Ouch!A friend was once given a biopsy by a sleep-deprived junior doctor.
They needed a sample of his colon, so inserted the long bendy jaws-on-the-end thingy, located the suspect area and... he shot through the ceiling. Doctor had forgotten to administer any anaesthetic.
What was your ouchiest moment?
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chthonic, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 17:29)
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ScabiesNot a short, sharp shock, but fucking hell it hurts.
I managed to catch it on holiday, presumably off being in close contact with someone else who'd got it (it's relatively easy to contract off clothes, or brief contact like shaking hands - I wasn't shagging street beggars or anything. Honest.)
What it amounts to, is lots of horrible little mites burrowing into your skin, which you then have a violent reaction to. It's itchy, basically. Itchy like you can't imagine. Think about the worst itch you've ever had, and then imagine having it all over your body, non-stop, for several days.
It took seeing a couple of GPs when I got home before one of them twigged as to what it was and gave me the magic cream which gets rid of them. Before that point, the only solution was absolutely smothering myself in E45 cream and moving lots (I was going for about 5 jogs a day as the activity made the itching go away).
Makes me extremely glad of modern medicine. In the olden days you just went crusty, apparently (if you've got a strong stomach, Google Image it)
(, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 17:58, 4 replies)
You should try shingles.Less itchy, a little more sensitive, and leaves a very odd taste in your mouth.
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The itchis from the poop they leave under your skin.
(, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 5:58, closed)
I have eczemaI went to see a different doctor because mine was on holiday and this one decided I had scabies. Didn't matter that I've had eczema since I was born. Didn't matter that I'd had no contact with anyone who has ever had it, in their entire lifetimes. It was itchy, therefore it must be scabies. I declined treatment.
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First ones I saw had exactlythe opposite approach - Scabies wasn't even considered. I think there is a degree of potluck when seeing GPs about what they've seen before and are therefore likely to guess at.
(, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 21:53, closed)
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