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/MED/ General Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:22:28 2018 No.9858819 [Reply] [Original]

This is the general for all things both healthcare and medicine related.

Any other fellow incoming MS1's shitting themselves?

Past thread: >>9846112

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:23:20 2018 No.9858822 I'm the best doctor alive, AMA.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:26:51 2018 No.9858833 >>9858822 what's your specialty? what's the difference between a good doctor and a great one?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:27:38 2018 No.9858835 Will chewing leather give me a defined jawline? Im a vain individual who seeks a handsome face

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:28:31 2018 No.9858837 >>9858819 Not math or science. Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:29:05 2018 No.9858838 >>9858819 that's a chemistry pepe on your pic, you retard

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:29:44 2018 No.9858839 >>9858838 >Sad Pepe, M.D. Retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:30:12 2018 No.9858841 >>9858833 don't have one yet, most doctors aren't good, they are robots if you meet one that isn't a robot, you'll notice it because he understands what he is doing and not following a programme like a monkey

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:32:24 2018 No.9858846 >>9858837 Medicine is clearly science you retard. The only form of science/math isn't you not understanding real analysis you autistic fuck >>9858838 It says Sad PEPE M.D some doctors do bench work as part of translational research.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:32:49 2018 No.9858847 File: 220 KB, 1200x900, Just euthanize me fam.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Got kidney stone removed by sending uteroscope up my cock and blasting it >Have a stent for the next week How long until I can nut again bois?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:33:32 2018 No.9858851 >>9858846 Medicine is APPLIED science, not real science. Again, fuck off. Last warning.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:33:49 2018 No.9858852 >>9858847 your question should be how do i change my life so that i wont get anothjer kidney stone you literal digusting ape t. best doctor 2018

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:49:26 2018 No.9858876

>>9858819

I have psoriasis, a small patch of scaly skin in my left leg.
Is there anything i can do to make it disappear? Is treatment even useful? i had this patch like 2 years ago, it dissapeared last year, and now is back again. Does not scratching it helps?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 18:56:59 2018 No.9858882 >>9858876 short term cortisone cream treatment will solve this if you do it properly

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 19:01:07 2018 No.9858888 >>9858882 how many times a day? or just before going to sleep? btw, Thanks, Doc.

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 19:03:43 2018 No.9858895

>>9858888

normally you wont get cortisone creams over the counter only against a prescription, and when you get a prescription you'll also be told how many times per day

usually its 1x in the morning 1x in the evening sometimes only 1x per day for 1-2 weeks and then tapering it off

you'll see immediate improvement with it, but even then you should still continue to use it and not stop (otherwise you will have to use more cortisone in total because you'll relapse)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 19:08:14 2018 No.9858902 >>9858895 I've read a review about psoriasis, mentioning it recedes when you get to your 30s, and appears again when you are in your 60s, should i worry?

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 19:13:53 2018 No.9858906

>>9858902

no, these reviews are usually just spam (just like 99% of papers in medicine and biology), don't bother reading them or worrying because of them

the allowance for cortisone is somewhere around 150 g per year till you are going to see sideeffects, using it only for some spot once yearly won't do anything

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 21:51:49 2018 No.9859132
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>>9858819
hey guys, sorry if this is a blog, i'm more or less freaking out and /med/ is literally the only place i can talk to about it to any degree

>be student
>tfw mother just switched jobs
>insurance is 3 weeks away
>her self blood pressure cuff is all over the place
>180/110 one minute
>130/90 the next
>error after that
>she has me chack
>oh fuck it's 160/120
>listen to her heartbeat
>literally a textbook arrhythmia with 4 beats and a whole beat skipped like some dance beat or something
>if she goes to a doctor, insurance will not cover it and i will have to drop out of school in the final year
>if it gets any worse, my mom could die
it's literally the worst feeling out there

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 23:00:48 2018 No.9859251

Hi guys, which is the principal difference in ALS and multiple sclerosis? My father was diagnosed with ALS in last year October. However, he's married with some bitch who is with him only for money and she has been waiting all this years for his dead, so she take him to shitty doctors and doesn't take care of him in a proper way. I heard that ALS is really worse than MS, and that people die way more quickly. Although, my dad in November was in a wheelchair already, and he doesn't get really worse since then.
I asked people who had relatives with ALS and they said that is really visible how they get worse. So I was thinking that maybe he had MS, is that possible? Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 01:34:32 2018 No.9859505 I was going to ask why doctors are so against "incidentelomas" and in general proactive radiological screening (MRI, so no radiation or risk) but it hit me it's because you're all burned out and overworked as it is.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 01:38:04 2018 No.9859515 What physically changes in your body as you get fit and exercise? How does BP become lower? HR I can understand since the muscle gets larger and the stroke volume increases but I don't really get BP

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 01:39:39 2018 No.9859519

>>9859132
PVCs usually are benign>>9858841
>don't have one yet, most doctors aren't good, they are robots
>if you meet one that isn't a robot, you'll notice it because he understands what he is doing and not following a programme like a monkey
Holy shit this. A good doctor is invaluable, many are so terrible

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 01:44:55 2018 No.9859528

>>9859519
>>9859132
Also if takes like 20,000 PVC a day to cause cardiomyopathy and even then it's reversible.

You can order an ECG that works with a smartphone these days (I use Kardia, theres probably others)

It is anecdotal but I have found supplemental magnesium helps when I rarely get palpitations

Also you should know that even in very healthy people like soldiers most have some PVC/PAC on 24hr bolter.

I think cyclists also get then more often.

Co-worker of mine went from some hundreds of PAC or more per day to Zero by cutting out caffeine , stress and exercise.

Get it checked out if you can't but don't freak out as if she's in Vfib

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 01:47:02 2018 No.9859531

>>9859519
>>9859528

yeah but it's paired with irregular blood pressure, hypertension maybe, dizziness to the near point of fainting regularly. my mother is an NP, more than a couple of times this week her coworkers have expressed concern about her health.
it might be benign, but i'm pissed that her provider hasn't checked her heart rate in over a year. i'm literally the first one.

like i said though, we can't look into this until we get insurance next month because it would destroy us financially and i'd have to drop out of college on my last stretch

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 05:45:52 2018 No.9859747

>>9858835
It will give you temporo-mandibular joint disfunction.
>>9858847
You can nut whilst having a stent. I'd say a week? They can keep the stent for longer.
>>9859132
Ugh, only in america, bois. Can't you get some beta blockers from somewhere?
>>9859251
MS is visible on MRI scans and it rarely progresses as fast as ALS. Sorry for your dad anon.
>>9859515
Vessels dilate when you exercise for better perfusion of muscles. Dilation=slightly lower BP. I mean you can't reach the same effect an antihypertensive, but I think the new guidelines for 1st stage hypertension is diet and excercise.

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 08:47:34 2018 No.9859960

Are doctors actually that smart? Because I am a med student and I don't feel smart and I don't see other students (mostly females who unironically believe in astrology and binge watch Netflix in their free time) as smart. Perhaps I had an exaggerated concept of what a physician should be.

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 09:32:43 2018 No.9860007

>>9859960

the women in medicine are absolutely fucking retarded
women are good students because they are agreeable and good at rote memorization , they are also good at splitting up work loads and giving them different priorities
a woman in medicine or research always ends up doing some retarded study or something that can be reduced to "work hard but not smart", i've never met a single woman who did a project where i thought, wow, that's pretty creative

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 09:34:52 2018 No.9860010 >>9859960 No, doctors are experienced. Professors are smart. Students are usually neither.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 09:43:09 2018 No.9860021 Advice for prospective med students trying to get into med school?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 09:44:25 2018 No.9860025 >>9860021 make sure you work in a hospital for a few weeks , it's nothing like you expect it to be, it's 99% kissing asses to not get fucked over hard by your superior

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 09:50:49 2018 No.9860029

>>9860021
mcat and gpa are by far the most important thing.

Major in something bitch tier since you're number one goal is mcat and gpa by far.

Then it's research. Look at professors at your school or nearby hospitals that have a shit ton of pubs. At this stage fuck impact you need just pubs. In a perfect world you would do either case reviews or meta analysis on some database.

Then you need some volunteering(clinical and nonclinical). So some that is near a patient and others that aren't. I did EMT and homeless shelter work but again this is not as important.

Then finally for least important, you need some shadowing not really a lot but some.

Finally if your also autistic like me you might find yourself about to apply and think fuck I need to get 3 letters of rec. You'll need two sci profs and one nonsci. Try to talk to professors.

If you can do all that you'll get in. None of it is all that hard it's just a lot

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 11:57:46 2018 No.9860180 >>9859747 So exercise will cause blood vessels to permanently dilate? Will high intensity exercise cause it to occur more than lots of low intensity exercise...?

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 12:46:17 2018 No.9860242

>>9859132
Really impossible to know what's happening without an EKG. Could be PVCs, could be type 2 AV block, or a list of other less common disorders, most of which are also benign. The hypertension is more worrying, but unless she gets headaches or confused or other stroke-like symptoms it's not really urgent.

She can wait 3 weeks to go to a doc.

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 12:53:38 2018 No.9860256

>>9860180
Not this guy but I assume exercise will lead to better vascularization thus increasing the total area of capillaries which should result in a decrease of BP if I remember physiology right.
Regular sport can take your BP down about 10 mmHg.

High-intensity will lead to hypoxia which stimulates angiogenesis so in theory yes, but only if the reason I stated is correct. Idk senpai

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 14:27:53 2018 No.9860387 File: 191 KB, 477x768, jew.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9858819 can i fix hyperkyphosis?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 18:04:03 2018 No.9860801 >>9860242 You can get a 2 lead smartphone ekg for under 100$

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 18:40:45 2018 No.9860867 Do you guys get grossed out by the human body? DO you see the human body as just objects when you work or do you still feel a human connection with them? Could you imagine yourself getting surgery done on?

Anonymous Tue Jul 10 21:36:07 2018 No.9861135
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DEAR MEDFRENS,

If I have a bacterial infection in my throat, would gargling/drinking Listerine help curb the spread? After all, Listerine is an antiseptic soooo.....

Get back to me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 22:02:02 2018 No.9861171 bamping for interdasting bred

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 23:13:17 2018 No.9861259 >>9861135 no

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 23:15:51 2018 No.9861263 >>9858822 What's the less harmful way to get rid of body fat? I have the skinny fat body type.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 10 23:17:05 2018 No.9861266 >>9858851 Applied science is the best science.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 00:56:06 2018 No.9861402 Hello medfags. I'm in college for surgical tech now, but I love medicine in general. Sorry, I'm late.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 01:10:35 2018 No.9861422 So now that they've been around for a while, have there been any long term studies on the effects of regular artificial sweetener consumption?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 01:12:31 2018 No.9861424 >>9861402 Didn't even know surgical techs did college stuff. I might've done that if they offered it in my country. How long does it take you?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 01:16:44 2018 No.9861428 >>9858822 How come there's like 200 of you at every medical school in the world?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 01:18:11 2018 No.9861432 File: 229 KB, 1035x1380, 1527030788977.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9858819 Will penis enlargement ever be realized in this lifetime? I want to be 8 in. long and 4.5-5 in. circumference to pleasure roasties obviously.

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 03:54:54 2018 No.9861560

OK this is kind of a long blogpost but FUCK im pissed

>go to clinic
>the exit is like a revolving door
>so many people leaving every minute
>usually I have a 2 hour wait at least
>get in within 30 minutes

>doctor comes in
>big old tall jew looks like nathan fielder
>asks me my problem
>i say I have face pain, then try and explain the rest
>he cuts me off
>it's a sinus infection
>tell him my ears hurt more but he cuts me off and says open wide
>i try and speak again
>he cuts me off and says I don't see anything, just go home for 4 days and if the pain gets worse come back. it's probably just sinus pressure or something
>I tell him that he's not listening to me
>he replies "is there something you don't understand?"

-5 hours later-

>ears in fucking crazy pain
>can't think straight
>entire jaw and face in pain from clencthing so hard from the ear pain
>finally go back to the clinic and he's not in
>female doctor comes out and is really thorough, checks if I have TMJ pain, checks each nerve in my face where I say the pain is
>finally she looks in my ears and says I have a middle ear infection and need antibiotics

Holy fuck, this is the first time I can honestly say I witnessed first hand a woman being better at a job. They fucking billed me for the second appointment too because insurance doesn't pay for double visits

Hopefully there's like SOMEWHERE I can call to get the visit fee off though, the worst part about all of this is that he looked inside of my ear and was so fast and dismissive he didn't even see the infection now i'm paying full payment for his fuckup when the insurance would have just covered it if he didn't fuck up

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 03:58:01 2018 No.9861562 >>9861135 Nope. Water and salt help for the inflammation but you need antibiotics

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 04:38:24 2018 No.9861590 >>9860180 >>9860256 I'm the guy, but I agree with anon. >>9860387 hard >>9860867 I get grossed out at some things, but I try to ignore the feels. I've also gotten surgery. >>9861432 I think it's done wtf?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 05:12:37 2018 No.9861609 >>9861432 >8in long >5in around Lol what, do you like pencil dicks that much? Circumference usually is around the same or a bit less than length. Even I'm thicker and I sure as hell ain't 8 inches.

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 07:30:33 2018 No.9861719

>>9860867
In my experience most girls and some guys feel some level of disgust and aversion towards the human body at times. When they showed us a dead body for the first time in med school I felt dazed and like I was only dreaming for a few hours at first, but after a month I was already digging through dead people's intestines like nothing.
I also feel that when you learn about something you don't have such an emotional attatchment anymore, like people fearing thunder before understanding electricity.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 09:15:11 2018 No.9861836 >>9861424 You can get just a certificate, but I am getting an associates degree. So, two years. I'm wanting to be a surgical assistant one day (4 years) but I just want to test the waters before I jump into that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 12:03:49 2018 No.9862052 is nursing worth it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 12:12:59 2018 No.9862063 File: 81 KB, 954x480, doc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] reminder

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 12:14:45 2018 No.9862066 >>9862052 My casual observation is it's a somewhat stressful and shitty (literally) job but the pay's good and won't put in you in nearly the crippling debt or eat your spare time as med school will.

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 14:18:33 2018 No.9862318

>>9860256
>Regular sport can take your BP down about 10 mmHg
I am not questioning you, but I am very curious to know where this comes from. Recent medical research? Med school lore? (I'm an engineer, not a doctor and you quoted numbers so I want to know the origin of this)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 14:21:19 2018 No.9862319 >>9861560 This is completely unacceptable and must be fixed. Look for a Free Software project and ideally movement towards Proper medical diagnostics starting within the next 2-3 years. It will come out of the CCC.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 14:24:35 2018 No.9862324 >>9862063 this is god damn hilarious and the only good thing to come of that retarded meme

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 15:39:37 2018 No.9862439 >>9858819 I made a thread before I saw this. Anyone here work as a med lab tech? Can anyone tell me a bit about it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 18:17:40 2018 No.9862679 how do I induce sleep paralysis?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 18:40:59 2018 No.9862712 I just started taking growth hormone injections from a friend he's a bodybuilder. I'm only 16 can this help me grow taller as well as but on muscle?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 20:20:39 2018 No.9862883 premeds fucking gassed when?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 20:28:59 2018 No.9862902 emergency medicine dr here AMA

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 20:47:00 2018 No.9862942 bumping 4 interesting bred.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 21:22:58 2018 No.9863001 >>9862883 Kys I just submitted my secondary

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 21:28:12 2018 No.9863009 Redpill me on Caribbean med schools. I've read tons of articles online but between the school shills and the youtube "don't go there, instead just buy my book" shills, I don't know who's telling the truth.

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 21:36:20 2018 No.9863022

>>9862052
Nursing student here. Halfway done.

I hate it so much.

>course content

The program has like 20% actual science courses and the rest are bullshit courses about being nice and caring and following administrative nonsense. And the science that we do learn is heavily dumbed down. We barely learn any of the actual details. Ask a nursing student what insulin does and they'll tell you that it decreases blood glucose and that's about it because that's all they need to know to do their jobs.

>course load

It is jam-packed. You will have no free time. Not because it's difficult. They just give you thousands of BS assignments to do. Essays where you write about how much you care for someone. Group projects where you make skits and paintings showing how much you care. And then there's all the clinical hours and lab hours where you just stand around doing nothing, occasionally wiping an ass here and there or giving someone some Tylenol.

>peers

The vast majority of nurses are female. The males are mostly effeminate fags. In class, you'll see lots of hot girls so that's a plus. In the hospital, you'll see mostly fat ugly old hags. 1% if the class is filled with people like me: people who didn't study hard enough to get into med school.

>the pay

Everybody always talks about how nurses make decent money but it's all relative. We have the second nastiest job, topped only by personal support workers. Pharmacists make more, physicians make way more.

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 21:44:16 2018 No.9863040

>>9863022
Cont'd

>respect

Don't let anybody say otherwise, nurses do not get respect. Nobody thinks of a "nurse" as a badass. Is it called Nurse Strange? Nurse Doom? Nurse Fate? No, they're all Doctors. You ever see nurses being interviewed on TV? No, only doctors. Do you see anybody calling for a nurse in a public emergency? No, only doctors. And for the most part, it makes sense because we really don't know what to do in an emergency. 5% of the answers on the NCLEX are "Notify the physician". That's right, call the MAN to help your bitch ass.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 21:59:23 2018 No.9863071 >>9858819 Should I buy a pemf or ices device for my knee pain? Why do doctors say you can't regrow articular cartilage then post research showing pemf can help regrow articular cartilage?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:24:54 2018 No.9863105 >>9861135 coconut oil, apple cider vinegar. If those don't work take 1tsp 100% pure gum spirits of turpentine mixed with a little sugar first thing in the morning on an empty stomach

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:35:36 2018 No.9863117 File: 3.44 MB, 5344x3006, IMG_20180711_193146179.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Wot fok is this? It's on my groin, really close to my nuts. Is it a boil? I really have no clue.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:42:03 2018 No.9863120 >>9863117 Oh shit I have the same thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:42:51 2018 No.9863122 File: 121 KB, 640x960, 1480346890616.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9862712 >I'm only 16

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:43:53 2018 No.9863123 >>9859251 sorry for your dad anon. ALS is fucking terrible. All the best in the future

Anonymous Wed Jul 11 22:46:27 2018 No.9863125

>>9863009
Do not under any circumstance go Carib. They brag about high STEP scores but it's only because if you don't do well enough on their pre-test, they kick you out. Those that do get to stick around get shitty matches (if they ever match at all). More than likely you'll end up unemployed and 250k in debt, with nothing to show for it. Go the DO route if you're not competitive enough for MD. Nothing wrong with DO, you just have to be comfortable with the fact you won't match optho or derm

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 00:12:40 2018 No.9863213 >>9862066 >>9863022 >>9863040 ok thanks i wanna be a doc but nursing was my plan b guess i should change it to dentistry or something

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 00:34:49 2018 No.9863234 >>9862066 The pay is ok at best. It's starkly in the middle class.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 01:05:22 2018 No.9863268

>>9863022
>Essays where you write about how much you care for someone. Group projects where you make skits and paintings showing how much you care
Fucking christ and I thought I had it bad. I'm so sorry you have to put up with that shit. I would've walked by now if they made me do skits and paintings, or at least called them out on the bullshit and gotten myself expelled.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 01:06:33 2018 No.9863272 >>9863234 Gotta factor in seniority and overtime and shit. You can make a lot if you're willing to work for it. Your average 25y/o chink or poo in loo nurse won't make shit and will be lucky to not get fired.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 01:21:35 2018 No.9863291

>>9863022
BScN here.
The only encouragement I can give you is that nursing school is much worse than the actual job. Nursing school is hell.
And you may have chose the wrong uni if your science is dumbed down to a "nurse level". My uni had us take a biochemistry course, microbio/immunology and then 2 A&P courses that were shared with the med students. I'm also worried you chose the wrong school by you saying your clinicals are just standing around wiping the occasional ass and that theory work involves painting. Christ that sounds bad.

>>9863234
I make $30.89 an hour for 12 hour shifts 4 days a week. Overtime is a 15% increase to pay per hour. Plus I get payed extra for doing the 7PM to 7AM shift. It's a nice pay for someone with no spouse/kids. It gets me by comfortably.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 03:01:41 2018 No.9863402 >>9862063 Obligatory >>9862679 Why would you want to do that? >>9862902 Was it scarry when you started? Have you had "oh shit" moments?

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 03:07:15 2018 No.9863407

>>9860029
Any examples of good “bitch-tier” majors?
What are pubs? My alcoholic mind instantly thinks you’re talking puns that take tabs, but I have a feeling you’re talking something far more practical. I take it that’s medical or college lingo I’ve never picked up on before?

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 03:21:06 2018 No.9863428

>>9863022
>>9863040
What are your (or anyone’s really) thoughts on working as an RN just to pay off my first round of college debt and then pursuing another two or so years to get a Master’s to become an NP?
That’s basically what I’m looking to do, but I’m not too sure if it’s the wisest route. I’m coming from a “below the poverty line” background but I’m a generic semi-religious white guy coming from the US that won’t get a free ride just for being black or gay or something, I have no money to help me and will likely be working a job at a grocery store or gas station during my Bachelor’s just to survive.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 10:43:31 2018 No.9863761 >>9863428 I'm a brainlet and you shouldn't listen to me but that does sound like a pretty logical/reasonable plan

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 11:06:29 2018 No.9863786

>>9863001
good luck whats your list look like. Get ready to enjoy waiting. I still am on a waitlist from last year I know isn't happening but I dream for.

>>9863009
avoid the Caribbean they take in a shit ton of people and then fail out most of the class. I would look into going to DO school and maybe doing a postbach to build up your app. Do school is 10x better then Caribbean

>>9863022
sorry you don't enjoy it that much my friend.

>>9863407
One note when you do a bitch term major you have to be really commited to med school because if you aren't your prospects of getting a job afterward are kinda shit. But things like psychology, sociology, nutritional biochem, medical anthropology. Figure out what science classes premeds take to increase their gpa and take those.

Pub's are publications in research when you get good results or discover something novel you can submit it to journals so others can use your new insight. The number one thing I can recommend for research is to make sure you have a good P.I (principal investigator). Look them up on google scholars and make sure they are publishing a lot per year.

If you have any other questions ask. The process really isn't that hard it's just a lot of hoops you have to jump through.

>>9863428
Not a bad plan at all as a NP you have some decent autonomy too. It's fairly similar to being in family medicine.

That being said if you don't mind debt (I fucking hate it and I'm coming from a decently well off background (family income roughly around 200k) you could just go md route. I'm going to be 320k in debt after med school. It's mind-boggling to say the least. It does force me to not consider some less well-paying specialties and altruistic life plans but in the grand scheme of a life in medicine, it should be fairly manageable. (at least thats what i tell myself)

Nursing is a pretty comfy gig tho you work long shifts but have lots of days off. I would go nursising anthesist personally though

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 11:43:45 2018 No.9863830

>>9863428
I know a few people who came from low-income families who became RNs. They all planned on becoming NPs at some point but they changed their minds later. I live in Canada and NPs here don't make that much more money than RNs. I believe an RN with the highest pay makes around 75k whereas NPs make about 10k more, more or less depending on which unit you're in and not including overtime. Point being, it's not that much more money. They also have to take 2 years of school, which means you will lose out 2 years of income. In the long run, it will not really result in more money. But I could be wrong. Do your research and make sure you do the math before you decide if it's worth it.

However, keep in mind that becoming an NP might be worth it for the other benefits. It's not just about money. NPs get more autonomy and decision-making power. They also don't do nasty work. You get to feel a little bit closer to a physician in terms of prestige. And with a master's, you have the choice of teaching.

I come from a rich family and they're paying for my education so I don't give a fuck about money. I plan on working as an RN only grudgingly. I'm going to do it for the experience and then eventually do a master's. If I can become a professor for something like pathophysiology or pharmacology, I will be happy.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 11:55:42 2018 No.9863847

>>9863291
>And you may have chose the wrong uni if your science is dumbed down to a "nurse level". My uni had us take a biochemistry course, microbio/immunology and then 2 A&P courses that were shared with the med students.

Which university do you go to?

I'm in an accelerated BScN program. It's for students who already have one degree, so they can get their BScN quickly by skipping some courses. I did Biology before this and so I took the "real" biochemistry, microbiology, virology, immunology etc. courses and I can tell you that the nursing versions of these courses are definitely dumbed down. Shit, we had like one slide on the four types of hypersensitivity. I'd love it if any med students here could chime in to describe how many hours and hours they spent learning about hypersensitivity.

The only course I really enjoyed so far was pharmacology. I was wondering why it was so interesting. Then I realized that it's because the professor for this particular course was not an RN. He's in the chemistry department. He wasn't even teaching us what we needed to know to do the NCLEX. He was just going by what he found interesting and teaching us the real chemistry.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:04:27 2018 No.9863857 Diverticulitis has an absolutely appalling combination of high prevalence, unknown pathogenesis, difficult DDX and low evidence for treatment plans. Why? Are there any other diseases as bad as this? Maybe pituitary adenomas?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:16:14 2018 No.9863869 >>9862902 What group of people do you hate the most and why

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:20:23 2018 No.9863872 >>9863071 What does ices stand for?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:30:40 2018 No.9863883 I want to learn about medicine but don't want to waste money on going to university or med school. I want to learn about the general stuff but I think neurology is interesting. Does anybody have a decent reading list or some book recommendations?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:33:23 2018 No.9863887 >>9863883 for cancer, Emperor of all Maladies is a fantastic read

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:33:58 2018 No.9863890 >>9863883 I discovered wikidoc.org today, it seems really good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:35:13 2018 No.9863892 >>9863887 >Layman book nice try kid

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:38:03 2018 No.9863895 >>9863883 haha at times it gets into biostatistics re: clinical trials, and science, i.e. how chemotherapy works, how radiation works, etc. but like you said it's largely for the Layman

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:38:47 2018 No.9863899 >medicine doesn't even know the pathogenesis of white matter hyperintensities god why Why is everything so fucking SHIT. Some government needs to pass a law that the state owns all bodies, we give everyone an MRI and we autopsy anyone of interest

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:39:52 2018 No.9863901 >>9863895 >Medicine >Anywhere near acceptable at statistics or even metrics LOL

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:46:20 2018 No.9863911 >>9863890 Seems interesting, thanks >>9863887 >>9863895 Wasn't me that replied but thanks for the recommendation :)

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:49:09 2018 No.9863915 Do people going into surgery now seriously think they'll still have jobs in 20-30 years?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:50:38 2018 No.9863918 >>9863915 yeah what are everyone's thoughts (especially those in practice) on specialties under threat of being made obsolete by AI/automation or whatever? Are any untouchable?

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:52:09 2018 No.9863922

>>9863830
anon if you have unlimited money as you say surely getting a phd would be a better path to teaching pathophysiology or pharmacology?

The main benefit of the RN route is fiscal and it seems you don't need that.

>>9862902
What are your thoughts on trauma surgery. It's one of the fields that seems very fun and since you do EM i'm sure you work closely with many. Are they enjoying it or do they look miserable?
Also how many tattoos do you have and do you like drinking ipa's?

>>9863892
It is a layman book but it's very enjoyable. As someone who's read a lot of shit doctor books its second in my mind only to when breath becomes air.

Are you looking for textbooks?
If so you might like Bradley
Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases

>>9863899
would you really want that little autonomy? I do concede that I think working with patient data should be easier though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:54:11 2018 No.9863929 >>9863918 If you look at things with a doomsday approach. I feel like radiology, path and derm are very likely to get automated by ai. Family med and anesthesiology might die due to creep. I imagine surgery and procedural specialties are the safest.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 12:57:01 2018 No.9863933 >>9863922 Anything really, just looking to educate myself.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:09:28 2018 No.9863954 >>9863915 >>9863918 If anything surgery specialities would be the safest from automation. Machines are still horrible in most domains of medicine even radiology imaging but they're especially far away from being able to perform surgery on their own.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:13:15 2018 No.9863959 >>9863933 what do you like anything, in particular, calling you?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:16:18 2018 No.9863965 >>9863918 >>9863929 The best surgeon is a robot controlled by a radiologist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:18:13 2018 No.9863968 >>9863965 >best surgeon is a robot controlled by a radiologist. what do you mean?

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:19:25 2018 No.9863970

When people are asked to describe symptoms or CC, pain is hilariously poorly quantified by asking the patient on a 1-10 scale

Surely their medical history records this number

Surely their medical history records the disease ICD code

Surely it would not be hard to analyze the statistical distribution of pain per ICD code (and many other variables)

Where is this research?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:20:41 2018 No.9863971 >>9863968 If your primary competitive advantage is motor control, robots have had you beat for a long time. Radiologists are the natural choice for robotic surgery

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:39:09 2018 No.9864004 So obviously talking about racial difference and IQ ist verboten but what about racial differences towards alcohol

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:39:25 2018 No.9864006

>>9863847
>Which university do you go to?
A uni in Canada where the pre-requisites for nursing school is an associate's degree in science. We needed organic chem, calc, and preferably biology courses.
I needed to do a year of physics before I went full-steam into the nursing courses since physics is my weak point. I actually just found out the biochem class wasn't a requirement for all the nurses, just some students who're out-of-province. The biochem class wasn't a "for nurses" and was handled by the chemistry department.
We did have to take pharmacology for nurses, and it was horribly simplified. It was taught by a nurse, so you lucked out with your course. Anything that went into the molecular basis of drugs and such was just "read the book if you want. We're not going over that". Luckily the biochem class went over everything.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:47:50 2018 No.9864015

>>9863929

>I imagine surgery and procedural specialties are the safest.

I dont think it makes sense to worry about surgeons being replaced by AI. If we ever get to the point when these jobs are replaced by an AI, then basically ALL jobs will be replaced by an AI and humanity will be obsolete, for better or worse.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:49:50 2018 No.9864021

>>9863971
>If your primary competitive advantage is motor control, robots have had you beat for a long time.
What are you talking about ? Robots can only beat us at precise, repetitive and predefined movements. When it comes to things like walking, running, opening doors, shaking hands, etc, we have much better motor control than them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 13:55:14 2018 No.9864026 >>9864021 >clinicians attempting to comment on engineering and science stop before you embarrass yourself my friend

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 15:34:50 2018 No.9864157

>>9863929
I don't think this is true... it's nowhere near as simple as 'see contrasting lesion on MRI, it's cancer'. I don't think it's possible to completely automate the interpretation of these things. Radiologists will always have a role to play. I suspect the same is true for pathologists.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 15:58:47 2018 No.9864186 >the field of medicine involved with non-invasive evaluation of anatomy has more to fear than the field of cavemen cutting people open lol @ clinicians pride cometh before the fall

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:03:58 2018 No.9864195 What can you tell me, off the top of your head, about stage 4 metastatic estrogen +, HER2 -, BRCA + breast cancer? Just want to add some pzazz to my paper.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:05:04 2018 No.9864197
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>>9861560
>They fucking billed me for the second appointment too because insurance doesn't pay for double visits
>...now i'm paying full payment for his fuckup when the insurance would have just covered it if he didn't fuck up
Ever thought that he might have executed his actual job function flawlessly?

Also, middle ear infections fucking suck.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:12:28 2018 No.9864206

Im getting pretty weird vives of nutriology, in particular because there have been recent studies that supposedly show there is no real evidence for the "lipid hypothesis" and after looking at many articles, it seems the field concludes from correlating groups of population and certain habbits without proper experimental work. Can someone tell me what is happening?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:27:21 2018 No.9864223 >>9861135 OP here I used Listerine and my symptoms not only got better but my infection is gone 2 days after its inception. Nothin personelle..there's some things they can't teach you I suppose.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:29:10 2018 No.9864224 Can I get the full nutritional value of eggs by drinking them raw? I like drinking 6-9 a day.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 16:41:45 2018 No.9864239

My doctors don't seem to know what they are talking about.

Ok, Monday (7/9) I woke up to one ear swollen shut and swelling around my ear and into my Jaw. I went to the doctor monday morning and they diagnosed TMJ, and an Outer Ear infection. I was prescribed ciprodex eardrops, and ibuprofen. And to Ice the ear.

Tuesday there was no major change even after icing the ear and using the cipro as prescribed.

Wednesday I woke up to BOTH ears swollen shut, I went to a different doctor this time. And they diagnosed some type of ear infection (they took culture sameples to send off). This doctor believes the swelling is a result of the ear infection and there is no TMJ. They prescribed an oral antibiotic (cephalexin) and to continue with ice and inuprofen.

It's thursday and I have had no changes at all.

Should I be worried or what? Or does it take more time. Any suggestions to try?

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 17:32:23 2018 No.9864328

>>9864157
I hope so and I don't think it'll be easy. But as someone who loves CS when Geoffrey Hinton says radiology can be automated it makes me not even consider it as an option. Which is dumb because foreign doctors reading charts is killing the field more.

>>9864186
it's not a reflection of the advancements of each field relative to each other but more a reflection on what ai has shown to be good at so far.

>>9864195
Not much congrats on finishing up a paper though. Objectively how cool do you think the results are?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 17:56:56 2018 No.9864353 >>9864328 >Not much congrats on finishing up a paper though. Objectively how cool do you think the results are? Actually... it's just an assignment. An essay. Not a research paper.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 18:00:32 2018 No.9864359 >>9863857 Well it’s not Lupus

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 18:10:56 2018 No.9864380

>>9864004
The data gets screwy when you look at it globally or across different locations.
For example, in the US a Caucasian person may be more likely to partake in alcohol than an Asian person and less likely than someone of Hispanic Origin. However, that data changes drastically from location to location. In Europe, pretty much the inverse is true, and in some countries, whereas America has a nice 51% rate of who consumes alcohol, other countries may have a population that dominantly partakes in Alcohol or very sparsely does at all.

Plus, IQ in terms of being used to measure intelligence and relating it to alcoholic consumption has really odd implications of itself. People of both higher and lower IQ are more likely to drink than average IQ.

In the end, all that can be concluded is that the data is fucked, and that’s probably because not much effort is put into it. There’s most likely no correlation between race and alcohol consumption that isn’t tied to region. I’d say region and cultural values are the biggest factors, and race is probably negligible.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 18:13:17 2018 No.9864385 >>9864224 What the fuck.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 18:20:07 2018 No.9864393 >>9864385 Yeah i kept looking at it and didn't know what to say

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 18:28:12 2018 No.9864408

>>9864224
Calculate the nutritional value for one egg, whatever kind of egg you are consuming. You can easily just google it and it should come up.
Take those macros, and multiply them by the number of eggs you’re consuming.

Congrats, there’s your results.

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 19:58:52 2018 No.9864556

>>9864385
>>9864393
Do you guys live under rocks? Eating a whole bunch of raw eggs is not some obscure activity. It's been around in fitness/bodybuilding for a very long time. I just wanted to know if it actually works because I don't trust broscience.

>>9864408
Yes but I'm asking whether or not the nutritional content of a raw egg is absorbed in the same way as that from a cooked egg. Is this such a difficult question? You guys already know that caffeine decreases absorption of vitamin C; B12 can't be absorbed on an empty stomach due to lack of intrinsic factor etc. etc. It's a similar sort of question.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 20:23:35 2018 No.9864592 >>9863872 Inductively Coupled Electrical Stimulation The guy who made some of the first pemf devices for NASA says he has upgraded the tech and now calls it ices

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 20:23:56 2018 No.9864594

>>9864186
We have a few examples of AI being able to diagnose specific diseases based on imaging or data but nothing has claimed to be able to come even close to automating surgery. The anatomy and complications are too varied and unpredictable to control for. So yes I would say unless something comes along and changes the trend the surgeons are the safest.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 20:31:25 2018 No.9864607 >>9864556 it is broscience dude you're going to get salmonella just eat normally

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 22:37:27 2018 No.9864792

>>9863786
I'm doing EDP to my state school. Their mission aligns exactly with what I want to do, and my mock interview there was really fruitful. I know that doesn't mean much, but I'm really batting above average for their applicant stats, so I feel good about it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 22:41:08 2018 No.9864800 >>9864556 do it but also sterilize the eggis forst

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 12 22:47:26 2018 No.9864811 >>9864792 good luck my friend I hope you get in and are done with this shitty process soon. Make sure to prep well for the interview and to be safe pre-write some secondaries for other schools. You got this though anon

Anonymous Thu Jul 12 22:50:13 2018 No.9864817

>>9864556
I'll be the first to admit I'm not sure about this topic but the only paper i can find is this one.

Evenopoel P et al. Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques. J Nutr. 1998.

This makes it seem like cooked eggs are the better move if your just looking to get protein. I would read the article to see what you think and look for yourself.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 03:25:29 2018 No.9865192 File: 36 KB, 213x237, DBFE8751-B974-4B5B-BCF6-836745C4F219.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just bumping the thread because it’s that time of the night again.

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 04:00:16 2018 No.9865247

>>9863918
I'm in southeastern europe we get everything with 20 year delay, so I'll be good.
>>9864223
Unzips Listerine...
>>9864224
Enjoy your salmonellosis.
>>9864239
Do you have pain? Bilateral swelling without pain gets me thinking about parotitis. Might be going full med student though.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 04:16:49 2018 No.9865275 >>9864594 My point is that other doctors can do surgery then

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 04:22:32 2018 No.9865281 >>9865275 There's a reason why surgery is considered one of the hardest and most prestigious specialities

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 10:34:48 2018 No.9865687
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I want to fucking kill myself, need some help.
14 days ago I had a serous otitis with a whistle in both ears.

After I took all the medication, yesterday I went to the doctor, he took a look and was all good, but the whistle was still there.
To make sure, I had an audition test to see if I was losing hearing, but everything went perfect.

The problem is that the fucking whistle is still there.
the only time I did not had them was yesterday when I woke up for an hour and today the same but for a few minutes.

When I swallow, I can feel a kind of annoying pressure change in my ears, which is what the doctor told me that maybe was the cause and he recommended me to chew gum.

He told me that if in 15 days the whistle still there they were going to look at it deeper.

I want to know if this is normal and it will go away or I should just kill myself because its a fucking nightmare. Someone helpme please.

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 11:20:25 2018 No.9865735

>>9865275
I see what you're saying but I think the future of medicine is more machine assisted. So the new tools like the da vinchi surgical system are still used by surgeons.

That being said I do thing the procedural work covered by interventional radiologists will expand.

>>9865687
I'm sorry to hear that you're suffering from this.

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 15:08:55 2018 No.9866235

Do you advise patients to taper or quit cold turkey? (Aside from cases where withdrawal can kill)

Does it depend on the substance?

Do you _really_ have any evidence you aren't doing damage in cold turkey cases due to the neurotransmitter shock it involves?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 15:41:40 2018 No.9866318 Sophomore here. How do I get clinical experience? Is it a resume deal-breaker?

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 17:00:24 2018 No.9866426

>>9862318
It's in my lectures so I assume there are some statistics about it. Our guidelines for people that don't have a familial predisposition for hypertonus, before we start throwing around medication, are exercise, quitting smoking and restricting salt. Each of those may take off about 10 mmHg.

btw site with good pathology resources?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 17:40:49 2018 No.9866498 >>9863117 >>9863120 It could be an ingrown hair, sebum... does it hurt to push on it? Just keep the area clean. Usually, it goes away on its own.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 17:54:59 2018 No.9866524 >>9865687 I cured it myself. When you're not meditating use a ceiling fan, and put music on as quietly as possible.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 18:02:33 2018 No.9866541 >>9866318 Another Sophomore here, also interested in this. I mean, I get that it’s a deal breaker given the demands for experience, but yeah, how can I get that experience?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 18:27:01 2018 No.9866592 >>9866318 >>9866541 Volunteering at hospitals, especially in the summer, will allow you to shadow ER or ICU nurses/doctors.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 18:38:06 2018 No.9866619 >>9859132 Think about the Hypocratic Oath.

Anonymous Fri Jul 13 19:55:47 2018 No.9866718

>>9866318
>>9866541
I agree with >>9866592

That being said if you have any family friends or neighbors thats a good play because they tend to realize how annoying this process is. You can also send mass emails to doctors to get shadowing i would focus on primary care places if you do that. However, since you're both in school my college had a shadowing club that gave me hours and you can ask your premed advisors if they know any doctors that have been open to shadowers in the past.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 13 21:03:51 2018 No.9866827 Does caffeine really reduce heart rate? I thought it'd be the other way around.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 03:25:29 2018 No.9867373

>>9865687
Tinitus is annoying and accompanies ear conditions. Residual noise is normal and resolves by itself, but rarely it just stays. We still don't know why and how this happens.
>>9866235
Depends on the substance. And additional medication is needed in most cases.
>>9866426
Fuck, I have one, but I don't have access to my pc right now, I'll get back to you later.
>>9866827
It usually induces tachycardia, even arhytmia in higher doses. Where did you read this?

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 06:55:57 2018 No.9867519

Hey fellas help a fellow /med/ic out. Grandpa's been taking domperidon for swallowing problems, but he started developing parkinson syndrome from it. Obviously I told him to stop taking it, but now I'm worried if he'll get better. That shit is reversible right?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 07:59:18 2018 No.9867563 Any over-the-counter stuff to boost motivation/concentration/wakefulness?

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 09:05:14 2018 No.9867643

>>9866827
Adenosine reduces heart rate and blood pressure. Caffeine is an adenosine receptor antagonist so it increases heart rate and blood pressure.

>>9867563
Caffeine, ephedrine and cigarettes. Sorry bud.

>>9867519
Supposedly that shouldn't be possible since domperidon doesn't cross the BBB.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 09:13:13 2018 No.9867646
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MS1 starting school in 2 weeks, scared to death.

How to ask people for research opportunities? I never had to network or publish on my own, I have a list of people's labs where I'd like to be but I have no idea
1. How to ask them and what my prospects are
2. Once in the lab, how to work toward coming up with my own research and publication or successfully piggybacking on somebody else's?

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 11:08:56 2018 No.9867762

hey medbros, i need advice/opinion.
i'm finishing my studies and am trying to decide between specialties.
i am torn between anesthesiology (complex, a lot of clinical skills and knowledge, but pay is around 2000$ since i live in shithole in balkans) and physical medicine and rehab (great pay, around 5000$ or more, could work for myself, zero stress, but also hardly any real clinical work)
is anyone here from those fields? what's your xp? thanks in advance

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 11:14:42 2018 No.9867772 >>9867373 >Depends on the substance. What do you recommend for cases of amphetamine? (Not meth). - e.g. people quitting ADHD meds

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 11:28:26 2018 No.9867795
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>>9865735
Thanks dude, I hope it disappears in time.
>>9866524
I will try that, now I have a fan but i will put some relaxing music, thanks for the tip man.
>>9867373
Thanks for the explanation, I'm waiting for him to leave on his own and praying that he will not stay.

Trying to sleep with this is a living hell. I had never appreciated silence so much. I would hate that when I die the last thing I hear is that damned whistle.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 13:06:24 2018 No.9867953

>>9867643
>Supposedly that shouldn't be possible since domperidon doesn't cross the BBB.
You sure? The clinical syndrome is there, and he didn't have it before. The leaflet said it's possible too.
>>9867762
Well, I fucking love anesthesia and hate physical therapy so you can guess my answer. I also live in the balkans and anesthesists get better pay than rehab specialists. You know talking about averages here. There are some rehab physicians that have their own rehab centre and make a fortune. And with anesthesia when you get older you can go to a private clinic and give anesthesia to almost healthy people, no complicated trauma cases, no septic patients, barely any ICU duties. Best of luck, anon.
>>9867772
Lower the dose gradually. For example lower it for a week or two until symptoms of withdrawal fade away, next week lower again and repeat. ADHD meds aren't that strong so it shouldn't be that hard.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 13:42:33 2018 No.9868057

>>9867953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domperidone#Parkinson's_disease

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962062/

I guess it has been "widely held" but when you get older your BBB gets shittier and depending on the dosage its possible, at least this guy says so.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 13:45:56 2018 No.9868064 Is neurology a good residency to do?

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 16:15:54 2018 No.9868461
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>>9868057
Shiet, thanks, anon. It's cardiotoxic too. He complained from fatigue too. Fucking pills didn't even help him with swallowing that good.
>>9868064
If you like neuroanatomy and not having a treatment for a large amount of the deseases you diagnose, sure.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 16:21:36 2018 No.9868487

>>9858819
About to start my first year of Community College this Aug (I could ace test but i never did my homework or projects so my GPA was FUBAR). Want to become a neurologist/neurosurgeon. The college i am going to is alleged to have a good nursing program but doesnt have the major i want. Im gonna try and work my ass off but also juggling a job at a LOWES so well see what happens. Plan is if i get good enough grades i'll transfer into a good medschool after 2 years. In school i took all classes i could that were pertaining to medicine (Anatomy and Physiology, Principles of Biomed, Human Body Systems, Medical Interventions, and Biomed innovations, plus all required sciences).

Is there anything else i can do to help me along my path?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 16:24:57 2018 No.9868499 File: 301 KB, 379x867, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] recovering from brain injury. any advice

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 16:40:23 2018 No.9868544

>>9868487
Forgot to mention that I want to volunteer at the hospital that's less than a few blocks away, but also again, work. im usually fucking pooped after working cause my main shit is moving big heavy things. Im trying to keep my hands in the best possible condition though despite this. And my uncles is a neurosurgeons assistant, there's no family strain between us but i haven't talked to him in like 5 years so idk if he'd be willing to give any help to me be it advice, shadowing, or whatever else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 19:20:22 2018 No.9868893 How far up my nose do I have to push the cocaine to get the full absorption? Can it be absorbed closer to the middle and bottom or is it only at the absolute top, where the olfactory nerve is?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 19:33:31 2018 No.9868916 >>9868499 hav u treid bandaids

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 19:34:27 2018 No.9868919 >>9868499 Be more specific, retard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 19:35:46 2018 No.9868921 >>9868916 >>9868919 had cervical artery dissection. resulted in blood clots. some level of a stroke. left half of brain has been offline for a year.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 19:43:59 2018 No.9868934

Just bumping and test posting since I was just in a spam thread that got deleted. I get that spam threads are cancer worth purging, but I was having a conversation about quantum entanglement and it’s applications in long distance instantaneous communications.

So on a similar note, what are you guys’ thoughts on remote surgery, like one surgeon clear over in like Spain working on a patient using robotic systems clear over in like India? I think it could possibly revolutionise surgery techniques and allow better surgeons to work in more horrid conditions without actually sacrificing, as well as put some surgeons out of work.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 21:41:29 2018 No.9869093

>>9863786
I have a follow-up question to the pre-med/research question.

Does most of the research get done during freshman/sophmore year or junior/senior year? I ask because I plan on going to community college first then transferring to university, since I'm many years out of high school already and I'm wondering if I should be chasing down some kind of research opportunities during my community college years to try to keep par.

I'm an EMT/soon-to-be paramedic btw so hopefully that is good for something as well.

Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:46:06 2018 No.9869155

>>9863071
>Why do doctors say you can't regrow articular cartilage then post research showing pemf can help regrow articular cartilage

I can't see any in vivo tests in animals, or any human trials on pubmed. I did find this https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29950893, but that there was such a big difference in the 42-μs group and the 38-μs group is suspicious.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:48:37 2018 No.9869163 engineer lmaoing at your life

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:51:13 2018 No.9869167 >>9868921 >a year Sorry bud, probably get used to not being able to use the right side of your body

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:52:35 2018 No.9869170 >>9868893 cocaine is absorbed through mucus membranes retard, pushing it further in won't change absorption. Stop being degenerate or kys

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:52:35 2018 No.9869171 >>9866827 >>9869167 scary how I did manage to adapt.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 22:55:18 2018 No.9869177 That feel when i diagnosed myself with prediabetes and found the cure, which is coffee. >>9864517 Who needs doctors when you have the internet and intuition, kek. But it took me a while to figure out, 11 years to be exact. Fuck >>9864517

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 14 23:29:39 2018 No.9869235 >>9859960 Move out of the US, the gamsat is basically a glorified IQ test

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:09:25 2018 No.9869384
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i dont know if this is the right place to post this, but i think i need medical help. should i go to a doctor? i recently picked up a bag of seasoned sunflower seeds. the only have seasoning on the outside so i cant resist eating the shells. everyone tells me not to eat them but now i know why. i ate all the seeds yesterday (i bought them 2 days ago and started eating that day, its a big bag so i finished the day after) and today when i went to poop i could really feel them grinding against my asshole. they were barely digested and the crushed fragments of the seeds were still sharp. its for that reason that i think this could have caused internal bleeding. yesterday i felt a sharp pain in my stomach area and here we are now.i figured this was the closest thing to a doctor i could get right now.

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:15:08 2018 No.9869392

>>9869384
Go take a shit, tell us the colour of the poop and see if there’s any obvious signs of blood.
Any stomach cramping? Knife-like pains? Eating almond seed shells like that can do a number on your appendix if you still have it, which can lead to intense cramping and eventually induced appendicitis and rupture.

If there’s both cramping and either jet-black shit or obvious bleeding, take some ibuprofen and drive yourself to a doctor before it’s too late.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:25:22 2018 No.9869396 >>9869392 man i dont know what appendicitis is but yeah my poop is black. i dont have any ibuprofen. i do have cramps and pain. will i die in my sleep if i dont go to a doctor right away?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:27:31 2018 No.9869397 >>9869396 wait nevermind i do have ibuprofen its advil right?

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:40:35 2018 No.9869403

>>9869397
>>9869396
Hahahahahahahaha, yeah you definitely needed the /med/ general.
First off, no, you aren’t gonna fuckin die.
Second off, yeah, jet-black shits mean you’ve got internal bleeding.
Appendicitis is just general illness of the appendix, a little unnecessary bodypart unless you’re eating grass that just kinda hangs off of your large intestine.

Advil is indeed ibuprofen. Take one or two Advil, and just hit up the doctors. Tell him you’re having trouble pooping, minor abdominal pain, and black feces. Then tell him what you did in terms of eating all of those sunflower seeds.
He’ll probs put you on some pills, maybe at worst shove an instrument up your ass and recommend some sort of procedure. Just make sure your insurance is in order and you’ll be good to go.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:42:32 2018 No.9869408 >>9869403 so i could just walk it off?

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:42:42 2018 No.9869409

>>9869403
Oh, and it sounds like you don’t have appendicitis. Honestly, I’d advise going to the doctor as soon as possible, but it isn’t going to kill you to wait until the next morning or so. Just don’t delay it too long, because you are technically losing a little bit of blood.
(And pardon my response delay, I was busy shitposting on another board.)

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:46:24 2018 No.9869413

>>9869408
Walk it off as in it’ll just go away on its own?
I’d advise against it, because we don’t actually know exactly what or where you are bleeding, we just know it’s on the inside of you. Just hit up a doctor. If you’re a minor or living with friends/family, just tell them you need to go to the urgent care/clinic because your poop is black and it’s not normal, or drive yourself if possible.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:49:52 2018 No.9869417 >>9869413 alright im going to the doctor in the morning, thank you so much for your professional opinion. but could you tell me whats the worst possible scenario

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 01:56:15 2018 No.9869423

>>9869417
The worst?
Uhhhhh, maybe a puncture in some lining of the intestines or stomach, maybe you induced an ulcer or hernia or something? That’s really like the absolute worst that could’ve happened, and it isn’t even all that bad. That’s all stuff that can be easily fixed with the right procedures.

The very very worst result from your point of view is if the doc says, “Yup, you need surgery.” In that case, you’ll probably have to go in for a procedure on a scheduled day and they’ll either put you to sleep or numb your bum and operate on you, putting utensils and cameras on long sticks up your asshole. (Which although is definitely not pleasant, isn’t that bad either.)

After that, you’ll probably have to take an antibiotic to prevent infection and a pill for pain, and have some sort of stitches shoved way up your butt that’ll fall out like a week later while you’re shitting.

Honestly, there’s no need to panic. Sleep comfy tonight anon, and be ready to maybe have the doctor look at your butthole if necessary.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 02:06:57 2018 No.9869435 >>9869423 thanks so much anon, im at ease with the current situation. getting stuff up my butt doesnt sound that bad.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 02:09:56 2018 No.9869437 >>9869435 It’s a pleasure to help.

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 03:20:30 2018 No.9869519

>>9868921
Shiet. Don't let depression take over. You're alive at least.
>>9868934
Relying only on vision is not good, most surgeons I've seen use their hands most of the time.
>>9869177
You can't diagnose prediabetes unless you do an oral glucotoleranse test. Dry mouth is not enough.
>>9869384
A simple seed can't perforate an organ, it's ok anon. You digestive system just got clogged with seed shells. Just don't fucking do it again.
>>9869403
>little unnecessary bodypart
>Take one or two Advil
Dude, the appendix isn't useless, it plays a big role in local immunity of the colon. Also why the hell are you advicing pain killers? He takes these, pain goes away and the clinical picture gets foggy. Only spasmolitics are allowed for abdominal pain until it gets a diagnosis. Also how the hell did you know he has internal bleeding without even seeing his poop? Melena is very different from regular poop.

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 03:43:28 2018 No.9869553

>>9869519
I get that the appendix isn’t useless, I almost died having my own rupture and ended up with permanent damage from the waist-down. However, it was clear that the anon didn’t exactly know his stuff and the most important thing was to help him stay calm and get himself to a hospital within reasonable timing.

Yes, I oversimplified things and did nothing near a formal job. Had I been at work and he was in my office, I would’ve actually looked at things more formally, but from here, all I can tell is it’s a guy that ate something he shouldn’t have and it’s fucking up something on the inside. I prepared him mentally in the simplest manner possible for what may go down tomorrow, and only recommended Advil so he can get some rest because he did report pain. If he does go in tomorrow morning, it shouldn’t fuck with the results as long as he tells them he took it (and it’s procedure for them to ask). Getting him help and keeping him calm are the most important aspects.
Tomorrow is when he’ll actually get what he needs. Who knows, maybe they’ll just give him a laxative and tell him to drink water and send him his way. They’ll know more in one visit tomorrow than you and I could probably ever figure out over days of conversation.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 06:46:26 2018 No.9869833 >>9868921 >>9868499 Avoid 4chan at all costs.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 06:49:58 2018 No.9869839 >>9868921 How old are you?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 07:07:43 2018 No.9869854 >tfw hypochondriac and poor was kinda black why would I be bleeding fuck oh no my HR is normal though so hypovolemia doesn't seem to be present yet I'll keep my eye on it just incase though

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 07:15:28 2018 No.9869866 >>9867643 I've both caffeine and ephedrine and both make me tired for some reason. Any other proposals?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 07:55:57 2018 No.9869905 >>9867953 thanks mate, take care!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 08:40:30 2018 No.9869965 I wonder how much color variation there is in normal stool between brown and black

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 08:52:48 2018 No.9869986 Obviously everclear dehydrates and water hydrates. But what about shandys? At what ABV do drinks transition from net dehydration to net hydration?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 09:46:00 2018 No.9870040 File: 380 KB, 1806x603, Screenshot_20180715-023306_Chrome.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I dare you to post a more obvious example of WPW

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 09:52:58 2018 No.9870053 >>9858819 25 yo is too old for study medicine?

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 09:54:01 2018 No.9870055

>>9867953
>Lower the dose gradually. For example lower it for a week or two until symptoms of withdrawal fade away, next week lower again and repeat. ADHD meds aren't that strong so it shouldn't be that hard.

Speed isn't that weak..

Is there any danger or risk to quitting cold turkey or with a fast taper (e.g. half dose every week and quit after 2 or 3 weeks)?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 09:55:08 2018 No.9870059 >>9870040 That's nuts

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 10:52:09 2018 No.9870137 >>9870053 I wouldnt think so. My uncle didnt go into medicine until he was 30 and now he's senior physicians assistant for neurosurgery at his hospital. Im sure if you worked hard you'll be okay.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 11:03:25 2018 No.9870156 >>9870137 even if i have average iq?

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 11:11:09 2018 No.9870172

>>9870156
yes and no. IDK his IQ but a lot of getting through medschool is root memorization of body parts, names, functions, and once you go into your specialty its the same thing but more intensified for the specific system/part + illnesses and disease associated. The area where you need to do most thinking is in diagnosis but even then its just process of elimination 9.9/10 times. If you have a solid work ethic you should be fine. The other half is actually caring about your work. there's a difference between a doctor who just "does their job" and a doctor who does their job and cares.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 11:41:04 2018 No.9870215 File: 95 KB, 237x218, 1528566701860.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] my fist semester starts in September, but i always was a retard in chemistry what do i have to expect and what topics do i need to freshen up so i dont get blown out?

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 11:50:14 2018 No.9870223

im not sure if this is the place to ask, but what is clinical research like? i'm in the middle of applying to med schools right now and i want to try my hand at it.

i've done enough basic research in undergrad to realize that i have no interest in it in the future.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 15 12:57:21 2018 No.9870299 What's up with all of the premeds? I figured we'd be a minority on a board that stigmatizes the study of medicine and biology

Anonymous Sun Jul 15 13:06:51 2018 No.9870315

>>9867646
congrats you're going to an amazing school. I'm very very jealous of your tuition.

I would just email them very briefly saying 1. who you are 2. your background 3. your intresrt in their lab 4. a project they worked on that intersets you.

So i would explain why i thought like a paper or two of a pi was very cool. Also if you don't get a response follow up in like a week.

2. Figure out how you can modify/improve what they're doing or find someone you think is a star (look at their research output online) and see if you can assist them. It depends heavily on the lab culture

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 16 00:44:33 2018 No.9871593 why do nerves cross? for example the fibers from the nasal retina cross to the other side but the ones from temporal retina stay stay homolateral until the visual cortex, why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 16 07:13:02 2018 No.9872066 >>9859132 >self blood pressure cuff. Is it an automatic cuff or a manual sphygmo? Most automatic ones are actual dogshit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 16 21:44:03 2018 No.9873496 File: 22 KB, 400x402, No-Stress.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is it worth it? I am asking this for doctorsvinlrimary Cate or a specialty, nurses, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, pharmacist

Anonymous Mon Jul 16 21:55:26 2018 No.9873515

>>9873496
>doctorsvinlrimary Cate
I am going to interpret that as, “doctors in primary care.”

Yes, it is very worth it if you can handle the weird shit that comes with it. Rigorous schooling, handling blood and nervous patients, etc.
It pays well and gets you some decent respect though, and a lot of the jobs have pretty nice perks like not having to work full weeks or getting work autonomy (aka you actually get to use your own decision making instead of just following commands, like being your own boss).

What matters most isn’t even “should you”, it’s “what should I do?” There’s a lot of various fields within the medical field itself, and they all vary differently in what they do and what their pros and cons are.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 00:36:53 2018 No.9873704 How toxic is Nessler Reagent or to be more specific Mercuric Iodide through the skin?

Anonymous Tue Jul 17 03:26:21 2018 No.9873932

>>9873704
Mercuric Iodide is really only toxic if it can get access to mucous membranes or the kidneys. I suppose putting just the right amount to just the right spot on your skin could result in poisoning, but if we’re talking something like an accidental splash of a few drips on your arm, you should be just fine.

Poisoning usually occurs through oral consumption or inhaling a gaseous form of the substance, and will lead to accute renal failure.

Just for sources, you can read more on it in this .pdf:
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/000456329603300515

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 06:21:45 2018 No.9874118 >>9873932 Thank you anon, I only got like a mL or two on my hand for about 3-4 seconds before rinsing and washing it thoroughly.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 09:53:51 2018 No.9874340 >>9859132 carotid sinus massage? propranolol?

Anonymous Tue Jul 17 14:17:22 2018 No.9874669
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Redpill me on (((surgeons))).
Are they real doctors? Or just butchers larping as doctors. I mean obviously technically they are. But I mean more in terms of attitude, philosophy. Do they really look at patients the way other docs do, or is it simply a case of any excuse to start cutting and chopping (and earning lots of shekels for it)?

Anonymous Tue Jul 17 14:29:42 2018 No.9874686

>>9874669
First off, you’re horribly misunderstanding what surgery even is if you think it’s just about cutting people open or pulling out organs. Most surgery is extremely clean and precise.
Surgeons are people. All people are different. I’ve met surgeons that are cold heartless creatures. I’ve met surgeons that genuinely believe in palm reading. I’ve met surgeons that are horribly depressed and unironically want to kill themselves every day. I’ve met surgeons that act like robots in a human’s body.

The red pill isn’t that they’re psychopaths that like to cut people up; they’re people that just do surgical procedures for a living.

Here’s your red pill:
Surgeons work one of the most depressing, disgusting jobs in medicine. They see people die at their fingertips, and they get their hands dirty handling all sorts of bodily fluids and guts. It isn’t that they like to cut people up and watch them die; it’s that they are the front-line grunts that have to do that dirty work. They are real doctors. All surgeons are physicians and must go through the same rigorous training. The difference between a surgeon and a doctor is that a doctor does a lot more computer work and rarely sees the inside of his patient in the same way a surgeon will.
Surgeons aren’t some sort of evil breed of medical worker, they’re an under appreciated rank that needs respect and understanding.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 19:26:40 2018 No.9875182 >mfw got clinical liaison position right out of comfy PhD and making $145k USD salary without student loans to worry about How can medgies compete

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 19:27:57 2018 No.9875184 >>9874686 Surgeons are literally sperglords though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 21:04:39 2018 No.9875376 File: 2.51 MB, 1280x720, 1504684737515.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How many of you bros are getting a non-education from the best show of the year? This is a platelet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 21:21:31 2018 No.9875408 >>9875184 t. dermlet

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 22:25:13 2018 No.9875510 >>9875408 Dermatology is the best specialty by far if you want money, normal hours, and little stress.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 17 22:42:19 2018 No.9875545 >>9875182 what field? I have an MSc and considered a PhD then going into industry (pharmacology), but ultimately went the medicine route.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 00:02:49 2018 No.9875656

I have an MMI in a week. I've been told many different things I need to do in responding to certain ethical scenarios. Are the interviewers however generally looking more for your problem solving and ethical reasoning as such or do they want you more to focus on how the people in the ethical scenarios feel and focus on what they want?
If you went through an MMI to get in, how did it go?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 00:33:02 2018 No.9875692 I just wanted to learn about cancer and I was wondering if I could get some good book recommendations. I have background in science so don't worry about it being overly technical, having some of those could be a plus.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 04:30:08 2018 No.9875996

>>9875656
Each university will focus on aspects that reflect the school's core beliefs. I did an MMI last year and completely bombed it because their focus was on human interaction scenarios rather than interviews, problem solving and ethical discussion.

Good luck anon. Just be yourself and accept the outcome as either a chance to celebrate or an opportunity to work on your weakness.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 07:37:27 2018 No.9876192 >>9875545 Oncology, genetics, etc

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 07:40:36 2018 No.9876195 >>9875692 Read Hanahan & Weinberg's "Hallmarks of Cancer" manuscripts. Both the 2000 original and 2011 revisited are legendary papers and a great overview of general processes in selection.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 07:43:15 2018 No.9876198

>>9875656
I got 3/3 offers with MMIs and all I can really say is that try and bring in evidence where and when you can. Don't prepare for questions too much, but prepare your experiences so when you get asked a question, you have something to bring up. If you've ever worked in a hospital, you only need one or two good examples which will cover just about every base you can imagine. Like some difficult patients I had working as a phlebotomist gave me the experience of dealing with difficult patients, patient consent, bedside manner, the needs of patients, what a difference you can make in someone's life, the wider role of allied health professionals and so on.

The only real prep that's worth doing, probably, is looking up things like the four pillars of ethics, medical guidelines for your country and certain core values that the med school you're applying to promotes.

So, if you get a question like "what can doctors do to protect the dignity of patients?", bring up any medical guidlnes you know about, how it applies to medical ethics and then an example of where you've seen or been able to apply it yourself, then what you learned from the experience. A big part of one of my MMIs, and the med school I ended up picking was resilience. So a lot of questions were about stress, coping with stress, dealing with other people who are stressed out and stress in the workplace. And every time, I tried to put in personal anecdotes about when I've been stressed out, struggled, having depression/anxiety and shit like that.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 08:26:44 2018 No.9876238

>>9876198
>Don't prepare for questions too much, but prepare your experiences so when you get asked a question, you have something to bring up.

This is some solid advice, I wish I had reflected on my experiences before going into the MMI. I have been writing an "experience bank" which is just a series of specific/standout events where I demonstrated a particular skill, value or behaviour.

The university I applied to used scenarios with actors to test our emotional intelligence and our ability to express empathy. This really caught me off guard since I spent a lot of time reading generic ethical dilemma A, B, C and medical guidelines.

However, the scenarios made me realise that I lacked the tools to communicate or express my feelings of empathy. My preparation this time around has been working on my com. skills, talking to people, volunteering at facilities and reflecting on emotional experiences to better understand the thoughts and feelings of others.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 08:48:34 2018 No.9876255 >>9875996 >>9876198 >>9876238 thanks for the tips

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 09:00:17 2018 No.9876269

>>9875656
>>Don't prepare for questions too much, but prepare your experiences so when you get asked a question, you have something to bring up.

Couldn't agree more.

Also, there's often no 'right' answer to these MMI ethical scenarios, so a good response IMO considers both extremes (and explains why they're not the best route) to a dilemma and then settles somewhere in the middle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1UeH5rxTUM

Has some videos where he goes through this process

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 11:42:14 2018 No.9876605 My girlfriend (22 years old) was diagnosed with MS. We will know on the 6th of august what kind of MS it is. What do ? I have a feeling that I can't cope with it if it's some bad agressive form. :(

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:16:14 2018 No.9876662 >>9870053 No age is too old to study medicine but I will give you the point that it is an inconvenient time to start up a life change that is so strenuous. If you have a gf and supportive parents/lots of money I would say go for it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:17:10 2018 No.9876664 >>9876605 Sorry to hear about your gf anon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:20:59 2018 No.9876678 >>9864206 Bumping for answers.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:42:08 2018 No.9876732

>>9876605
The earlier it manifests the less severe it usually is. I didn't know you could give it a "kind of MS" but sure.

>>9876678
I've never seen anyone deny blood cholesterol having to do with CHD. Dietary cholesterol contributes only slightly to serum cholesterol unless you have a familial predisposition which is why it isn't taken as seriously anymore, which is probably correct, but blood cholesterol should not exceed like 160.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:43:04 2018 No.9876735 >>9876605 Nigga MS is perfectly manageable today if you're living in a 1st world country (not US), my gf got diagnosed too year and she's 24.

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:51:33 2018 No.9876751

>>9876664
Thanks.

>>9876732
Ow oke so that is a good thing I guess. I've read that there are some forms, some that evolve rather slow and are very managable with meds. Others are more agressive and will put her in a wheelchair in a few years. I don't know tho i'm not a specialist.

>>9876735
We're from Belgium so our social security is pretty solid. Did your relationship change by it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 12:52:13 2018 No.9876752 >>9876751 >We're from Belgium so our social security is pretty solid. Did your relationship change by it? Nope, it doesn't affect her at all and nothing changed between us.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 18 23:27:50 2018 No.9877966 >>9861422 Anyone got an answer? For example, would someone who drinks artificially sweetened boomer monster every day be more at risk of certain conditions than someone who doesn't?

Anonymous Wed Jul 18 23:42:50 2018 No.9878001

>>9877966
Most studies aren’t long term, but rather focus on the actual stuff that makes up the artificial sweeteners themselves.
I have never seen a long-term study on either artificial sweeteners or on artificially sweetened energy drinks, but I can confirm that basically every sweetener with the exception of Stevia is basically toxic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 00:01:48 2018 No.9878036 What is the gastroenterology route like?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 00:30:16 2018 No.9878089 >>9858819 >>9858822 Does anyone know the saline equivalent of 250 UI into ml (milliliters)?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 00:39:42 2018 No.9878099 What do doctors actually do that you need to go to med school for 4 years for? I go in and you just tell me to take some advil. With the amount of money you're making and time you put into it, I expect you to be able to wave your hand and cure me.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 01:52:18 2018 No.9878199 >>9878036 Shitty

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 03:23:44 2018 No.9878326 File: 239 KB, 961x816, 1511757794590.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] any labfags here?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 03:44:41 2018 No.9878368 >>9862439 >>9878326 here, just saw this post. my job is pretty comfy, but the pay, duties and educational requirements vary a lot depending on location. where do you live? any more specific questions?

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 06:15:59 2018 No.9878593
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FAILED ANOTHER FUCKING YEAR BROS AAAAAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK THIS SHITHOLE FUCKERY FUCK FUCKITY
>tfw wont ever sit on lectures with my crush ever again cause im a loser thy failed course again

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 09:43:04 2018 No.9878882 [DELETED]

Premed here.
I had to take a 2 year "break" from school for medical reasons. I have 2 options for finishing undergrad:
Option one is returning to a top 20 school, where it would take 2 semesters and cost about 30k.
Option two is transferring back to an unranked but cheap state school with an awful department for my major, where I could finish my degree in one semester for around 5k.

Do medical schools care about where you got your undergrad from? Will it look like I couldn't hack it if I transfer back to the state school? Honestly I have a lot of reasons I want to transfer back (cheaper, smaller campus is better since I have a mobility issue now, didn't mesh with student culture, advising was terrible).
I have decent stats, but not amazing, most of it is explainable due to the medical issue.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 10:00:49 2018 No.9878907 >>9878099 based boomer humor

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 11:06:24 2018 No.9878995 File: 69 KB, 900x675, 1419785634311.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] any advice for recovering from brain injury???

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 11:51:52 2018 No.9879066 >>9878995 It's been over a year anon, what you have now you're stuck with. Just be glad you're not still in an LTAC throwing hella clots like most of my patients.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 11:52:42 2018 No.9879069 >>9879066 >>9879066 >It's been over a year anon what makes you think that?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 13:52:41 2018 No.9879248 File: 40 KB, 1062x783, miku_dab.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9858833 Niggerology >>9861263 dry fast >>9861428 I clone myself a lot >>9878089 yes

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 14:03:56 2018 No.9879278 >>9876198 what are MMIs?

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 14:18:10 2018 No.9879301

Help me out famiglia.

I’m super interested in medicine, and I’m planning on going to vet school. I’m still open to other career possibilities though because I’m still a junior in undergrad and I don’t know what all is out there. I just want a comfy life, but I don’t want to be a doctor. I’d consider being a PA, but I’d love to hear if you guys have any other suggestions on what profession to look into.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 14:22:59 2018 No.9879306 >>9879301 Is also consider pharmacy but I don’t want to be sitting in some retail store like most pharmacists.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 14:24:27 2018 No.9879311 Just started studying to be a nurse as a guy, any tips? I want to end up as someone reliable in a hospital, preferably some place exciting.

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 15:04:54 2018 No.9879381

>>9879278
>what are MMIs?
Multiple Mini Interviews

Basically a newer format of interviews that are set up like OSCEs, or speed-dating. You get the same questions you'd expect out of a traditional panel interview, but with different people. It means you have to time your answers better. But if you get off to a bad start with one interviewer, you can have a fresh start with another.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 15:19:47 2018 No.9879401 >>9879069 These posts by (You): >>9868499 >>9868921

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:15:21 2018 No.9879770 Autism and hypochondria are a bad pairing

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:17:13 2018 No.9879776 >>9874686 Surgeons are dumb jocks compared to non-surgeons and should be the first ones up against the wall in the Technological Uprising, especially as there is no bedside manner

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:18:15 2018 No.9879779 >>9875184 What? Surgeons are chads

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:21:21 2018 No.9879785 >>9858851 Physicist cuck detected. Stay mad faggot

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:35:20 2018 No.9879815

>>9860007
That's all that education in the modern world has been reduced to. paroting, listening and repating what has been said a thousand times.

If they aren't challenged to teach themselves, they will never turly take it to heart and actually KNOW what they've been tought.

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:42:19 2018 No.9879825

>>9858837
>>9858851

>Sci·ence
/ˈsīəns/
noun
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

Medicine fits the literal definition of science, and is probably more of a real science than whatever fucking autistic study you’re following.
Furthermore, we actually use our science to better the common man, not make incomplete theorems that don’t benefit anyone for shit. Most science can’t even do that.

Anonymous Thu Jul 19 19:46:58 2018 No.9879837

Eyo my dudes, i've got my exam to enter medschool this december. Is there anything in particular which is vital to be accepted?
Other than that, i've got a pretty crappy Chemistry base to stand on.
Any of you can recommend any books on chemistry and Biology?
Aside from that once you get into the career, what is the most difficult subject in 1st year so i can start reading up on it.
Thank you

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 20:12:36 2018 No.9879886 >>9879837 Don't even know where you're from, you dumb bitch nigga.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 19 20:17:48 2018 No.9879897 >>9879886 Argentina, shouldn't be too radically different from anywhere else in South America

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 00:28:45 2018 No.9880275 is pharmacy worth studying?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 00:36:42 2018 No.9880286 >>9880275 >6 figure salary >comfy job in supermarket, hospital or making bank as a researcher

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 00:44:29 2018 No.9880296 >>9880286 it doesn't sound so promising in my country

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:26:26 2018 No.9880357 >>9879306 most (well paid) pharmacists don't sit in strores; however the entire field is at risk from automation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:27:28 2018 No.9880358 >>9880286 >get automated in a decade

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:28:12 2018 No.9880360 >>9870299 I suspect that younger people browse 4chan, so more premed would be expected

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:31:04 2018 No.9880366 starting paeds rotation as an intern next week, anyone have any tips

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:34:20 2018 No.9880374 >>9880357 is it worth studying then? If I decide to study, I would try not to sit in stores.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 01:34:43 2018 No.9880376 >>9880366 don't forget to use tor :^)

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 02:26:05 2018 No.9880441

Chemistry major here. Everything was going great until I semi-botched Diff Eqs. in senior year and I took an overall GPA drop from 3.65 to 3.58 squarely in the BCPM. How fucked am I? I have a 520 MCAT, but it's a retake, and I'm applying to mostly 3.7-3.9 median schools.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 09:53:07 2018 No.9881021 >>9880441 what was your original score on mcat? I'm pretty confident you'll get in places but it'll probably be more low tier md schools. I would just apply through a range of schools if you can afford it

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 10:02:10 2018 No.9881040 Explain why is psychology a meme?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 10:27:31 2018 No.9881074 Is autism the next step of human evolution?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 12:36:38 2018 No.9881254 >>9880366 Don't fuck your patients.

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 12:50:22 2018 No.9881273

I want to go into medicine, but had to take 3 years off from uni because of a brain tumor. I'm 26 and only mid-way into my bachelor's degree. My GPA is good, but I still need to knock off a couple pre-requisites and write the MCAT. Is there hope for "older" students like me? I'll probably only apply for med school when I'm in my early-mid 30s. It then takes another 7+ years of fellowships and shit, no?

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 12:54:04 2018 No.9881283

>>9881273
I know people that started med school in their 40s, so late 20s or even mid-30s isn't so bad. But the one thing I'd say is that you have to really want it, because you're resetting your career at that point and the losses you'll incur from med school won't be made up for quite a few years.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 12:57:59 2018 No.9881289 >>9862063 based and redpilled

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 13:17:16 2018 No.9881329 >>9881283 I wouldn't say I'm totally resetting my career. I'm in a biochem major and planned to go into medicine for a while. But thanks anon. I'll keep at it and hope I can start applying in the next 2-3 years.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 13:37:06 2018 No.9881371 >>9863857 Because it affects an unattractive population (older males). That is literally it.

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 13:43:12 2018 No.9881379

I got these things called “nodules” in my ling, like a lot of them. Some are referred to as “adjacent satellite nodules” and there’s one that’s like 1.35 cm in there. Basically just found out my lung is filled with these things. I go to a specialist (plumologist or whatever it’s called) in a couple of weeks. I can’t really find straight answers on Google, but you guys are smart, I’d assume. What are the chances these are cancerous tumors, or are nodules a nicer term for tumor? Doctors wouldn’t tell me much.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 13:48:54 2018 No.9881390 >>9868064 It is the quinnesential “know everything but do nothing” specialty. I would find it personally frustrating so chose Psych instead, which is more related to cognition and behavior, which was my main interest anyways.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 14:45:19 2018 No.9881508 >>9881021 504

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 14:57:31 2018 No.9881523 >>9869403 RECOMMENDING ADVIL WITH INTERNAL UPPER GI BLEEDING FUCKING LMFAO WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 15:16:23 2018 No.9881555

>>9858819
Can we add a disclaimer about not allowing random anons to ask for medical advice here? Half of the thread is stupid medical students giving shitty advice to dumb anons who don’t give proper details of their conditions or need an actual conversation with a doctor about a specific condition.

I just want to shitpost with my fellow medfags.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 15:27:11 2018 No.9881590 >>9881555 Swollen soleus muscle. -ve results for DVT tests. Still swollen 3 months later. What is the cause?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 15:46:49 2018 No.9881639 >>9881555 What is the cure for the mental disability known as communism?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 15:53:05 2018 No.9881658 >>9881590 100% chance of it being cancer.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:28:38 2018 No.9881870 File: 192 KB, 711x633, 1507794165401.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Only my freshman year of uni and i've already fucked up and got a 3.1 gpa. The fuck do I do now?

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:50:24 2018 No.9881930

>work as RN
>see sexy female doctor every now and then
>wearing a short dress (but not too short because she's not a slut)
>lab coat
>tall as fuck
>long blonde hair
>super nice, smiles at me every time I walk by like an autist

IT'S NOT FAIR. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE THIS GOOD AT LIFE.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:56:02 2018 No.9881952 Is it possible for spinal fluid to crush your brain and if so is there any way to fix it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:57:10 2018 No.9881956 >>9881870 Do better. You'll be fine. Get to and stay above a 3.3 gpa and find a professor who will let you get research experience with them, and you'll be fine for top 25/50 unis for grad school.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:57:36 2018 No.9881959 File: 6 KB, 194x260, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9881952 Stand on your head

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 17:58:11 2018 No.9881962 >>9881870 hey, im the guy who posted earlier, didnt realize ur going for med school, 4get about it phdboi

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:00:59 2018 No.9881970 >>9874669 Surgeons haven't been considered as real doctors until very recently. For a reason.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:04:40 2018 No.9881977 >>9881952 Yes. Go to the hospital.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:13:06 2018 No.9881994 >>9863918 >Psychiatry Completely untouchable. The are no real diagnoses, not etiology, only heuristics.

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:22:31 2018 No.9882020

>>9864556
The proteins in an uncooked egg are less denatured than in a cooked egg, as a result less proteins get absorbed and the digestive process consumes more energy. The raw eggs meme is literal bro-science, based on the notion that the liquid form is somehow closer to the form that the body absorbs the eggs in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:26:20 2018 No.9882032 >>9868499 Push yourself. Always sleep when you feel like it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:31:14 2018 No.9882046 >>9868921 you will be a good engineer

Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:34:55 2018 No.9882057

>>9870223
Regression, correlation and making shit up.

>Research shows a correlation between A and B, also between B and C
> Therefore we speculate that there is causation between A and C
>Your paper gets cited by 3 people "Anon et all proved that A causes C"
> therefore we have shown that C is correlated with D
>repeat forever
>fix your shit only if people start dying

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:37:38 2018 No.9882064 >>9878995 Sleep like a motherfucker, play starcraft.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 18:42:44 2018 No.9882075 Somebody make a new thread. Also, redpill me on that trope in movies/TV where they fix atelactasis by stabbing the person with some sort of tube. I'm guessing that's BS.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 19:26:58 2018 No.9882160 >>9882075 The general idea is 100% real. It's called a tube thoracostomy or just a chest tube placement.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 20 21:25:45 2018 No.9882415 File: 27 KB, 485x443, 1508414489670.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9881962 fuck

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 21 03:52:49 2018 No.9882950 >open thread >expect medbros discussing medlife and their studies >is filled with dumb anon questions

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 21 09:11:41 2018 No.9883315 >>9883313 >>9883313 >>9883313

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 21 13:59:39 2018 No.9883735 >>9881639 I hear that there's an experimental medicine in Chile. IDK why or how this helps but it involves throwing those who are infected out of a helicopter into an ocean. Weird I know, but apparently its yet to fail.

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