/med/icine general

[Anonymous No.15441100]

homosexual cell gave me aids and cancer edition

Previous: >>15397116

We discuss research, DO NOT offer advice (just fucking go see your doctor), make fun of premeds and shitpost.
Keep vaccination/clamping/vitamin K/soliciting advice out of this thread and start your own because it takes a lot of space

[Anonymous No.15441102]

No /med/ for 4 days makes Homer go crazy.

[Anonymous No.15441103]

why is nearly a majority of neuro research fake?
why is over 25% of all other research fake?
is any of it worth discussing at all, given the high likelihood of the research in questions being fake?
also my informed opinion says that genetics research is probably just as bad if not worse than neuro

[Ghosto No.15441109]

>>15441100
I used to talk to chat gpt and I talked to it a lot about biology.

Anyways, the weird thing is I'm seeing research in Journals publishing things related to my discussion with the bot.


So, has there been any news stories about some crazy person arguing with a robot and knowing advanced biology?

[Anonymous No.15441111]

>>15441103
Next level of assessment would be looking at systematic reviews/meta-analyses that inform practice guidelines and seeing how many of these shit papers are included there. Until you show that, it's a nothing burger. Shit journals will publish shit papers.

[Ghosto No.15441115]

>>15441103
If you have people doing science who aren't smart enough to come up with new ideas then what do you think they will do?

Idk if they are necessarily fake, but they may have no new info.

Genetics they actually made a lot of advances recently in April

[Anonymous No.15441117]

>>15441100
Is there anybody who still believes in germ theory here? Why did all the COVID prottests end with no spread whatsoever?

[Anonymous No.15441122]

>>15441102
Fucking hell. Schizos coming out of the walls within 10 minutes of posting.

[Ghosto No.15441124]

>>15441122
>tfw the voices start getting louder

[Anonymous No.15441990]

Is uworld enough for the mcat? I dont want to study Kaplan books, all the KA material, do 3000 Anki cards, all on top of last year studies. Reddit is toxic for advice since they recommend spending 1000 hours studying which is fucking retarded

[Anonymous No.15442031]

Got a rectal exam for hemorrhoids today. Fuck I hate it.

[Anonymous No.15442045]

>>15441990
do the content review then do uworld
routinely do full length practice exams
>reddit bad
your options are sdn, reddit, or grifters on youtube and facebook

[Anonymous No.15442230]

Has anyone else here become less selfish through medicine? I don't know if selfish is the right word but seeing demented people or people with locked-in syndrome has really shown how selfish I've been.
Before seeing that kind of shit, I wanted all sorts of things like my own house and stuff but now I'm just content with living with my parents. They sometimes get on my nerves but I know I'll get over it soon unlike those with incurable conditions.

[Anonymous No.15442374]

>>15442230
No, it's made me more cynical and self-focused. Fuck entitled boomers.

[Anonymous No.15442394]

>>15442374
>Fuck entitled boomers.
What did a boomer do to you?

[Anonymous No.15442450]

>>15442230
This has to be bait

[Anonymous No.15442658]

>>15442450
How could it be considered bait?

[Anonymous No.15442784]

Does enduring a slight fever actually help with COVID? Or is it better to just coast it on antipyretics?

[VIRUSES DON'T EXIST No.15443026]

>>15441100
very stupid shilling

[Anonymous No.15443051]

>>15443026
based schizo

[VIRUSES DON'T EXIST No.15443076]

>>15443051
> based
btw, also psyop.

[Anonymous No.15443346]

>>15443026
OP's pic is not related to viruses, retard.

[VIRUSES DON'T EXIST No.15443358]

>>15443346
you obviously didn't read its text

[Anonymous No.15443369]

>>15443358
OP is clearly riffing off faggot cell with the fact that leukemia reduces your immunity because you have shit cells. Stop making yourself look like a retard, schizo.

[VIRUSES DON'T EXIST No.15443467]

>>15443369
OP is a shill, and you are samefag

[Anonymous No.15443614]

Did lucy letby really kill all those babies deliberately?

[Anonymous No.15443707]

If this is /med/ who was answering my typewriter this last week?

[Anonymous No.15443709]

>>15441100
What may be possible reasons of one of my foot (the right one) being more rotated outward than the other? Here i dorsiflexed them from a relaxed state. Kinda fucks with me on running squatting etc.

[Anonymous No.15443964]

I worked my ass off 2 years in a row since second year so that I could sit this prize exam, only to get fucked in it.

As soon as I left the exam, I started thinking of things I could've said to impress the examiners more and gain more marks. My breadth of knowledge wasn't the issue, but it was rather the fact that I can't fucking cope with being under pressure, in an environment like that.

It was announced a few days ago that this exam would be held today, and I've been working 8-12 hours a day so that I can win, so that my hard work over the past few years bears some fruit. Now, in third year, I haven't won any prizes, which is a huge asymmetry and inconsistence with previous years where I was top of my class. I fell off.

I wouldn't care as much if I hadn't tried, but this is making me suicidal. I am no longer the best; I am a midwit that spun his wheels and couldn't get anywhere. Being smart, winning prizes and such is how I determine my self-worth, and justify my existence.
If I'm not exceptional, why should I exist? what right do I have to exist, it's just fucking around and being mediocre and eating and shitting and fucking around in "Life". Life means nothing to me if I am not exceptional.

This time I have pushed myself beyond my boundaries, limits, and still fucking lost. Well, I don't really know yet, it all happened a few hours ago. But what I do know is that I didn't perform as well as I ought to have. I didn't demonstrate the breadth of knowledge I had, all because I choked on the fucking day, 20 minutes of examiners asking me questions flew by with me seeming, after all this hard work, as if I was throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. Tragic, really. Normally I would call this an absurdity and move on past it in a state of comfort, I enjoy such feelings of absurdities since they make me zoom out and realize nothing matters in this grand scheme.

But this absolutely raped my self-esteem, and my will to continue existing.

[Anonymous No.15443967]

>>15443964
I fucking tried hard for two years, only to get raw-dogged by the reality, fucking choking on the day. I knew everything, I knew more than anyone else. Why didn't it come out? Only God knows. I usually say amor fati, embrace fate, but this is too big a blow for me, considering how much work I have put into it. Perhaps soon this will be seen as an absurdity by me, and I will be able to better cope with it, but in this acute phase, I don't really have a reason for living.

Picture working so hard and you can't cut through,

that can mess up your whole life like an uncle that touched you

What has the world come to?
I'm from the 312,

Where cops don't come thruu

And DREAMS don't come TRUE.

[Anonymous No.15444099]

>>15443964
>>15443967
That is cool and all Midwit-chan, but how do I unsuscribe from your blog?

[Anonymous No.15444187]

>>15443964
I studied for 8 month only to fail step 2. Its not the end of the world.

[Anonymous No.15444292]

>>15443964
jesus christ shut up you annoying cunt, just keep studying and stop bothering this general

[Anonymous No.15444383]

About to start applied medical phys this summer. Any tips for studying, etc? All my studying thus far has been with medical microbiology and immunology, so my anatomy is kind of shit.

[Anonymous No.15444512]

>>15444383
Anatomy is gay shit.

[Anonymous No.15444596]

>>15443964
>>15443967
This is you

>>15444383
Do you guys get cadaver courses? I love anatomy but it gets autistic real quick, studying the major structures and relations beforehand and then deepening your knowledge with cadaver work is probably the best way to get a grasp for it. Either way, don't let yourself get bogged down by variations and really minor structures, study it in layers

[Anonymous No.15444644]

>>15444596
Me in the left.

[Anonymous No.15444836]

>>15444596
Yeah, it's like 4-5 of us to a cadaver. First off I have to get through the drudgery of Guyton and Hall's Medical Physiology.

[Anonymous No.15445481]

>>15441100
Family Medicine in the EU is probably safe from AI fuckery right? I would rather not become a surgeon.
If AI ever starts to do a Doctors job, its probably the general practitioner that will benefit the most from it, right? Instead of having to refer your weird EKG to a Cardiologist or a weird skin condition to Derm you will just do it yourself with the help of AI.
You will also always have your job as a prescription drone and sick day authority.

[Anonymous No.15446572]

Can COVID get worse after some consecutive days of feeling better?

Also why is it so long of an infection? It is literally twice the days of a flu.

[VIRUSES DON'T EXIST No.15446592]

>>15446572
no.
> anime pedo face
shill

[Anonymous No.15447075]

Kinda scared my autism is going to filter me from fellowships. It's not crazy competitive but my rotations I never get glowing evals or anything. I'm a hard worker, but I'm not very likeable and very quiet. This field is not set up for spergs to succeed. Which I guess is for the best, from the patients' perspective.

[Anonymous No.15447083]

>>15447075
Anesthesia/Intensive Care/Pathology/Rads/Nuclear Medicine still exist.
You're filtering yourself pal.

[Anonymous No.15447087]

>>15447083
Yeah I want ICU fellowship. At least at my program everybody is fairly gregarious.

[Anonymous No.15447123]

>>15447087
You have to train yourself to be gregarious or perish. I hate the inauthenticity of it but it pays the bills.

[Anonymous No.15447172]

>>15441103
Every physician I've met has been a very immoral person, I don't see why researchers would be better. So why wouldn't they fake shit?

[Anonymous No.15447179]

how bad is it that I eat the fleas I pick off my cat

[Anonymous No.15447185]

>>15447179
It's fine bro, nice protein boost.

[Anonymous No.15447209]

>>15441100
idk whats reasonable for a student to be doing in the OR, right now im basically delegated to retractor holding and tail cutting and i only got allowed to suture a tiny little port site. my classmates apparently have gotten to suture a lot more, do deep dermals and not just subq stitches, drive the camera etc how do i get people to let me do more without being annoying? im really meek so its like a huge exertion to even be bold enough to ask if i can close but im trying ):

[Anonymous No.15447219]

>>15447209
It depends on the attending mainly. If you mention you are into surgery and are engaged they will probably let you do more. If you know the resident you could ask them before the case as well if it would be cool to ask or not. They'll be able to give you an idea on how it would be perceived

[Anonymous No.15447235]

>>15447219
yeah true, the residents usually do some of the closing and i do feel more comfortable asking them than the attending. i guess im just bummed because i got turned down last time i asked bc the attending was concerned about cosmesis and the resident didnt feel comfortable letting me suture bc of that. theres another student finishing up the rotation as im starting it and i cant help but wonder if he gets to do more than i do, not like in a jealous way but in a what am i doing wrong that he is doing right kind of way

[Anonymous No.15447262]

I am trying to lance a chalazion on my upper eyelid. It's too firm to come out through a pinhole, so I am going to have to use an xacto knife. Would it be reasonable to make an incision from above/outside the eyelid? I wear glasses so I have to be very close to the mirror and going in from underneath is a bit dicey. Also should the incision be made vertically or horizontally.

[Anonymous No.15447307]

>>15447262
you are going to scar yourself for no reason. why do you feel the need to lance it?

[Anonymous No.15447313]

>>15447307
My opthomologist won't see me sooner than a month.

[Anonymous No.15447319]

Why is it always about controlling positive symptoms, but not getting rid of negative symptoms? Why not make positive symptoms go in overdive? I didn't get answer for other question I asker or different one I could use so we go with this one

[Anonymous No.15447521]

I hate contact lenses. All these faggots refuse to wear glasses and want me to spend forever doing trial and error until one fits them. I hope they get acanthamoeba.

[Anonymous No.15447548]

>>15441111
checked

[Anonymous No.15447554]

>>15447262
i wouldnt risk it. you risk cutting the levator like a retard and giving yourself a ptosis. also dont want to cut near the lid margin/lacrimal ducts+glands. depending on your state, you can see if you can get in quicker with an optometrist.

[Anonymous No.15448330]

>>15444836
Physiology is the principal subject of clinical medicine, it's worth the effort, even if you forget a shitton again. 4-5 at a cadaver is a good ratio, detailed anatomy is pretty useless for most specs, but gaining good a spacial understanding for the human situs translates into clinical applications, cadaver work is a very usefull way of getting that, so dig in when you have the chance.

[Anonymous No.15448342]

if you could match both, would you pick dermatology or ophthalmology?

[Anonymous No.15448343]

>>15442658
are you retarded? have you worked one day in the hospital?

[Anonymous No.15448346]

>>15447209
Scapelnigger attendings can be a rough sort, accept that you'll probably not be on good terms with them and get screamed at for nonsense and still ask anyways. Had similiar situation back on surg rotation and since they can't really fuck with you for asking, I just kept asking and eventually the attending let me go from retractor holder, to suction holder, to sutures and camera holding, while constantly getting angry that I didn't do it fast or correct enough. But if you're actually interested in surgery, not being bothered by a choleric attending being mad or screaming at you is an important quality to cultivate early on

[Anonymous No.15448354]

>>15445481
anything procedural is safest

[Anonymous No.15448440]

Unironically what are people with dementia actually like to deal with? Australian police have gotten in the shit lately for tasering some 95 year old demented woman who was threatening them with a steak knife, and the resulting fall fractured her skull and hip

[Anonymous No.15448491]

>>15448343
>are you retarded? have you worked one day in the hospital?
I don't know why you think I'm retarded? I used to work in the EM before I got into medical school, hence seeing the demented people and locked-in syndrome.

[Anonymous No.15448626]

>>15448440
very difficult to deal with, people with severe dementia shouldn't live alone.

[Anonymous No.15448632]

>>15448491
ah you're one of those people

[Anonymous No.15448676]

>>15448632
>ah you're one of those people
Am I supposed to get jaded and burnt out over time or something? I don't know why you think I'm baiting.

[Anonymous No.15448730]

>>15448676
I don't think you're baiting. Not jaded and burnt out but just used to it, give it a few years.

[Anonymous No.15448753]

>>15448730
>Not jaded and burnt out but just used to it, give it a few years.
I mean I'm used to seeing people dying but seeing people with Dementia or traumatic brain injuries really bums me out.

[Anonymous No.15448860]

>>15448440
It can present in various ways, they can be anxious and extremly agitated, or very relaxed and almost carless like a child, some turn more or less catatonic. All of them are a pain in the ass to deal with either way, and in clinics or nursing homes you'll usually encounter the agitated angry type, which is especially bad if they're wanderers. The relaxed types can be pretty funny though

[Anonymous No.15448867]

>>15445481
>thinking FM is safe from automation
>thinking surgery is safe from automation

Anon,considering the potential advancements in AI, it's worth questioning whether Family Medicine (FM) will remain unaffected. The European Union is currently facing a significant shortage of FM doctors compared to other specialties. If AI is introduced, it's possible that FM could be the first to experience its impact. AI could assist in triaging patients and making referrals to other specialties without requiring initial appointments. Only if this initial step fails would patients need to visit a doctor in person. Furthermore, if other specialties become automated, professionals in those fields may transition to FM, saturating the job market

Secondly, let's consider the potential automation of surgery. AI could offer assistance in tasks such as visual recognition of borders to dissect and vessel mapping using camera data, AI could simultaneously avoid the complications of surgery that come from surgeon's mistakes. While AI-assisted tools may find their place in surgical procedures, it's unlikely that surgeons would be entirely replaced, particularly in emergency scenarios. Additionally, the cost of implementing robotic systems for surgery remains a significant factor that could limit widespread adoption. It's worth noting that if AI were to impact clinical specialties first, there would likely be saturation of other job markets, particularly the surgical field.

[Anonymous No.15448929]

>>15448867
You fundmentally misunderstand how the EU works, it's not about efficiency or saving costs, it's a about an ever expanding byzantine bureaucracy that employs more and more people that form a stable loyal voting block. People losing their jobs = bad, and unless the EMA gets automated, it won't automate physicians, it's really not complicated, there's a reason the EU is a start-up wastland, why else do you think they intend to implement draconian AI-restrictions? Don't get me wrong, it won't stay out of medicine, but it will have a giant collar of regulations and insurance dependencies around it's neck and likely be nothing more than a symptom checker or UI helper in the foreseeable future. The only position it could meaningfully replace is clinical pharmacy and we barely have those to begin with.

[Anonymous No.15449044]

>>15448753
nah, I don't think most are that aware.

[Anonymous No.15449465]

>>15448491
>EM
Confirmed retard.

[Anonymous No.15449725]

sus

[Anonymous No.15450141]

>>15441103
relating to your point i want to say this

>riluzole for ALS
>tpa for stroke
>intensive BP control in acute ICH
>tenectaplase for stroke when tpa patent ends
>in general overmedicating and running offbrand cardiology treatments for stroke just to get them big fat bucks $$$
and most recently (and most fucked up of all)
>lecanemab for alzheimer


NEUROLOGY is one of the most captured by pharma specs due to the nature of the disease
it has stroke which is the heart disease of the brain. Huge potential to make big money off lifelong medicating.
devastating chronic diseases for which pharma makes some drug, runs a corporate trial to find a minor clinically insignificant benefit. Than bribes the FDA and boom - standard of care. It is WAAAY more profitable to make a shit drug and bribe the FDA than to actually invest a large sum of money into some experimental new treatment that might work well, but it's risky for the bottom line.

idk if other specialties suffer from the above, I suspect they do. I'd like to hear examples from your specialties

[Anonymous No.15450154]

>>15448867
>AI could assist in triaging patients and making referrals to other specialties without requiring initial appointments. Only if this initial step fails would patients need to visit a doctor in person. Furthermore, if other specialties become automated, professionals in those fields may transition to FM, saturating the job market
This is probably the least important part of being a FM and an AI making referals in the near future is a ridiculous idea to anyone.
What you are saying is that since there is a giant shortage of FM docs people will try to use AI to make their work more efficient, which will only benefit FM docs, especially since most of them own their own practice.

[Anonymous No.15450170]

um bros...

[Anonymous No.15450217]

>>15450170
>going to a school that has rankings
At least you're not last...

[Anonymous No.15450285]

Thinking of getting this bad boy tattooed on my forehead. The issue is my EMT-b pay can either cover this or a duty belt + jaws of life & handcuffs I will carry on aforementioned belt. What do I choose med bros? I work IFT for AMR

[Anonymous No.15450365]

>>15450285
You could afford both and a
plate carrier with an "EMT HERO" patch if you lobbied for higher pay despite the fact that you probably forgotten all of your clinical knowledge and manual skills, and can barely complete one cycle of CPR before becoming gassed.

[Anonymous No.15450437]

>>15450365
I would but I think it would clash with my "I race the reaper" patch, thanks for the suggestion though

[Anonymous No.15450656]

>>15448342
ophthalmology

[Anonymous No.15450660]

>>15448342
Derm

[Anonymous No.15451565]

Is every GI issue caused by muh ibs and every form of fatigue, pain or discomfort caused by muh depression now?

[Anonymous No.15451750]

I have a question. First of all I had been to the doctor but had been neglected, so I want to investigate on my own or go with something more concrete.
But anyways, do you know the feeling when you stand up too fast and you feel lightheaded for a moment? So my symptoms are that I have this feeling all the time, but not as intense, just feeling a little dizzy and my balance is bad. But occasionally I also have big, random dizziness that last 1-5 seconds and it's more intense, I feel like out of oxygen my lower back is tingling.
What could cause this? I have this for over a year and it makes me very depressed not being able to find a remedy. I think either something with blood pressure or related to anxiety or brain damage. I don't want any diagnosis, just some opinion from someone who knows something more about medicine.

[Anonymous No.15451827]

I start shadowing a doctor as of next week, what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.15451870]

>>15451827
>I start shadowing a doctor as of next week, what am I in for?
How did an autist like you even ask a doctor for shadowing?

[Anonymous No.15451939]

>>15451750
Could be a lot of things. From what you are describing here are some things to google

>benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
>orthostatic hypertension
>vasovagal syncope
>carotid stenosis
>brain tumor
>psychogenic

[Anonymous No.15451943]

>>15451827
I hated shadowing but I'm socially inept. It's a lot of standing and doing nothing. All while being intermittently ingratiating because you have to ask them to write you a rec letter.

[Anonymous No.15451958]

>>15441100
Just learned I got lung disease recently. Shit sucks but it probably won’t be that bad I hope

[Anonymous No.15451964]

>>15451958
Yeah i guess it depends. Asthma isn't so bad. Mesothelioma on the other hand...

[Anonymous No.15451980]

>>15451870
My cousin is a physician and she asked one of her seniors on my behalf.
>>15451943
Did you get a better perspective on what it's like to work in a hospital? And did you get to help out at all?

[Anonymous No.15451991]

>>15451980
>And did you get to help out at all?
no i did nothing. some people i talked to did stuff but generally you have no hospital privileges so it's a liability.

>>15451980
>a better perspective on what it's like to work in a hospital?
somewhat. i shadowed a hospitalist and he just wrote notes the majority of the time. em guy and fm guy i got to see them interact with more patients. ortho guy was just watching a surgery.

[Anonymous No.15452109]

>>15451939
Thanks
Carotid stenosis fits a lot, since I also feel tension in the right side of my neck
So I'll go to the doctor again with the description of my symptoms and ask to be diagnosed for this

[Anonymous No.15452292]

made a meme

[Anonymous No.15452360]

>>15451980
>My cousin is a physician and she asked one of her seniors on my behalf.
Your cousin loves you very much. Shadowing is so hard to get if no one in your family is a physician.

[Anonymous No.15452468]

>>15452360
She definitely does, I made sure to let her know how much I appreciate it

[Anonymous No.15452709]

Hello /med/, you probably recognize me from the televisions! I am 46th president of the United States Joe Biden here to Build Back Better! and Finish the Job!
I’m here seeking your advice, since that miserable faggot Beccera cant stop running his mouth about malarkey doo dads and what not I come to you, the brightest doctors, medical students and premeds (Kamala giggles like a retard) in these here 50 United States. My question?
How do we solve the obesity epidemic in this country

[Anonymous No.15452712]

>>15452709
Hi this is me with a timestamp

[Anonymous No.15452771]

why do i have a ring of blackheads around my anus?

[Anonymous No.15452916]

>>15452709
Deportation of all Blacks to Liberia and Mexicans. Instantly reduce obesity 60-70%.
You also get added bonuses like a balanced budget.

[Anonymous No.15452930]

>>15452771
pic or didnt happen

[Anonymous No.15453058]

>>15441100
Is Turbo Cancer real?

[Anonymous No.15453554]

Liver coloured thick, segment like patches (some with spiky bits) are eroded stomach and intestine bits, right?

[Anonymous No.15453630]

>>15452292
>Oi! Got a loicense to not 'ave an MHC class I protein mate? Time to get lysed innit? Innerferon alpha an beta guv.

[Anonymous No.15453782]

when are we going to solve evolution? we have thousands of people dying each day - all we have to do is solve the small we already solved the large.

[Anonymous No.15453791]

>>15453782

this is our large ('universe') we got the rust bucket, hitler was the last person to speak about our right, and it belongs to me now. but our small ('dna') could take forever.

[Anonymous No.15453793]

>>15453791

we could really be something, out there - in that great cafeteria.

[Anonymous No.15454277]

>>15447185
kek

[Anonymous No.15454287]

>>15450437
lol

[Anonymous No.15454605]

Hey guys I'm writing a medical short story
It'll be about a woman who has gone into a lot of debt trying to treat her 8 year old daughter who suffers a lot of pain and also can't really communicate anymore
The woman will be trying out experimental treatments, are there any really generic experimental techniques which I could just shove into the story?
I was thinking maybe some kind of autism with seizures maybe

[Anonymous No.15454610]

>>15454605
Btw it is a horror story about how much I hate alternative medicine so the actual condition isn't important

[Anonymous No.15454717]

>>15454605
make fun of the thalidomide crisis and then make her take the corona vaccine

[Anonymous No.15455266]

>>15454605
Hit woman with stick. Check kid for viral and then neurological causes
t.not a doctor
>>15454610
Same applies, me thinks

[Anonymous No.15455894]

So are we going to have functional regenerative dentistry within the next 20 years, or not? All this research and nothing ever happens.

[Anonymous No.15456006]

actually diagnosed with autism (can hide it well enough) and planning to start application process next cycle. should i bring it up with adcoms?

would they see it as a form overcoming adversity or would i just be dismissed as a retard

[Anonymous No.15456199]

>>15456006
MCAT and GPA?
>inb4 you haven't taken the MCAT yet

[Anonymous No.15456276]

>>15456199
3.67 515
~1.5k clinical hours, 50 shadowing
~500 research hours, no pubs
~1k non-clinical community service

[Anonymous No.15456291]

>>15456276
Damn, you are powerful. Why aren't you applying right now? And don't talk about your autism btw.

[Anonymous No.15456477]

>>15454605
trepannation and pyrotherapy, neither are really alternative medicine but they're both highly dangerous and outdated (so not experimental) procedures that schizos are likely to gush over
laetrile for cancers

[Anonymous No.15456552]

Is inattentive agnosia when you overlook or can't see objects in plain view as they seemingly blend in even when taking your time unless contrast (between background and object) is extreme or you feel them manually?

[Anonymous No.15456894]

>>15456006
dont bring it up, retard.

[Anonymous No.15456941]

How can I get a job at a medical AI company? I'm already a doctor

[Anonymous No.15456991]

Is it normal to walk out of STEP1 and feel like you absolutely failed that fucking thing?

[Anonymous No.15457177]

>>15456291
>Why aren't you applying right now?
i want to turn projected hours into actual ones
>don't talk about your autism
i won't but why not?

[Anonymous No.15457354]

>>15450170
Most competent physician on 4chan

[Anonymous No.15457372]

>>15456991
Yes. I also feel the same after I end every UW block

[Anonymous No.15457487]

>>15441100
Got my mcat scores recently
516 with a 132 in CARS
I'm cumming

[Anonymous No.15457688]

Is this stomach/intestine lining or something else?

[Anonymous No.15457767]

>>15441100
Best specialty that will let me work 1 day per week and earn enough just to buy food and necessities? I hate being a doctor, I’d rather be a neet thank you

[Anonymous No.15457786]

>>15457688
It's mucus

[Anonymous No.15457876]

How many of you who are actual medical doctors would want to move to Mars during the first years of colonization? I assume doctors will be some of the highest priority personnel, but would you be willing to go? And if so what are your requirements and where are you from?

If not, why not?

Also, would a colony with enough doctors still need nurses and medical technicians?

[Anonymous No.15457884]

>>15457876
Lol, asking the real questions

[Anonymous No.15457900]

>>15457786
Can mucus be this dense? I had a lot of muchs prior, but it was liquid/gooey not solid

[Anonymous No.15457901]

>>15457900
*mucus

[Anonymous No.15457909]

>>15457767
ENT. That was my plan before picking my actual spec.
>>15457876
I don’t think Mars will need anesthesiologists anytime soon. Stupid ass question anyway.

[Anonymous No.15457922]

>>15457909
What's stupid about it? You just don't think colonization is realistic? Or you think there will be so many volunteers that the answer is obvious? Or the topic is just impractical or irrelevant?

Aren't surgeons and anesthesiologists irreplaceable on a colony that has to perform its own emergency medical care?

[Anonymous No.15457929]

I heard that 75% of doctors are on antidepressants.

[Anonymous No.15457960]

>>15457929
so?

[Anonymous No.15458156]

>>15457929
Me? Antidepressants + antipsychotics.

[Anonymous No.15458181]

>>15458156
Why antipsychotics?

[Anonymous No.15458198]

>>15457929
I’m a psychiatrist and I would never take what I prescribe lmao
The lifestyle is amazing, I recommend it to anyone sitting on the fance specialtywise.

[Anonymous No.15458241]

>>15458181
I turn maniacal as soon as the antidepressant hits.

[Anonymous No.15458357]

>>15458241
Why is that bad?

[Anonymous No.15458401]

>>15457688
>>15457786
Still if it's just mucus why does it have mouth and why did I pass several bits like these (some smaller, some way bigger)? I thought they are flukes

[Anonymous No.15458622]

>>15458357
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction? It is already happening to some extent in our own society. Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable.

[Anonymous No.15458725]

>>15458622
I mean. I do take ritalin to mitigate my own retardation (cognitive deficits) and to be less insufferable to other people by being sleepy and overtly calm, but I was asking about how AP helps in his case since unlike antidepressants there are adverse effects that are likely to happen and might be permament

[Anonymous No.15458761]

>Tennessee passed new legislation that lets FMG's achieve US licensure without doing a US residency program
https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/18/doctors-trained-outside-us-licensing-tennessee/
RIP our wages and job market burgerbros

[Anonymous No.15458771]

/fit/ here,

If I take steroids to go beyond my genetic muscular max, will my kid's genetic potential be naturally higher as a result?

Serious question, I want to minxmaxx my future kids.

[Anonymous No.15458786]

>>15458771
you should worry about that poor kid's IQ instead

[Anonymous No.15458807]

>>15456991
I took step 1 a week ago. When I left it was a blur and I thought I did worse than usual because it was so taxing mentally and I was a little sleep deprived. A week later, I felt better because a lot of the questions I remembered were straight forward and easy. I feel dumb as shit because I didn't do any NBME's, I just did 65% of Uworld and the free 120 which were good. I'm a DO student so my attention was split between COMLEX and Step resources. Tell me it will be ok bros.

[Anonymous No.15458842]

>>15458401
Typically known as a mucus plug. If they're brown and solid like that, you're more than likely fighting an infection. Any blood in your sputum?

[Anonymous No.15458916]

>>15447262
Medical cartel BTFO, my procedure was successful. I watched a bunch of yt vids of the operation and ended up just inverting my eyelid and slitting it open purely by feel. I would have come back sooner to gloat but I caught a weekend ban for racism. Suck it nerds

[Anonymous No.15458938]

food tasted a bit vinegary today
but no vinegar
checked sauce that was used, expired 2015
cap was not popped I don't think
no worries or should I start writing my will?

[Anonymous No.15458952]

>>15458761
I should have gone to a Carribean school.

[Anonymous No.15458954]

>>15458952
And STAT news is gay liberal trash btw.

[Anonymous No.15458960]

>>15458938
drink the rest
if you die immediately it was probably bad for you

[Anonymous No.15458986]

>>15458842
Yes, my ass is bleeding and I've been dealing with chronic constipation since march
>infection
Candida in pee pee (as clotrimazole works) + fron what I could see in my shit and going by symptoms that I had for more than year (mainly feeling freezing cold even when it's 30C+, rabidly hungry and immense exhaustion), persistent infection with tapeworm, hookworms (?) and pinworms (pyrantel and now mebendazole works, but it's either not enough to kill them all off or I keep getting reinfected as symptoms come back 2-3 weeks after each round)

[Anonymous No.15459057]

>>15458771
Steroids don't change your genes. Your son will be a manlet too.

[Anonymous No.15459060]

>>15457876
I don't trust Elon Musk or anyone else for that matter not fucking up something so complicated.

[Anonymous No.15459064]

>>15458986
Well there you go. Mucus plugs are common in fungal infections.

[Anonymous No.15459075]

>>15459064
I see. Thanks

[Anonymous No.15459082]

>>15459075
It sounds like you're going to eventually die from these infections man...

[Anonymous No.15459094]

>>15458198
I'd try but I am autistic.

[Anonymous No.15459097]

>>15459082
No worries. If second round of mebendazole by end of this weekend won't be enough then as per my doctor advice, I shall rush my ass to viral hospital

[Anonymous No.15459105]

>>15458761
>https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/18/doctors-trained-outside-us-licensing-tennessee/
Lel

Also, saw this in recommended.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/09/make-it-easier-foreign-trained-health-professionals-work-in-us/
Why did't she just pass USMLE?

[Anonymous No.15459107]

>>15459097
Ew are you foreign?

[Anonymous No.15459110]

>>15459107
I indeed do live in second world country (P*land)

[Anonymous No.15459253]

>>15459110
Nah Poland is based. Fuck shitskin rapefugees.

[Anonymous No.15459277]

>>15458761
fucking immigrants coming to take our jobs (unironically)

[Anonymous No.15459397]

>>15441117
I've seen germs under a microscope. When little animals crawl around you, some of them will bite you, try to eat bits of your skin, poop etc.

[Anonymous No.15459588]

>>15459397
How do you show causality between animals that are on your skin the entire time versus getting sick?

[Anonymous No.15459612]

Is there any way to profit from finding a pre-existing substance for a disease that did not have any treatment options? For example, caffeine was found to treat symptoms of ADCY5-Related Dyskinesia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35384065/

Would there be any way that the researchers could profit from this?

[Anonymous No.15459639]

>>15452292
>>15453630
Upvoted.

[Anonymous No.15459647]

>>15459612
Pharma does this already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-throughput_screening

[Anonymous No.15459648]

>>15459105
kek

[Anonymous No.15459662]

>>15459105
>Why did't she just pass USMLE?
Ummm because its hard as fuck?

[Anonymous No.15459665]

>>15459647
Ok, but I doubt a company could patent a pre-existing molecule like caffeine to treat a novel disease. But if this is the case, how would a company profit from this?

[Anonymous No.15459670]

>>15459665
You change the molecule slightly to improve pharmacokinetics and then you can patent it.

[Anonymous No.15459671]

>>15458761
I already think we're too light with admission standards for foreign doctors in europe, within the EU it's mostly fine but I've seen some very dubious foreign physicians, mostly surgeons, who failed at performing really basic shit while their grasp on the language is so limited that I just can't understand how they managed to pass the fluency requirements in the first place. If you have to leech physicians from other countries, at least make it a tight selection based on education and training standards

>>15459612
Don't think so, if you can't slap a patent on it doctors would "ideally" use generics so there's not much pofit to be made from manufacturing, at best it'll help you compete for research grants. Maybe if you can fix the studies enough to give some proprietary version of yours a slight advantage you might make some cash either way, they've been kind of doing that with insulin for a while now

[Anonymous No.15459673]

>>15459671
>>15459670
Makes sense. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.15459725]

>>15459670
Does that means we could make caffeine more potent or minimize foul taste of it so it's easier to guzzle it?

[Anonymous No.15460025]

Any idea how in hell did iron relieved my constipation pretty much immediately?

[Anonymous No.15460164]

>>15460025
It's relieve, you ESL

[Anonymous No.15460382]

>ct surgeon

[Anonymous No.15460462]

>>15460164
No, it isn't. It's relieved, because it refers to thing that happened aka easing constipation

[Anonymous No.15460514]

>>15460462
learn2english

[Anonymous No.15461007]

>>15460514
I already did, you pompous midwit

[Anonymous No.15461137]

>>15460462
You already used "did", which is past tense.
Nta but "relieve" is correct.

[Anonymous No.15461249]

I'm very tempted to do paeds just to avoid old people.

[Anonymous No.15461336]

>>15461249
I'm doing it because I'm a lolicon. We are not the same.

[Anonymous No.15461345]

How does perceived intoxication correlate to bac in patients with alcoholism?
>t. curious alcoholic

[Anonymous No.15461378]

>>15459670
You retards never learn.

[Anonymous No.15461434]

>>15461378
Elaborate.

[Anonymous No.15461436]

>>15461336
Did you not get enough (you)s after last time?

[Anonymous No.15461681]

>>15461249
And deal with terata? At least a Fournier's gangrene wouldn't give you nightmares.
On that note, what's a good specialty for someone that's terrified of birth defects?

[Anonymous No.15461726]

>>15461681
What about birth defect terrifies you?

[Anonymous No.15461762]

Just watched a 1 hour 2 minute and 37 second nobel lecture from 1987

AMA

[Anonymous No.15461768]

>>15461762
How do you have enough time to waste on stuff like this?

[Anonymous No.15461775]

>>15461768
Because I'm a lab rat with nothing to do today

[Anonymous No.15461818]

>>15461726
It's irrational. Perhaps mostly the uncanniness.

[Anonymous No.15461868]

>>15461818
Pussy

[Anonymous No.15461886]

>>15461868
that I am

[Anonymous No.15461914]

>>15461886
ooooo spoopy

[Anonymous No.15461915]

An 8-month-old girl is brought to the physician by her parents because of increased irritability over the past month. During this period, she has had intermittent low-grade fever and episodes of stiffening of her body. Her father reports that she previously interacted with them and smiled when prompted but has not made eye contact for the past 3 days. She has a history of hypotonia. She cannot yet roll over or sit up. Her parents are third cousins. She is awake and irritable and has poor visual regard. Examination of the skin shows no neurocutaneous lesions. The optic nerves are pale. Neurologic examination shows hyperextension of the head and back, ankle spasticity, and fisting. Deep tendon reflexes are brisk, and Babinski sign is present. Most likely diagnosis?

[Anonymous No.15461956]

>>15459671
>failed at performing really basic shit
>SURGEONS
KEK anon please give examples I am curious now

Also let me guess you are German

[Anonymous No.15461964]

>>15461915
Krabbe disease

[Anonymous No.15462057]

>>15461915
Neonatal tetanus

[Anonymous No.15462227]

>>15461137
I hate grammar (regardless of language) so much, It's unreal
>>15461345
Prolly poor. I'm addicted to caffeine and I don't really feel it unless I take like 0.5g (or 1-2g if my intake was high in past few days) while others feel it's too much after 200mg

[Anonymous No.15463037]

>>15461915
dont care, send it to peds

[Anonymous No.15463078]

Almost done with the history of the conquest of mexico and then I need to get started reading medical physiology. What pleasure reading are you into these days, /med/?

[Anonymous No.15463263]

>>15463078
>the conquest of mexico
Why did the natives die from disease from the Spanish and not the other way around?

[Anonymous No.15463370]

>>15463263
>Implying it was smallpox that killed off the indians
>Implying the Spaniards didn't have problems with malaria in New Spain on arrival

[Anonymous No.15463622]

>>15463078
Why would you want to do that?

[Anonymous No.15463653]

>>15447087
Every intensivist I have worked with in the private sector of my country (aus) has been either autistic or borderline personality. You will do fine.

[Anonymous No.15463709]

>>15447123
>have to train yourself to be gregarious
Why?

For ICU fellowship, what do you have to do residency in?

[Anonymous No.15463731]

>>15463622
Because I have a summer physiology course I need to start studying for...

[Anonymous No.15463737]

>>15463731
BRS physiology.

[Anonymous No.15463745]

>>15463737
It's Guyton and Hall this time around.

[Anonymous No.15463749]

>>15463745
Why?

[Anonymous No.15463757]

>>15463749
Must be that this PhD teaching the course thinks it's a good physiology text.

[Anonymous No.15463768]

>>15463757
boomers think the fattest book is the best.

[Anonymous No.15463834]

>>15463768
Did Guyton and Hall rape your mom or something? It's a well written, comprehensive text for medical physiology.

[Anonymous No.15463909]

>>15463834
Why would I waste time on reading a 1000 page book when a 200 page book works just fine?

[Anonymous No.15463920]

>>15463909
You have poor information retention? I don't know you, so I'm not sure why you hate the more comprehensive texts.

[Anonymous No.15463933]

>>15463920
Why not read entire wikipedia?

[Anonymous No.15464011]

>>15463263
Size, density and connectivity of the old world vs new world populations. The old world was effectively one big disease pool. Even the largest of the American civilizations were both tiny and isolated in comparison (the Incas lived in the Andes, for example).

[Anonymous No.15464076]

>>15464011
Prescott describes the Spaniard's suffering from 'new world' venomous insects, a.k.a. malarial mosquitoes.

[Anonymous No.15464083]

>>15463933
Best goal post move I've seen today

[Anonymous No.15464094]

>>15464083
Why not go as comprehensive as you can? Why stop at Guyton at all?

[Anonymous No.15464118]

>>15464094
Who said I was stopping there? You must be a nurse.

[Anonymous No.15464240]

>>15464118
Go ahead.

[Anonymous No.15464340]

>>15459588
Because they are really simple organisms and typically most of the organisms that are dicking around in the environment including your skin are literally just so incapable of doing shit to you that ot doesnt matter plus your immune system is pretty op compared to most normal shit hence pathogens entrie point of existence is to infect you because they have to specialize to hunt humans in order to survive were pretty cool anon read about the immune system cells

[Anonymous No.15464504]

>>15441103
IQ is dropping due to genetic decline. Universities let 50% of the population in too.

[Anonymous No.15464584]

Can entire bones be transplanted?
What about entirely artificial replacement bones? or is the function bones fulfill regarding blood cells make that impossible?

[Anonymous No.15464615]

Medbros what's the ETA on all of us being replaced by AI?

[Anonymous No.15464666]

>>15464584
how will you attach stuff to transplanted bone?

[Anonymous No.15464707]

>>15464615
about tree fiddy

[Anonymous No.15464837]

Which helminths can appear as white small balls in stool?

[Anonymous No.15465117]

>>15464340
>not Koch's postulates
BAD PREMED BAD

[Anonymous No.15465353]

>>15464615
two more weeks

[Anonymous No.15465377]

>>15464837
>Which helminths can appear as white small balls in stool?
The presence of white small balls in stool can indicate the presence of various parasites, including certain helminths (worms). However, it's important to note that diagnosing any medical condition or parasitic infection based solely on a description is not reliable, and you should consult a healthcare professional for a proper evaluation and diagnosis.

That being said, here are a few examples of helminths that may appear as white small balls in stool:

Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis): Pinworms are one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans. The adult worms are small, white, and thread-like, while their eggs may be visible as tiny white balls in the stool or around the anal area.

Ascaris lumbricoides: Ascaris is a large roundworm that can infect the intestines. Adult worms can reach lengths of 15-35 cm and may occasionally be visible in the stool. However, the presence of their eggs or larvae may be more commonly observed.

Tapeworms (Cestodes): Tapeworms are flat, segmented worms that can infect the intestines. Depending on the species, tapeworm segments or proglottids may be visible in the stool. These segments can sometimes appear as small, white, or pale-colored moving pieces.
It's worth noting that there are numerous other helminths that can infect the human body, and their appearance in the stool can vary. Additionally, various other factors, such as undigested food or medication, can sometimes cause white or ball-like objects to appear in the stool. Again, if you have concerns about your stool or suspect a parasitic infection, it is best to seek medical advice for a proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

[Anonymous No.15465399]

>>15465377
wrong the answer was earthworm

[Anonymous No.15465914]

Is psychiatric medication really poison like this gif says?

[Anonymous No.15466052]

>>15465377
I already consulted and I'm currently doing second round of mebendazole, nonetheless I couldn't understand for shit why I have these pellets. I guess they are pinworms, I don't think I have had ascariasis and I already passed few tapeworm segments

[Anonymous No.15466075]

>>15466052
You'd have to be licking homeless men's ass to get more than 1 worm infection.

[Anonymous No.15466177]

What doctor do you go to for tendon and connective tissue problems?

[Anonymous No.15466201]

>>15466177
depends.
could be GP/PCP, ortho/sports med, or rheum

[Anonymous No.15466203]

>>15466177
Psychiatrist

[Anonymous No.15466254]

>>15466075
Or be a retard (me) and undercook meat/eat raw fish often

[Anonymous No.15466400]

>>15451565
This condition is often triggered by each other. But mostly gastrointestinal causes cause depression. Relatively less commonly, depression affects the digestive system.

[Anonymous No.15466515]

>>15451565
In algology this is a very heathed egg vs chicken debate. There is a clear association between chronic pain and a multitude of psychiatric disorders. Which is first? I don't know. But we know for a fact that managing the animic symptoms improve both the pain and the organic illness.

[Anonymous No.15466592]

>>15466515
Immunopsychiatry is a relatively new field exploring how immune effector cells and cytokines are interacting with your system during psychiatric episodes. Turns out depression (in rat studies) has been linked to gamma delta T cells killing off commensal colonies in the gut, but of course this is a very young field of research.

[Anonymous No.15467201]

>>15466400
I mean I kinda get that, but it feels like in past 2-3 years any problem that doesn't leave you in critical condition is almost immediatedly assumed to be caused by said conditions, even when your problems don't fit into them and any attempt to dismiss said assumptions is met with stubborn rejection
>>15466515
>>15466592
Still if you were to go by this view, wouldn't it make more sense to design drugs around cytokines, gluccorticoids and other like substances to adress issue directly instead of, in case of ssris hoping that they downregulate serotonin receptors so it increases bdnf
>>15465914
They do more bad than good. In other words, don't make a mess, m'kay?

[Anonymous No.15467578]

>>15441103
becuase your paid by the amount fo things you can have your name on, not thier worth.

Gov = retards with taxing power which mean expropiration of wealth by force, nothing good can ever come of that at is leads to capital misallocation. Unversities included.

Its always interesting to coinsder just how many inventions and stuff was made between 1700 and 1920. What were the conditions, what was the taxing power, and how much, and who was voteing and had the power to vote.

[Anonymous No.15467583]

>>15442230
I know what you mean, but being selfish in your own context is part of the motivtion to better your stuff and yourslef in that context.

count your blessings but sow your taletns

. I turned into a 4chan preacher.......

[Anonymous No.15467588]

>>15451827
what is this shadow thing in the US
over here you dont get to go near a patient hospital unless your an acutal med student or Dr. You have to fill out 20 forms, get registered as both, and get police and child checks.

The Dr and Patient would tell some randow shadowing to fuck off.

[Anonymous No.15467592]

>>15456941
Im a Dr as well, I think its better to start one, and capital raise, I have a few ideas

[Anonymous No.15467596]

>>15458761
>https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/18/doctors-trained-outside-us-licensing-tennessee/
good it will get rid of diversity trained Dr's
you will get - white Dr's that want to get paid from Australia and UK. In Australia we are bent over and daily fucked by our gov as a Dr due to the provider number system.

[Anonymous No.15467599]

>>15461886
yeah i remeber this guy or someone simialr they picked it up becuase he had started an new degree, but was really struggleing to lay down new things. This was found on work up.

I dont quite understand how he could move or walk though

[Anonymous No.15467601]

>>15461915
SOC in the brain the pale optic disks are a give away, plus the rest.

It probaly a recesctable one though.

[Anonymous No.15467604]

>>15467601
>SOC
What is SOC?

[Anonymous No.15467607]

>>15461915
sorry SOL, space occupying lesion,
look UMN due to the realease of LMU reflexes.
You heared to the MRI scanner number 1 at this point ..... Order that now, and locate your nearest peadatric surgery hosptial ...... just in case of the result.

[Anonymous No.15467632]

>>15467607
The answer was actually Krabbe's disease. I posted it here because I wanted to know how anons got to that answer.

[Anonymous No.15467636]

>>15441100
God also gave you AIDS and cancer.

Really makes you think.

[Anonymous No.15467642]

>>15467632
but u did do an mri right in the work up

[Anonymous No.15468134]

>>15441100
I'm on a light does of lamotrigine for five days to treat bipolar 2. Massive increase in mood stability, ability to focus and work, etc.

However I've just noticed I can't enjoy music the same way. I'm possibly autistic and stimming and listening to music (nightcore etc) has really being my only release for years.

If it's gonna stop me ever experiencing that again I'm pretty happy to roll the dice on killing myself before I'm 30, however if I can take it temporarily with certainty that it won't make permanent changes it may be worth it.

Does lamotrigine permanently affect any aspect of brain functioning or will I go back to normal completely once I stop taking it?

[Anonymous No.15468179]

>>15465117
>muh postulates
I'm glad you're back terrain-retard, it just wasn't the same without you

[Anonymous No.15468456]

>>15468134
You have to point what makes you more miserable. Being "you" vs being what society thinks you should be.
I'm in a similar situation. Been battling depression/dysthymia my whole life, all I've ever know is being miserable. I feel comfortable being miserable. It's all I've been for thirty years and probably for most of what remains for my life.
Yet, society says I should be optimistic, smile and pretend I am something else. Have gf and the whole enchilada.
Being under medication makes me feel like a tamed animal. I value my freedom and I am not ok with being Mr Zogstein ideal lapdog.
Or maybe I'm just afraid of being normal, and having the responsibility that comes with it. The only thing I am certain is that I will never kms, at least not before I pay back the times I've been wronged.

[Anonymous No.15468503]

>>15464076
Yes, but malaria isn't a plague. Smallpox is.

[Anonymous No.15468680]

What kind of diabetes is reactive hypoglycemia (3-5h) indicative off? And how can I make it stop without eating?

[Anonymous No.15468803]

>>15467201
I suppose that's the conundrum anon. Give immunosuppressant drugs to ease psychiatric maladies whilst allowing opportunistic pathogens an in.

[Anonymous No.15468843]

>>15468803
Immunosuppressants, my beloved

[Anonymous No.15469936]

>>15468179
No idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous No.15470328]

>>15467599
That image was actually the case of a 44-year-old man from Marseilles (so probably an Algerian) who went in for weakness in his left leg (caused by brain tissue loss). He had an IQ of ~75, a family of 4, and a stable job. IIRC they just reshunted him and sent him on his way. No idea how he was still alive, let alone able to move.

[Anonymous No.15470352]

How do I get 270+ in STEP 2 CK?

[Anonymous No.15470386]

>>15468843
Luv me acetaminophen, simple as

[Anonymous No.15470743]

>>15470386
Gluccorticoid euphoria time

[Anonymous No.15470847]

>>15470352
Be White.

[Anonymous No.15470938]

>>15470847
Easy.

What else?

[Anonymous No.15470943]

>>15470352
Autismo study the appropriate anki decks from day 1. With that being said, pretty much any specialty should be open to you with a 250+ on step 2 ck. They'll be looking at your peripherals after you've met the 250+ mark, like research, leadership, etc.

The only reason you'd need to score a 270+ is if you're DO or Carrib aiming for derm.

[Anonymous No.15470960]

>>15470943
I am autismo and have no life outside of school so I need something to make me stand out

[Anonymous No.15470964]

>>15470960
I mean, 270+ with no peripherals is just a red flag for any competitive sub specialty.

[Anonymous No.15471004]

For my next big schizophrenic breakdown, can I actually cut out half my face and survive or will I bleed out?

[Anonymous No.15471205]

Getting real sick of rabid hunger bouts that electrolyte supplementation and ritalin can't overcome, random bouts of weakness that make me feel like I'm gonna collapse or bodily aches/pain that make me feel like my muscles gonna rupture repeatedly
>>15471004
You can always try

[Anonymous No.15471223]

>>15441103
>be curious about treatment X or clinical guideline Z
>look up the clinical trials the above are based on
>effects are either non-existent or minimal
This occurs way too often.
In neurology there's a bunch of these weak treatments and I assume it's similar in most specs
Sucks how captured we are by the legal system, pharma and laypeople. But also our own careerism and ego are to blame.
Doctors in research are typical example of a class of midwit intellectuals that are easy to deceive if you stroke their ego's a little bit and fund their le groundbreaking papers

[Anonymous No.15471371]

>>15447209
Pimp your attending on anatomy and when he gets a question wrong take whatever instrument he is holding out of his hands. Make sure you spit in the sterile field too

[Anonymous No.15471376]

>>15451827
Make sure you share your frog pics with him to establish rapport

[Anonymous No.15471387]

>>15456276
GPA kind of weak, MCAT decent. You'll get into state schools and DO.

[Anonymous No.15471389]

>>15458198
I'm doing internal medicine and there's nothing you can do to stop me. Also I will consult you constantly for capacity and anytime a patient starts crying.

[Anonymous No.15471391]

>>15461915
Why is there an 8 month old coming to my testosterone replacement clinic

[Anonymous No.15471431]

>>15471223
Had the same deal when looking up on what basis I was suggested aripiprazole for fricking adhd. Safety of others aside (I'm pretty scared if I ever took AP under any circumstance I would turn full on violent due to prior "paradoxical" reactions) tho I rejected idea of ever trying it when I saw study in amph addicts where group given aripiprazole had worse results than mph group and worst of all, placebo group...

[Anonymous No.15471475]

>>15471387
>MCAT decent
How is a 90th percentile score just "decent"? It's a great score.
He doesn't need to apply DO.

[Anonymous No.15471650]

I'm gonna donate blood tomorrow. I donated twice last year ago so I'm eligible to donate platelets/plasma too now, and so I'm wondering which would be the best, considering the red cross at my local donation site says all three are lacking.
Please consider it's unlikely I'll donate again right after the recommended recovery period ends (1 month plasma/platelets, 3 months blood). I say this because I presume the main advantage of donating only plasma/platelets is that you can go for a donation again sooner, so if the red cross could get all the advantages of a plasma/platelets donation by me doing a plasma donation (and separating them afterwards) I might as well do that.

(Also I'm in EU so there is no money involved)

[Anonymous No.15471715]

>>15471431
>-azole
>anti-fungal family
>curious check to see aripiprazole's action as an anti-fungal
>confirmed for biofilm/hyphal inhibitor

[Anonymous No.15471999]

>>15471715
My favorite anti-fungal is cilostazole

[Anonymous No.15472004]

>>15471999
>not omeprazole
NGMI

[Anonymous No.15472013]

>>15472004
Esomeprazole was a close second. Followed by cotrimoxazole.

[Anonymous No.15472343]

>>15471999
Clotrimazole for the win

[Anonymous No.15472473]

>>15458198
>I’m a psychiatrist and I would never take what I prescribe lmao
Doesn't surprise me. Psychiatry is a con and the drugs are poison.

[Anonymous No.15472485]

What’s the differential diagnosis for bradycardia after jerking off at night?

[Anonymous No.15472501]

>oh yes, I totally have adhd and am gay, because that's just how I am
>*parental neglect flashes*
>*sweating and trying to not go into bawling rage" Totally
>>15472485
Limp heart syndrome

[Anonymous No.15473310]

Saw a patient that had wounds infested with maggots. How could someone just let that happen, man?

[Anonymous No.15473317]

>>15473310
homelessness, drug addiction, mental illness, etc.

[Anonymous No.15473343]

>>15473310
When I was on a rural placement, there was an old lady covered head to toe with skin lesions. I'm talking more than 7-8 large cutaneous horns on her face alone. The worst part was a fungating tumour on her right arm, which directly under the bandage was exposed muscle like a cadaver. Also infected with pseudomonas (smelt great!). That wound would kill her and it was mainly due to neglect (niece seemed very annoyed bringing her in because she was in so much pain).

[Anonymous No.15473352]

>>15473343
Was the old lady cognizant of her state or did she have Dementia or something? I don't know if it's better to have Dementia or if it's better to be aware of what happening in that case. Either way, that sounds horrible.

[Anonymous No.15473443]

i hate asking for recommendation letters so much bros. i hate being ingratiating. i hate ass kissing. thank god i got my 3rd one today. get to procrastinate it for 3 more years until fellowship apps and it starts all over

[Anonymous No.15473466]

>>15473443
>i hate asking for recommendation letters so much bros.
One of my biggest fears is someone secretly shit-talking me in a LOR.

[Anonymous No.15473487]

>>15473466
if someone actually does that to you in a residency app either they are a psychopath or you are. could potentially leave you jobless and 400k in debt with a single piece of paper

[Anonymous No.15473542]

>>15473352
Difficult to determine background cognition because she was delirious from pain.

[Anonymous No.15473674]

>>15473443
luckily, i just got family friends and family members (without the same last name) to make letters for me.

[Anonymous No.15473823]

hello /med/ I'm starting my first year in medicine later this summer. can you recommend me interesting medicine related books to read while i still have a lot of free time?

[Anonymous No.15473829]

>>15473823
Literally do anything but medicine while you can. Don't let medicine define you.

[Anonymous No.15473850]

>>15473823
First aid for USMLE step 1

[Anonymous No.15473914]

>>15473823
as the others have said, nothing. please have fun, learn to cook, start working out if you haven't, figure out how where to do stuff near your new place (shop, service a vehicle, etc)
however, once entrenched AND slightly before reaching your cardio pulm stuff, a read of Rapid Interpretation of EKG's by Dale 'Cheese Pizza Enthusiast' Dubin. similarly, before renal and acid base nonsense, Acid-Base, Fluids, and Electrolytes Made Ridiculously Simple

[Anonymous No.15473915]

>>15450285
this goes dummy hard, i could redesign it for you so it doesn't look like a 2 minute ms.paint job

[Anonymous No.15474317]

>>15473310
We sometimes get rural patients, among them a guy who drove in with a foot that had already rotted off entirely, a guy with tumor the size of his head in his right shoulder (didn't come in because of the tumor) and a guy whose nose cartilage had dissolved pretty much entirely (didn't come in because of his nose either)

[Anonymous No.15474924]

>>15474317
Do these guys just simply live with it? Like the
guy with the rotten foot just simply stopped walking one day and was fine with that? wtfff