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wayfaringmd:
Correcting Misconceptions
A fever does not mean your illness is bacterial. It just means your body is fighting the illness.
The color of your snot is not an indicator of bacterial or viral illness.
Coughing up mucus does not necessarily mean your cold is “in your chest.” It may still be coming from your throat or sinuses.
Antibiotic and steroid shots are rarely better than their oral counterparts. The fact that you think they work faster is placebo effect.
You do not get the flu from your flu shot any more than you can start laying eggs after eating chicken nuggets.
A temperature of 99.9 is not a fever. And furthermore, when did the back of mom’s hand start reading exact temperature values?How can you know the temp was 102.5 if you don’t have a thermometer?
Toddlers are sick almost as often as they are well. They catch almost every new virus they encounter. Your kid’s one ear infection and constant runny nose does not mean they have a terrible immune deficiency. It more likely means they’re just new and haven’t met all the viruses around them yet.
OH MAN THE CHICKEN NUGGETS LINE.

Wanna know a secret?

…there are actual medical students in my class that believe you can get the flu from the flu shot…

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@yaaasssdoctor

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:03:48

THANK YOU

Today in peds outpatient clinic, I had a 15 year old male that wants to transition to female. The schedule only said 15yom requesting a female doctor. When my attending first saw that, he said “I don’t think I like a teenage boy requesting a female doctor, especially one that just punched a wall and broke a bone in his hand two days ago.” This patient also was a ward of the state, which sometimes makes them a little “scarier” to anybody that’s worked with an aggressive patient. I started reading through the chart and caught a line that said he was transitioning to she and preferred [girl name] to their given name, shared it with the room of residents and attendings, then everyone seemed to get quiet and a little uncomfortable. I said I would love to go in and take the history and physical and they looked at me like I had grown a third eye. Granted, this is my first week of MS3 rotations, so I’m obviously still have the shakey fear about doing anything on my own, but I’ve been doing my best to jump at any opportunity to learn by throwing myself into the deep end.

Y’all, I think I garnered some respect from the big dogs in the clinic for being so chill and enthusiastic. Which was only a cherry on top after getting to talk with this amazing, smart, strong teenager that is blazing her trail to the life she wants.