Ever wondered what’s the difference between heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest?
Читать полностью…I am currently doing my clinical practice in urology department. Today I had the honour to help operating a 40 yo patient with condylomata gigantea, also known as "Buschke-Löwenstein tumor". It is a rare cutaneous condition charakterized by an aggressive, wart-like growth that is a verrucous carcinoma. It is attributed to human papillomavirus. Although the tumor had been in existence for over a year, the patient went to the hospital only 2 days ago. As reasons he called great shame and fear of loosing his new job. The size of the tumor was 5x4 inches. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take a picture. But it looked like this:
Читать полностью…http://www.doctorsonline.co/2017/11/23/medical-doctors-having-highest-iq-among-job-professions/
Читать полностью…Knowledge Monday 🎉🎉
Your brain sees the world upside down. When the rods and cones of your retina send an image to the brain—say you’re looking at a tree—the image that gets transmitted to the brain is upside down. The brain automatically rotates the image in its visual cortex. Babies learn to do this early on. It’s so automatic, you do not know you’re doing it.
McBurney’s point is the name given to the point over the right side of the abdomen that is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus (navel). This point roughly corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix where it is attached to the cecum. Deep tenderness at McBurney’s point, known as McBurney’s sign, is a sign of acute appendicitis. he clinical sign of referred pain in the epigastrium when pressure is applied is also known as Aaron’s sign. Specific localization of tenderness to McBurney’s point indicates that inflammation is no longer limited to the lumen of the bowel (which localizes pain poorly), and is irritating the lining of the peritoneum at the place where the peritoneum comes into contact with the appendix. Tenderness at McBurney’s point suggests the evolution of acute appendicitis to a later stage, and thus, the increased likelihood of rupture. Other abdominal processes can also sometimes cause tenderness at McBurney’s point. Thus, this sign is highly useful but neither necessary nor sufficient to make a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Also, the anatomical position of the appendix is highly variable (for example in retrocaecal appendix, an appendix behind the caecum), which also limits the use of this sign as many cases of appendicitis do not cause point tenderness at McBurney’s point. For most open appendectomies (as opposed to laparoscopic appendectomies), the incision is made at McBurney’s point.
Читать полностью…A person will die from lack of sleep sooner than they will from starvation, which usually takes a few weeks.
Читать полностью…GABA transaminase inhibitor among the following is?
anonymous poll
Vigabatrin – 64
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 61%
Gabapentin – 27
👍👍👍 26%
Pregabalin – 13
👍 12%
Tiagabine – 1
▫️ 1%
👥 105 people voted so far.
A good doctor must be very smart.
anonymous poll
yes – 79
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
no – 20
👍👍 20%
👥 99 people voted so far.
Knowledge Saturday 🎉
We loose 80% of our body heat from the head. So you better wear a 🎩 unless you want to be a ⛄️
Have you ever wondered what it's like studying medicine ?
https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/life-as-a-medical-student.html
About which drug do you want to learn something about? 👩🔬
anonymous poll
Acetylsalicylic acid ( ASPIRIN ) – 97
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Proton-Pump Inhibitor ( Pantoprazole ) – 42
👍👍👍 24%
H1-Antagonist ( Dymenhydrinate ) – 33
👍👍 19%
👥 172 people voted so far.
We need to normalize talking about our bodies.
A lot of people who have chronic illnesses don’t realize they have chronic illnesses because they honestly don’t realize that it’s not normal to be tired all the time or have headaches every day or have debilitating menstrual cramps or have lots of tummy/potty problems. Or if they don’t think it’s normal, they think it’s their fault, that they’re not taking good enough care of themselves or their just lazy or whatever. It doesn’t even occur to most people to mention a lot of these things to their doctors because they’ve just always been there. And we don’t mention them to our friends and family because it’s not normal to talk about our bodies.
So, normalize talking about our bodies. Destigmatize it.
It's knowledge Monday 🎉🎉
Every 60 seconds, your red blood cells do a complete circuit of your body.
I am thinking about adding another fixed day: "Motivation Friday" - I'd post a picture or a quote each Friday to keep you motivated. Let me know what you're thinking about !👨💻
Читать полностью…Location of McBurney’s point (1), located two thirds the distance from the umbilicus (2) to the right anterior superior iliac spine (3).
Читать полностью…It's knowledge Monday. From now on I'll tell you a short interesting or funny fact about the human body every Monday. 🎉🎉Let's start😎
Читать полностью…Hey guys, as a doctor we are strongly influenced by our own memories and prejudices. The following text should make you re-think your own behaviour.
A 45 years old patient with reddened skin and bluish nose goes to see the doctor. He complains about lower belly pain. The personal hygiene (he smells of sweat and food) indicates social neglect. However, on closer examination the doctor thinks that the patient suffers from alcoholism and recommends to do a detoxification. The patient is very upset and protest that he is innocence. Never does he drink alcohol nor does he take any drugs. This certain behavior is interpreted as a sign of trivilaisation and denial. This behavior enforced the doctors diagnosis.
6 month later: The same doctor is at a medical conference and one of his colleague tells him that the patient (a passionate non-alcoholic) has died of a too late diagnosed colon cancer.
This problem is often called as the "halo-effect". The halo effect is a congnitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person influences the observer's feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties. Another example would be that we think obese people are lazy. So try not to get influenced by the "halo-effect" and try to recognise every patient as an individual. Even if it may be hard sometimes.