2023-07-08 05:00:00
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That’s well intentioned, but I think the icing would be better off in the mouth… © Pond5 / IMAGO / Image processing: BuzzFeed Germany
“I had to explain to a 17-year-old and her mother that she wasn’t ‘allergic’ to alcohol, just hungover.”
Before we get started, I just want to be quick and clear that I’m one hundred percent one of those people who have walked into a doctor’s office without really having a reason to be concerned. But we don’t want to judge that here either, because most of the time it’s better to be on the safe side. Just not in all cases… Under the Reddit-Post von u/WeirdSymmetry medical workers shared really questionable stories of patients who hopefully slapped their own foreheads following these incidents.
Note: One of the posts addresses the topic of cancer.
1. “The patient thought that a double dose of vitamin B6 was the same as vitamin B12.”
-fresubinjucy
2. “A mother and grandmother took their 12-year-old daughter/granddaughter to the emergency room because she was bleeding.”
“Not because of trauma or a wound, but because the poor girl had started menstruating. The mother did not want to explain to her what was happening, nor that it would continue to happen (as the mother and grandmother knew very well).
The good thing was that the ER visit was very quick once they were called.”
-oracle9999
3. “A patient came to me and said he mightn’t bend his knee. I asked him to take his pants off so I might examine his leg.”
“After removing his pants, it turned out that the reason he mightn’t bend his knee was because of a plaster cast wrapped around his knee.
I checked his file and it turned out that he had received numerous letters asking him to come and have the cast removed. Since he hadn’t visited other ambulances either, the hospital ultimately assumed he had removed the cast himself.”
– Open it
4. “I had to explain to a 17-year-old and her mom that she wasn’t ‘allergic’ to alcohol, just hungover.”
“She complained that following nights of drinking too much vodka (usually on an empty stomach) she was nauseous the next morning, feeling feverish and sometimes throwing up. But that didn’t happen every time, and there weren’t any other typical symptoms of an allergic reaction either.”
-glioblastomamulti
5. “Patient: ‘We’ve been trying to conceive for five years without success.’ Me: ‘Are you currently taking any fertility drugs?’ Her: ‘No, but I’ve been on the pill for seven years.’”
“Me: ‘Are you currently on birth control but trying to get pregnant?’ Patient: ‘Yes, I want to know when my period is coming.’”
-wildrabbit07
6. “I once had a kid who swallowed a large magnet that went further into the intestines. We then just waited for him to come out in his chair.”
“When he came for a follow-up the next day, we found that he had swallowed another magnet, which got stuck through the stomach wall to the first magnet in the intestine. This led to an intestinal obstruction. He was immediately transferred to the operating room to have the magnets surgically removed.”
-velvetrevolver7
7. “My father is an orthopedic surgeon and does a lot of hip and knee surgeries. He cries with laughter every time he tells the story of a woman who didn’t understand how hip replacement works.”
“She thought they would take her leg off, fix the hip, and then sew the leg back on.”
-Anonymous
8. “Maybe the man who’s had an anaphylactic reaction to a food before but wasn’t sure if he really was allergic. So he wanted to test it by sitting in the ER waiting room and eating that food there.”
“Spoilers: He really was allergic.”
-lasaucerouge
9. “An entire family came to the emergency room following they found a dead mouse in their apartment.”
-The daughter-in-law
10. “A man once came to the emergency room because he noticed dandruff in his hair. shed. Let’s be honest… are you telling me you’ve never heard of ‘Head & Shoulders’?”
-pineapplepizza_zz
11. “A patient on the respiratory ward asked me if I think his lung cancer might be related to his habit of smoking 50 cigarettes a day.”
“Because he would smoke hand-rolled cigarettes and wasn’t sure if they would count. Trying not to let my reaction show, I said yes and distracted myself with his medical records.”
-vc-10
12. “A young man presented to the emergency room complaining of numbness in his feet.”
“It was cold and he was working outdoors. A look at his legs showed there were no signs that he was suffering from frostbite. He then said, ‘Oh wow, my feet feel a lot better now that I’m in the warm building.’
I then just advised him to wear thicker socks.”
-tambric
13. “I’m a paramedic and I was called to see a diabetic once. The patient was an elderly gentleman. He was lying on a bed looking like he was wearing a white mask.”
“I asked the family what was going on and they explained that his doctor said that if his blood sugar dropped, they should give him icing because the sugar level would help him. Turns out the doctor didn’t tell them to put the frosting in his mouth.
Yes, you read that correctly. They put a white icing mask on the poor guy. The shocker: It didn’t work.”
-BeefyMcPissflaps
Have you ever made a fool of yourself in the emergency room or had patients yourself who made you think: “WTF?” Then feel free to share it with us Facebook. And if you want to read more regarding the topic, then here are 10 things medical workers have had to hear from patients.
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