“You’re the doctor !!!”
I am sick of having different versions of the following at dispo
Me: Ok, all your tests look ok, and
Patient: DONT BLOW ME OFF IM NOT LEAVING HERE TIL I KNOW WHATS GOING ON!!
Me: ok, well, you have a sore throat, we checked for covid, flu, mono, rsv and strep, so we will have you go home with some
Patient: HOW CAN I LEAVE WHEN I DONT KNOW WHATS WRONG?
Me: ok, but there are many viruses that can cause sore throat and we can’t test for them.
Patient: I need more tests
Me: what...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CoolDoc1729 Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
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Source: The Student Room - September 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MV123456 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Tons of weird symptoms
You guys seeing any of this?
We are having many fold more young people coming in with just really weird symptoms. It's always
"Chest pain, left toe pain, headache, and arm itchiness"
"nausea, palpitations, left neck pain, and sore throat"
"diarrhea, headache, and transient dizziness"
" head pain, cough-asthma, bilateral knee, foot, arm pain"
"shocks all over the body, left arm swelling"
It's non stop. All in people between 20-40. They all have nothing. Our usual census is 120/day, we...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thegenius Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
What is the FM "sweet spot" in terms of disease complexity?
Hi everyone,
I am very interested in family medicine, and this question is coming from a place of ignorance more than anything else. I've been hearing a lot about midlevel encroachment (although I don't want this to turn into a midlevel post, and am more interested in the FM side of these questions) and the like, and it's making me have some questions about FM as a field:
If someone has a "more simple" problem (sore throat, uncomplicated HTN), why not go to a PA or independent...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 20, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: SpanishMusical Tags: Family Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Covid-19: Sore throat, fatigue, and myalgia are more common with new UK variant
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Any thoughts on this case?
30 yo f with presents with 1 mo hx of the rash shown below which is also present on ears and breast with swelling and crusting in those areas. Also c/o fatigue, sore throat, cp, and constipation. Denies smoking, EtOH and drugs. Takes B12 and recently completed a 3 day course of steroids. Denies smoking, EtOH, or drugs. Labs: BMP wnl, CBC shows Hgb 9.6 (normocytic), plts 92K, wbc 2.6., AST 105, ALT 45, GGT 115, nml ALP, nml bili. nml Cr. A1c nml. nml CRP. ESR 58. TSH 15, nml T4, TPO 44
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 31, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: gxb Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Re: Persistent sore throat may be a warning sign for laryngeal cancer, more likely to be a & quot;Throat Cancer & quot; - Oropharynx or Hypopharynx
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
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Source: The Student Room - January 3, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DreamChaser2001 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline
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Source: BMJ Comments - December 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
