seem to be having diabetic symptoms despite having a fasting rate of 90, just yesterday I urinated in a cup, poured it out, smelled the remains in the cup and it was rather sugary. You could even see granules of sugar in the cup. Admittedly I did eat alot the day before so maybe some glucose leaked into there idk but even so, this isn't normal I don't think (I'm sure you all would agree).

Yeah don't really know what's going on but if you guys could tell me what I should -probably- do in order to prevent a disease I wouldn't want to deal with in the future please do tell me.

>>12660439
Meant to include you as well but, sugary urine, frequent urination, dehydration, hunger, etc

It's all there despite the medical testing which proved contrary (which I have done a few times in order to see if I didn't have it in the first place)

And if I go see another doc about this they'll tell me there's nothing wrong which I can't really believe

It's hard, really is bros

>>12660736
Could be prediabetes in your case.
Best thing is to eat a diet based on ADA guidelines
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-diet/art-20044295
And moderate intensity exercising 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week

>>12660815
Yeah I think this is the best course of action as well, I will need to see if my body is still at its same state so I'll have to visit the doctor once again for this.

>>12660822
I would recommend coming back in 6 months to a year unless of course you develop any serious problems.

>>12650293
Hi >>>/sci/
My girlfriend had me watch "the good doctor" and I've been inspired to put down my parentheses and become a surgeon.
What books do I need to read?

>>12658932
>sometimes it gets unbearable.

YOU ARE TERRIBLE DOCTOR

What's a good country to flee to as a medical graduate from a shit-tier Filipino uni? I just want to get the fuck out of here.

ok /med/ i couldn't go to the hospital today, my doc has a full schedule with virus patients

but i feel better doe
i can fart normally and i can shit normally as of today

i guess i shouldn't strain myself when doing workouts

is it advisable to take a pause from workouts for a while or can i start doing them again?


PS: i am the guy who did one too many burpees and had a stomach ache and couldn't shit/fart for 2 days

>>12661202
have a lot at the /sci/ wiki, learn organic chemistry, calculus, rudimentary biology, physics by yourself. Go do a premed program with a major in something you're good at and get into medical school.
Once you get in, you can start with Hamilton Bailey's Demonstrations of Physical Signs in Clinical Surgery.

>>12660079
Ukraine
>>12660081
Because by the time people finish up the US medical education, they're 35 year old normie boomers

>>12661238
>unbearable
>has not killed himself though
doesn't sound like unbearable to me

>>12661474
Hello there northern neighbor. How's medicine in ukraine?

>>12660079
georgia here

>>12661617
GEORGIAN BRO HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU OHMAFAKENGAD PLS TELL ME HOW ARE YOU DOING FREN.

Hey retards. Minor financial analyst (at home), losing crypto trader and one of the best niche programmers out there. I want to study medicine and health for holistic reasons but also because I view it as a science. What's some good material and youtube channels that I can get into as a hobbyist. I by no means would ever pursue any sort of career, purely from a speculative point of view.

>>12661372
Don't most of you guys come to the US and become nurses?

>>12661466
Take a pause for at least until the appointment.

>>12661671
Should've done that instead but it's too late.

>>12661657
Study at least high school level of chemistry, biology and basic physics
Then study biochemistry, physiology and anatomy
Then study medicine
>b-but that's too long lmao gimme like the one medicine book and quirky 10 minute youtube videos
okay just google some healing crystals and biomeridians shit

>>12661600
>northern neighbor
based underwater black sea medfag
>How's medicine in ukraine?
Government healthcare is ass, private healthcare ranges from ass to as good as in Europe, depending on how much you can pay(quality healthcare will still be cheaper than WEurope equivalent though, westerners often come here for cheap dentistry and surgery)

>>12661627
i always lurk here brother, which anon are you though romanian? im waiting for residency exams which never came because of corona, inaction eats away my soul. how is your life going?

>>12661657
what level you want? if you want indepth knowledge you gotta learn whole lot of other shit too it will take you years, if you never plan doing medicine want memorised facts just look at wikipedia pages of whatever interests you. medicine consists of way too many sides to get a good grasp about it fast. its impossible.

>>12660572
Hi anon, did they tell you anything about prognosis?

>>12661600
Yeah, romanon here. Everything going decently for now. Writing my thesis and going back to hospitals on 15 of Feb, will get the second jab on the 7th. Now studying for residency exam.

What happened to your residency? Postponed due to corona? How's the situation there?

>>12661730
Come to gypsy land, back home white brother.

Same shit here. Public is abysmal, private practices are getting better and better. How do you guys cope with corona-chan?

>>12661823
Meant for
>>12661787

>>12661823
we had some spikes of the disease so government got panicky, closed everything and made stupidest timing for a curfew. now even though cases are low certain people in health ministry are too lazy to organize it so they still blame it on the situation, which is illogical since it would benefit them to get new residents as a cheap workforce against covid but they are retarded i guess. how are you preparing for the exams?

>>12661796
They gave me all the standard stats you expect to here, 5yr survival still <10% but Im now technically cancee free post surgery. It was a mixed branch/type IPMN and that recurrence is still pretty high (40-60%), not as high as just main branch but higher than side branch. So Im good till im not good is my plebian understanding.

>>12661877
I also think bc im extremely young by this diseases standards, they didnt know what to think, like maybe what they knew didnt quite apply bc I was the outlier. I expect they typicaly see a much older population with comorbidities, Hx of alcohol, etc. I dont have any if that.

>>12661860
We have this limit set up where we're not allowed to leave our homes from 11pm unless there's a good reason for it.

New biography for residency came out and I'm surprised. Really good books. Ganti's STEP-2CK book, Kumar and clark's clinical med and Lawrence's surgery stuff. So much better than the old books. How is it going for you, my man?

>>12661906
that limit here is 9pm
its going ok for me thanks.

give it to me straight /med/, why did I choose medical school over PA or NP? It seems they are so favoured, it's frustrating and everybody is buying their shit, like who in the right mind would let someone that did or didn't shadow 500 hours take care of human lives?

I hate sharing the same timezone as americunts.

Gonna bring my stethoscope case like that one Dr. Anon so that I can steal copper from the hospital.

>>12660269
Sorry that should have said "Absolutely yes".

>>12662727
>gypsy-ness intensifies

>>12661372
>filipino women flee to Canada
>become nurses
>slut it up
Many such cases!

>>12662370
What do you mean by this? That PAs and NPs are stepping on Dr. Anon's turf even though they're retarded (mostly)?

>>12660079
Norway

>american med lobbies try to create an artificial scarcity of doctors through absurd education ladder to inflate salaries
>the free market solves this through bypassing american doctors entirely with meme 'midlevel practicioners'
>losers who wasted 12-16 years in US medical education seething
kino
doesn't happen in normal countries btw - there are just nurses and physicians with defined and separate roles, no 10 different levels of nursoids, let alone silly shit like 'phlebotomist' or 'physician assistant' lmao

>Nursing assistant (CNA)
>Licensed practical nurse (LPN)
>Registered nurse (RN)
>There are two levels of nursing degrees that can lead to a career as an RN: earning an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
>Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing
>Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)
>Nurses who earn their Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) can become advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)
MASTER
OF
SCIENCE
IN
NURSING

Is there anything be done about the midlevel bloat in america?

midlevels are absolute chads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWx9OqUJjkM

>nurse, give that patient 8mg dexamethasone IV
>uhh sir, I'm actually only a Certified Nurse Entourage Private First Class, I only take blood pressure
>you'd have to ask the Chief Master Sergeant Nurse of Sciences for that
>no, not her, she's the Intermediate Approved Under-Nurse, she only fills in the papers

P H Y S I C I A N
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any UK junior docs in?
how much nursoid shit do they have you doing, if any?

Can my med school make me get the covid vax? I wanted to wait for Johnson and Johnson but they're telling me I have to get Pfizer now.

>>12662889
In the ER PA's do basically the same job. Cope and seethe

>>12662991
>pfizer tries to make hypertension pills
>makes boner pills
>pfizer tries to make vaccine
>???
do you want a giant dick or no?

>>12662991
Get Sputnik.

>Get Sputnik.

>>12662991
>tfw first world country literally top 5 medicine in the world
>med students don't get the covid vaccine

>>12663073
I don't even know why they're giving it to my class. I'm a first year and only go in twice a week for labs. Other than that I'm on zoom. Seems like a waste

>>12662991
I prefer Pfizer the most out of the vaccines based on its data and side effect profile.
If you're being offered it just take it man.
That's the beauty of being in the medical field, we don't have to wait in line.

>>12663080
>literally working as doc in the ER, ID ward and the ICU
>no vaccine because just a student
>while we vaccinate the elderly and nursoids working in retirement homes

>>12663101
Which country/state? If you can, get your fellow med students to make a statement asking to be vaccinated.

>>12663101
Not like you need it anyway being young and healthy.

>>12663110
finland, we had even the national organization of med students appeal to the movers and shakers but to no avail

>>12663122
yup, it's fucking ridiculous, literally all of my ER staff is vaccinated, exept for both the medical and nursing students, who do exactly the same shit as everyone else

>>12663122
That's so retarded. Over here in the US, if we want something, our schools bend over backwards for us.

What are the chances of getting permanent tinnitus/hearing loss from Azithromycin?

>>12663434
Low.

>>12663434
Medium.

>>12663434
High.

What's the consensus? Are you inmune after you get Coronavirus? Or are the genetic shifts so fast and drastic that this nightmare will never end?

>>12663434
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29965935/
It's a very rare finding, mostly reversible.

>>12650293
What's the verdict on MDIs' (particularly nicotine) effect on lung function in healthy people.

>>12663661
Are you talking about nicotrol as nicotine-replacement therapy?

>>12663670
That's not the usual one in my cunt, but for example nicotrol. And not just effectiveness for NRT, but long term effects on lung function.

>>12663682
Frankly I'm wondering more about the effects on lung function from long term use of any MDIs, and how it varies by medication. The problem is that most studies concern themselves with the already lung fucked (COPD, asthma etc.), not much data on the healthy population. But nicotine does have some studies on that.

>>12663682
It mostly stays in your oropharynx and mouth. Because of cough reflex and particulate size, doesn't get inhaled into lungs.
Can't find any studies testing PFTs but if this is in comparison to smoking, then using NRT in general leads to a reduction in the rate of decline of FEV1 and overall pulmonary function.

>>12663718
That's for previous smokers, right? That's the problem, so far I've only found some on rats and mice, somewhat isolating nicotine. They're not conclusive, but outline adverse effects on lungs.
I'm just thinking whether inhalers should be considered at all for the lung-healthy population, when an alternative exists.

>>12650293
Two questions:

>1. Ok, do vaccines reduce transmission?
I just watched a TV report saying that these new vaccines can "reduce transmission by up to 70%"?
I also read things that said that people can still carry the virus even with the vaccine, which leads me to my next question.

>2. Do transmitted viruses from vaccinated people have the ability to mutate?
I'm thinking the answer is yes, right? So why the fuck do people think that these covid vaccines will the end of this crisis when they could WORSEN the spread and mutation of this virus? Not only could you still transmit the virus, but you potentially give it the ability to propagate to reservoirs for mutation too.

>>12664112
>I just watched a TV report saying that these new vaccines can "reduce transmission by up to 70%"?
Prelim data suggests it does reduce transmission but we need actual studies.
>Do transmitted viruses from vaccinated people have the ability to mutate?
Yes if transmission occurs and mutation is at a significant enough rate that it outpaces immunological destruction. It is unlikely but with the mRNA vaccine platform, it is easy to modify the vaccine for future vaccine-resistant strains if they arise and if enough people get vaccinated, then we won't have to worry about this being an issue at all.

>>12664138
So we'll be perpetually vaccinating against this thing every few months?
What impact would that have to our bodies over time?

>>12664170
Worst case scenario is it's like the flu shot where it's every year.
No discernible impact based on safety data as of now.

>>12664112
>do vaccines reduce transmission?
Most likely yes. Depending on the viral load along the state of the individual's immunity a vaccine could even make a host to avoid being a non symptomatic transmisor.

>>12664189
I like how politicians are talking about opening borders in one of the few covid free nations in the world, when we don't even know if this vaccine is effective at stopping transmission. If we can't stop a future mutation or if it mutates quickly, this vaccine and the false sense of security it brings could worsen this crisis.

>>12664196
what is the mechanism that stops transmission?
I thought vaccines prevented death from viruses, but I always assumed that it never stopped transmission full stop. Why is able to stop any transmission?

>>12664216
>this vaccine and the false sense of security it brings could worsen this crisis
This is overly dramatic and unrealistic. The rate of mutation will likely not outpace our immune response in vaccinated individuals and even if it does we have the r+d done to modify boosters very easily.

>>12664227
Prelim data suggests it does reduce transmission. The mechanism is likely by reducing viral load and colonization in the nose and mouth.

>>12664236
Data says a lot of things, but I want to know the exact mechanism that does that.
Got any sources? I think I need to read that data.

>>12664232
>This is overly dramatic and unrealistic.
I don't want to be taking a vaccine every 6 months, especially when some people can't be vaccinated. I think vaccines do mildly impact the body and most of the time it's mild and ignorable. But if that becomes regular then it may stop being a mild degradation to the body. I already have a problem with flu shots because my grandparents always became ill after having them.

Nor do I want to compromise my national states effective quarantine by gambling on such things. I think quarantine, at this point in time, is the only solution to solving this crisis. But unfortunately every other national state is ineffective at mobilising it's people into quarantining (my state is weird, we've had town plans and protocols for decades that aimed at curbing pandemics).

>auscultate patient and hear this
>https://youtu.be/OOe73T8tk94?t=83
What do?

>>12662839
This has already happened in the UK

Putt putt I ruined my life

>>12664236
Literally no evidence for anything.
>it reduces severe courses of illness
We can’t know because people at risk weren’t allowed in the trail and Norway already advised to not „vaccinate“ old and very ill people. So basically the only people at risk for a severe clinical course of disease.
>people are less likely to transmit
That’s not even their claim.
>people are less likely to get it
That’s unknown, since they don’t want to release the raw data.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2035389?query=featured_home
We did it boys

>>12664280
get an echo

>>12664271
>I think I need to read that data.
>(You)
>think
Quite an overstatement considering that your question also does imply the fact that you've never came across a basic immunology textbook, or even a "quirky and informative" youtube video.
Next time you want to ask a retarded question bring cash upfront cause I don't teach for free.

>>12664360
It wasn't supposed to be like this Putt Putt-sama

>>12664913
I just realized this picture makes no sense. It implies you are both sitting inside putt putt and watching him get painted at the same time

>>12664513
>Trusting the NEJM
>Implying it's not a part of the military industrial complex run by Bill Gates and other rich assholes
DEUS EX WAS RIGHT

neuroleptics is a psyop right /med/? we can laugh when another psychopath gets lobotomized or a chump gets turned into a vegetable?

all day erryday yeah?

>>12665154
>>12665188
Take your meds

>>12665415
Fucking beta

>nightshift put a patient on polymixin

>>12664280
The meme only works with this
https://youtu.be/6WlI24rv__g

Saw this thread on popular

What's your opinion on pic related?

>>12665554
Shit cliches at every corner of the show.

>>12665554
the actual medicine makes absolutely zero sense, I'm not talking about the premise of the show (rare diseases, """Diagnostician"""), but the actual way medical diagnosis is done is extremely retarded.

zotero freeware for research, is it worth it? I'm looking for programs that can include my references automatically and save them to cloud, any other alternatives? I'm using Apache Open Office + Zotero

>>12665554
still kino tho

>>12650293
got an in-person class today after weeks and months of online classes

pray i don't spill my spaghetti boyz, i'm feeling really nervous ngl. took some beta blockers to block my beta

the lockdowns made me redevelop some highly autistic traits that i had managed to suppress through forced socialization. i've regressed!

>>12665632
>kino
Cuddy is the only cougar worth dumping your load into in that whole show.

>>12666004
Are you seriously telling me you would rather fuck that old hag Jewess than Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Morrison and that chick from the last season?

>>12665554
The medicine part of it is fairly absurd and the show is crammed with cliches. House himself is funny though and Hugh Laurie is great in the role.
What takes me out of it is that House's subordinates do nurse work all the time.

>>12666045
I watched up to season 4.

>>12666064
>he missed the season 5 finale
ooohhh no no no

not that i expected much from a coomer but lmao

>>12650293
hey medfags, math prof. here teaching a stats class geared towards pre-med students. I have a question, are/were the majority of your fellow pre-med/bio major classmates supremely retarded? Every time I teach this class I am amazed at how much more retarded the average student is compared to the previous year. I almost quit today because I, and I'm not making this up, got emails from multiple students asking why 0.26 is not a valid answer for a question whose answer was 0.3. Do they think 0.26 = 0.3? Do they think rounding that much is acceptable? The question was literally just simple by-hand addition and subtraction of 3 numbers, no calculators, no sig figs, yet these folks fucked it up somehow

>>12666055
Mr that is a picture of my wife. It's been posted online without her consent.
Please do take it down and refrain yourself from ever doing this again.

>>12666097
It just became repetitive.

>>12666104
Yes most premeds are retards and that's why they're not allowed to post here.

>>12666104
Are you sure it's a premed thing and not a zoomer sjw indoctrinated shit?

>>12666104
It starts with this huge number of students that major in a hard science or pre-med, but about half drop out or switch majors/get weeded out, the other half actually get into a program. So maybe 1/4 or 1/5 actually achieve their goals.

hey nutrition chads
if I eat under my daily calorie limit but above my daily fat limit, will I lose weight?

>>12666410
Is this bait?

>>12666433
no

>>12666434
Then no.

>>12666436
Can you explain the physiology behind weight gain despite calorie restriction?

>>12666444
Are you paying me for basically schooling your stupid ass?

>>12666444
hes trolling you or just ignorant. Unless your body does ketogenesis weird you should always be losing weight with a caloric deficit.

And it should be obvious that if you're replacing good calories with fat calories, it is possible to go above your calorie limit delta.

>>12666410
chronic calorie deficiency = weightloss
simpl' as

>>12666571
>Unless your body does ketogenesis weird you should always be losing weight
Explain to me how ketogenesis would do this.

>>12666571
anon, ketogenosis occurs in response to a carb deficit, not a calorie deficit.

Can I get a residency in the US as a Dutch medical student?

>>12667168
yes, but it ain't gonna be easy

>>12667218
The residency or the getting in?

>>12667168
You can ask your university about this. Mine won't allow it due to corona however.

I’ve been looking at the way model interviewees talk in med school interview videos and I’ve been thinking, are you actually meant to talk this way on the job? Do the doctors ITT unironically talk that way to their patients? As in all formal and posh.

>>12667328
the residency is what it is, your real problem is getting it in the first place. it aint a cakewalk for IMG's no matter who you are and the rona complicates the situation even more

>>12667796
have you never seen a doctor interact with patient?

>>12667168
Yes. Just get high step scores, apply widely, apply in specialties where it’s relatively easier like IM, and when covid is cleared up then do some electives here and get good lors from your US electives

>>12667800
Obviously I have but do you interact with them in the same way?

>>12667796
Interviews are way different than how we interact with colleagues or patients. Interviews are basically just being a salesman for your cv.

>>12667807
What would be the most competitive I could go specialty wise? Given I would pass the steps with average scores and be willing to go rural.

>>12667893
If average scores and rural, then IM or Peds and sub specialize in something

>>12667893
>>12667904
And by average I hope you mean average for IMGs who match so like 230s to 240s

>apply for both dental school and medical school
>get accepted into dental school
>get rejected from medical school
>learn that specialising in dental school is reliant on course GPA

all I wanted to do was avoid being a gunner and here I am

>>12667990
> specialising in dental school is reliant on course GPA
Wtf
You guys don’t have a step equivalent?
Did you apply DO too?

>>12668006
Australian so there's no DO here.

There are several steps for dental specialisation including examinations but every single person I have spoken to has mentioned how important dental GPA is, and the Uni did the same. Some even said if you aren't top ~5% then you are almost certainly going to be a general dentist. I don't think it's that high but there's certainly a huge emphasis on it compared to medicine.

>>12668054
Damn that sucks
Best of luck man
Do you want to specialize? What are the options? Can only think of maxillofacial and orthodontics

>>12667914
And something like GS, would that most likely be out of reach? And after IM I assume the competitive subspecialties are impossible to get into as well (like gi or cards).

>>12665957
why do you need beta blockers for an in person class?
it's not like you're doing surgery

>>12668138
https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Charting-Outcomes-in-the-Match-2018-IMGs.pdf
Use this guide as a basis.
It's doable but will be tough. You need above average scores for general surgery.
>I assume the competitive subspecialties are impossible to get into as well (like gi or cards)
No as long as you make decent connections during residency and do lots of research

>cadavers cock is like 7 inches long flaccid
Kinda feeling a little inadequate boys

>>12668443
Cut it off

>>12668443
Ever seen the pieces at the body works show? The ones butchered and then preserved in wax? Fuckers had big ass cocks and got me jelly ngl.
I cope by convincing myself that the preservation process somehow makes your cock larger.

Have a 4.0 and 93 percentile mcat and still can’t fucking get an acceptance. Fuck this whole Jewish system

>>12668589
That is some BS. We have a guy at my shitty DO school that got a 523 MCAT and a 3.9 and we were his only acceptance. He had interviews at like Mayo as well. Would probably want to shoot myself if I was him. Point being yea the system is fucked and makes no sense

>>12668743
Man that's so fucked. I wish I applied DO and will likely have to next cycle if I don't get off these 2 waitlists. If I knew you had to be a nigger to get into med school I would've chose something else

>>12668066
thanks mate, sounds like I'll need it. I do actually want to specialise in dentistry rather than do general pathway. I spent a bit of time shadowing ENT surgeons out of interest and loved it, especially head and neck surgery. Oral surgery would be pretty interesting especially working in irradiated mouths if it is still a viable thing when I can specialise as MaxFacs takes a bit of work and we need to do the whole 4 years of medicine here if we want to do it.

would still prefer medicine though all of my med friends have said take dent and run with it

>>12668589
>>12668743
30% increase in applicants means half my apps aren't even reviewed

waiting on results for 2 interviews, but will probably go for podiatry if it doesn't work out. next cycle will be even more competitive and expensive lol

>>12668833
>30% increase in applicants
Holy shit that's massive.

>>12668833
wish you luck man. I'm sure if you were a nig or had some gay quirky story like having HIV you would be autoaccepted. I wouldn't recommend this path to anyone though in the future, I dont see how its sustainable especially with the huge app # increase. Getting in is a gargantuan feat and its becoming more unfeasible every year

Why do I read about so many blood infections starting in peoples jaws? Why so common in that part?

>>12668833
>30% increase
what? is this because everyone is stuck at home with nothing else to do but study for mcat?
all the best anon

>>12668959
I read it's because everyone "got inspiration to become doctors after covid and being affected by it".

Who is easier to treat generally, overweight or underweight patients?

>>12668965
>"got inspiration to become doctors after covid and being affected by it"
what a fucking joke
probably more to do with how many likes nursoid tik toks and omg this is totally like me crying posts get

>>12669005
i found the article i read about it.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/942170588/fauci-effect-drives-record-number-of-medical-school-applications

>Stanford University School of Medicine reports a 50% jump in the number of applications, or 11,000 applications for 90 seats
>"That, I think, may have a lot to do with the fact that people look at Anthony Fauci, look at the doctors in their community and say, 'You know, that is amazing. This is a way for me to make a difference,'" said Kristen Goodell, associate dean of admissions at the school of medicine at BU.

lmao

>>12669027
It pleases me greatly knowing that the vast majority of them will never get through.

Also I'm not American but what has Fauci done to get such a supposed spotlight anyway?

General IM. Based or cringe?

>>12669005
more like the fact that it's a steady job even with the pandemic going on

>>12669137
kinda cringe, why not do both

>Presenting complaint
>History of Presenting Complaint
>Past Medical History incl prescription drug history
>Allergies
>Family History
>Social History
>Systems Enquiry

>>12669411
More like:
Chief complaint
HPI
PMH
Sx/Fx
MedHx
ROS
Slap on the ass
Out the door you go

My gf (male) is menstruating. What do?

>>12650352
Post nose and hair

>>12650293
>We discuss research
>used in vaccine
nanocircles
>explain<

>>12669444
W- what?

>>12668833
Dude wtf
>>12668965
Lol. I can imagine all the personal statements now

>>12669137
Based but only if hospitalist senior attending who takes no shit from admins
otherwise cringe af

>>12669411
>>12669438
>forgetting about the most important part of history
the 3 minute firm handshake

>>12669506
>hospitalist who takes no shit from admins
good fucking luck

>>12669517
If you make the most money for the hospital then you can do whatever you want. I've seen it a bunch of times. You can't do it in major hospitals but it's possible.

>>12669506
What about a nocturnist? Would you have to take shit still?

>studied nursery for 3 years
>earn 80k
your turn, medfags

>sexually harassed by the nurses again

>>12669630
hey uh can I get a accucheck q1h? thanks ;)

>>12669630
>has to do nurse work
>your turn, medfags
Boy you sure got us there

>>12668953
your mouth and genitals are main entry for microbes.

>>12668986
big if true

>>12669444
treat for hemorrhoid

>>12669630
you should wear that black lingerie because i'm going to pound you tonight

>>12669137
Nothing wrong with it. Become a hospitalist with a 7 day on/7 day off schedule and enjoy life.

>>12668475
>tfw 15cm when erect
>tfw too ashamed to measure it while flaccid
One of these days bros...one of these days.

>>12668864
>I'm sure if you were a nig or had some gay quirky story like having HIV you would be autoaccepted.

lol, on one of my interviews, i was basically the token white guy. then we had an hour long presentation on diversity, i shit you not. some of the med students at this school regularly march for gun control and black lives matter


all the DO seats all getting filled by harvard level applicants, according to adcoms, which blows. I had very competitive DO stats, applied to 20 DO schools, yet have had one interview this cycle

at least podiatry doesn't have any of this bullshit, just a problem with inconsistent salary and scope of practice

NEW
>>12670010
>>12670010
>>12670010

>studied medicine for five years
>earn 20k
>$6 an hour

>>12668986
none

do you get enough sleep /med/?

Is general IM literally a meme (unless you wanna match into cardiology or smth) I like the "puzzle" aspect but idk if it's worth it. Pls