What's The Dumbest Reason A Patient Came To The Hospital?
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Worked midnight shift at the E.R. intake desk of a small, rural hospital. Every month almost to the same date, the same people would come in the wee hours of the morning complaining about tooth pain so bad they needed pain meds. You could look up their history in the computer and see some of them even came in on the same day of the same week every month like clockwork for dental pain. It became a sad joke when giving a quick summary of anything that happened on the shift to the next shift gals and you had to do air quotes when saying dental pain. The doctors admitted that most of them were given placebos since it was obvious they were frequent flyers to the e.r. Another sad part is these people would use their medical cards, meaning the state was picking up the bill for all these e.r. charges, which meant my taxes were helping pay for them trying to get free pain meds to abuse or sell.
Addiction sucks :( poor people need help
I had to go to the doctor once for what I considered a dumb reason. I got new medicine for migraine, they come in what looks like EpiPens so I had to inject myself with the meds, never done this before so I asked the pharmacy if they can show me how and was told to just read in the instructions. went to my doctor, explained it to him and he was not happy told me to get my meds and he showed me how to use them and where I could inject the best. I think the pharmacy did try to have me pay the 'explanation costs' but I managed to shut that down.
I give myself an injection every day. I was terrified at first. It's not a dumb reason to see your doctor. I was told I could be shown how at my doctor's office. I didn't go because I found out how easy it was and I admit I felt kind of stupid for being afraid, but it's very common.
Never done injection medication and I don't think that's stupid at all. I don't really want to trust some random person on youtube to teach me how to stab myself correctly.
@@danceswithbears2521 It's more that I found it dumb because the pharmacy was the one that should have been to explain it in the first place. who in his right mind tells someone who has never done injections 'just read the instruction'' it's medication, not a table you have to put together.
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I took a hot shower when I was 7-9 and my mom decided to take my temperature since I was really sick at the time. It was high, but I told her that it was because of the shower. She called an ambulance anyway. Luckily, I truly was getting sicker but they explained that the temperature was because of the shower. Curse my weak immune system.
Had an ER try to convince me to take 2 of their over-priced tylanol due to registering a fever before they'd release me. (I was in there per my primary care doc's orders to get fluids for severe dehydration). The whole time there, I'd been piled over with blankets because the room was sub-arctic temps. I told them, "give me 5 minutes, I'll prove it's not a fever". Pulled the blankets off & shivered while the entire ER staff (small ER) congregated to see how I'd pull this off. Took my temp... it was 2 whole degrees below normal.
I then had to teach them about autonomic dysfunction. Fun times. Thankfully have moved and now have a lovely ER/hospital where they actually know of/about my multiple issues (including two rarer ones) & I'm so happy I don't have to give medical lessons/lectures to my doctors in an emergency anymore. I'm always happy to broaden their knowledge base, but prefer not to have to explain genetic issues, autoimmune issues, and autonomic function issues when I'm dealing with serious crap.
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@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 YIKES!!!!! My best friend has a similar issue and I might have to bring this up. Glad to hear it worked out in the end.
@@CJPurplePrincess I'm thankful to the PCP I had at the time - he listened to me and helped me get the testing needed to figure out what all was happening. It was becoming a cascading effect issue - 1 system went wonky, leading to more things going wrong because previous doctors ignored it or just didn't care to find the root cause.
My FNP (current PCP) is the same with the added bonus of including environmental/social aspects into things (she's the one who realized my health was being impacted by a plumbing issue - that we've been able to fix, thankfully, in our home & because I'm home-bound, it affected me way more than my partner who got to "escape" to fresher air for work. Something stupid we never thought of - one bathroom was never used, so the "traps" that usually hold water in them to prevent septic/sewer gases - some of which you cannot smell or the stink dissipates quickly but the gases remain, especially when you use septic treatment stuff - from backing up into the house. That water in the trap keeps you safe. We've corrected it and my health has steadily improved the past 2 years (over 4 years of exposure took its toll while we were trying to figure out the cause lol).
If anyone has chronic health issues, I always ALWAYS suggest finding a primary care person who is willing to listen. The bigger of a picture they get of your life, the better idea they have of which direction to look in. If they just want "current symptoms" and refuse to hear how this started when you moved, or had renovations done, or a new neighbor moved in next door (yeah, that happened before to me and turned out they were making M*, and I'm very sensitive to certain chemicals), then they aren't the right one for you. They're fine for things like colds, flu, etc, but ongoing stuff? Nope. Sometimes you have to be pushy to get answers and potential treatment. If some of my issues had been caught very early on (autonomic disfunction for one, Ehlers-Danlos for another), I could have worked to strengthen myself, to work WITH my body instead of against it, and maybe I'd be able to walk today without requiring mobility aids (sometimes its due to pain & dislocations, sometimes because my blood pressure fluctuates wildly or my temp does and I pass out from either, sometimes its the combo). I may still have required them at this age, but I'll never know.
Be your own advocate. Don't get rude, etc, but advocate for yourself. Only YOU know your own body. You may not have a name for the issues or any idea how to treat it- that's why there's docs, to figure it out and help. A doctor willing to dismiss you because of whatever prejudice they have is not the one you need (prejudices such as: "you're overweight, lose weight and you'll magically be cured of this thing you've dealt with even when you were thin", "you're female, and thus prone to hysteria", "you LOOK healthy, therefor your life isn't impacted enough", "usually only THIS race has that and cus your not that race, it's impossible so we'll rule that out without testing" - usually doesn't mean ALWAYS.)
If you know someone going through a chronic issue and their doc ignores it, suggest seeing someone else. That they are WORTH it. That they shouldn't be pushed aside for the sake of "fast medicine" - the model a lot of clinics have of "get them in, spend 10 minutes with them, toss a medication at them, push them out the door." While this makes them massive money, those of us with chronic problems get ignored in favor of fast solutions.
I wish your friend the best in all of this. Autonomic Dysfunction suuuuucks. Not being able to control my internal temp blows. I cannot go outside if it's over 80 degrees for more than a few minutes (my partner has to start the car, make sure the AC is at arctic temps before I can emerge). In summer, I'm prone to hyperthermia and severe dehydration. In winter, its hypothermia (and, ironically, the severe dehydration). My partner has no idea if he'll come home to the heat being on or the AC, but knows I strive to keep it around 68 degrees (my "optimal" temp lol). We have furniture placed strategically so I can quickly grab something sturdy if my BP drops suddenly. We keep the freezer stocked with Popsicles for a quick-fix when I start getting overheated, as well as fans EVERYWHERE (to go with the AC lol). I have little baskets in every room with those handwarmer things for when my body temp drops, along with lots and LOTS of throws/blankets. It's not unusual for me to be curled up in my chair, a very thin blanket over my (pale & faintly blue) legs, and another wrapped just around my (equally cold) arms, while my torso is blazing hot & bright red and I've uncovered my belly just to let heat escape while a fan on high is aimed right at my torso.
I have to wear cotton tank tops & cotton shorts or pants year-round now. Anything more, and my temp issues cannot be controlled at all. Yeah... no socks, either - just shoes with "breathability" - cotton, or they're sandals or (gasp), crocs lol. Style doesn't matter anymore... not passing out DOES.
So, how do I determine if a fever is actually a fever? It's difficult, tbh, but I'm shivering even when my body is overheated - radiating heat, I have a bad headache, and way more pain than usual. If cooling off (fan, AC, whatever) doesn't help in 5 minutes, it's definitely fever. It's one of those where you learn your own body's quirks and what isn't normal (for you, versus the general population).
Ugh. Wrote a book again... so sorry!
@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 It’s okay! I thank you for sharing your experience! I can see the environmental impact. My asthma became such a huge part of my life (I’m talking constant treatments and limited movement) until after I moved from my mold-infested home and bad mid-western water (did not miss it visiting back a few months ago, came home terribly sick and my throat all busted from such terrible water). Prejudices like you said, I despise more than anything. Whether directly told or obviously behind-the-scenes, it breaks my heart that so many people have to be treated with such invalidation and without consideration of the patient’s well-being. I think there’s a legal matter to this, but I’m only just getting started learning about such lawsuits. I really appreciate you giving me information about this condition I could tell my friend about. I might be able to see her this weekend, and I can talk to her about it. Thank you so much again and I give you my best wishes!!
The severe downside of this is that people in the ER get jaded towards people looking for help who actually need it. I nearly died when I went in because they thought I was just some homeless guy looking for a bed and some free food for the night, since that was so common. They kept me on hold for so long I eventually passed out. Then the doctor they assigned to me did a hack job on my stomach, then accused me of hurting myself to get that treatment.
While I understand doctors probably see a lot of drug seeking, treating someone like how you got treated is just absolutely ridiculous. I hope that doctor lost their licence, they aren’t fit to practise
right! that's so relatable but shame on bad ER people
To be fair, excessively smelly poop is a legit symptom of many serious problems.
Especially Giardia and CDIF.
gut abiosis is a serious thing
Mom and teething baby. 13-15, teens have their last molars come in. Very first one that does it is a very painful three or so days. My lower right. Couldn’t get into the dentist for a few days. And the swelling and the pain. Just have it fade down to maybe tolerable and jaw would spasm clench hard, and I’d almost black out. Third morning, took a chloraseptic lozenge and sort of numbed a little and took one of my thin sharp fingernails and sliced three passes on the same groove until I hit tooth. About 8am. Pain pass out/sleep. Woke up at 11:30 with the 7th tooth on that side up in place, swelling gone, and things great. When the next ones came up, I did the same thing after about 12 hours (I know, but that was then, nothing infected and I recovered. I suggest you take your kid to the dentist for it!). Recently I was at the bank and a clerk had her son show up, he was in misery with a bi swelling in n the back. While she’s looking in his mouth, I remembered. I asked how old he was. 14. I told them to count from center front tooth on that side. If they counted six and the sore spot is seven, it’s the molar. Go to dentist and have the gum cut. She got him right in, and it was fixed in minutes. Wisdom teeth are behind that, way way back. I do remember cutting some of my front baby teeth. Yet it hurt. The teen molars hurt more because the skin is tougher.
Also, if an adult is clueless about aspects of sex, its a direct failure of parents not educating their children, not a lack of formal sex education.
I'd say its both
I remember this episode of Operation Ouch when this girl went to the hospital because her eye was hurt. Turns out that she just got some dust in her eyes and that this is practically nothing. Than compare that to a girl who had a piece of equipment that literally hooked to her hand and she was really chill about it.
I need restful sleep. The wind outside is crazy. Between metal roofing and other things hitting the house and the dog barking up a storm, I'm having trouble sleeping. Was thinking the ER has to be quieter then here, but maybe the Capybara will send me sleep.
drug seekers always remind me of that time i went to the er for what turned out to be appendicitis
and a while after a dose of pain meds (dont remember what) the nurse came back a good while later saying she had fentanyl for me
but i wasnt in pain so i turned it down
and she looked very confused and didnt seem to know what to do
I cut off a piece of my hand. What was dumb is I'm right-handed and had switched up to my left. Doctor told me he could have sewn the piece back on but I told him I tossed it out as it had skid across the counter, bounced off the wall then hit the kitchen floor.
It was a blood squirting experience.
Thanks for the stories. Have a great day
The "Pregnant" man was funny, but I'm a little disappointed in the doctor there. That's clearly a translation problem, as in many languages the term for pregnancy is "swollen belly". The guy comes in with a real symptom, but doesn't know how to describe it in English, chooses the wrong word, and instead of being diagnosed, they had him pee on a stick, laughed at him and sent him away. Then they wonder why malpractice insurance rates are so high...
the dumbest reason I went to the ER ( I kid you not) was when I was constipated and my normal doctor couldn't figure out that my stomach had been hurting (a lot) because of a like 2 pound blockage of poo. Before you say "but that seems lethal" it wasn't, 2 days later I was perfectly fine. i was like 10
2 pounds? Lethal? I went to the hospital for a clean out because i had a real bad habbit of not going to take a shit xD. I legit LOST weight from that alone.
3 day hospital stay, i hate that tube they had to shove into my nose
I once spilled glue on my hand and had to get it removed. The instructions on the bottle said to seek medical attention, so I went to a nearby health clinic. I'll let you decide which reason is dumber.
4:23, Stuff of nightmares. As if I needed another reason not to touch pork. I haven't eaten the stuff since early teen years. 🤮
14:24 when you have a severe needle phobia, a steak knife is definitely less imposing than a needle.
Wish people would try to understand this phobia more.
exactly!!
It wasn’t with me, but my mom took my brother to the ER because he would not stop crying. All he had to do was fart, they said it smelled so bad. 😂
3:30 ok, thats not really dumb, just sad and i hope we as humans get better then this. that person is fine, don make them believe they arent, society
Used to be a volunteer fireman/first responder in a rural area. Some notable calls included:
1: 17 yo male tries to suicide by cutting his wrist with a butter knife. Sawed on it for several minutes until he got one single drop of blood and decided that hurt way too much. Yep, 72 hour psych eval.
2: 16 yo female attempts suicide by taking a bottle of pills. I ride in with the ambulance in case the paramedic needs help since she’s belligerent. At the hospital we find out it was birth control pills. Emergency doc informs us he isn’t even sure they could kill her, but he figured she would be a total b#### for about a week from the hormone overload.
3: neighboring department had a 20 something male attempts by using a razor to cut his wrists. A disposable Bic razor. He did not break the blade out, just dry shaved his wrist until it was razor burned like road rash. Yup, 72 hour psych. Chief told him he needed to stop that or he was gonna get an infection.
4: Parkinson’s patient goes to doctor and he gives her a new prescription for a larger dosage. She doesn’t stop taking the original prescription and winds up overdosed. Spent several days in the hospital getting detoxed and educated.
5: same Parkinson’s patient liked to play video poker when it was legal in our area. Sat at a machine in a local beer joint all day and her legs went so numb she couldn’t walk. We get a call about 9pm. Helped load her into the ambulance because she is paralyzed from the waist down from sitting on her ass all freaking day feeding quarters into that machine.
6: 35 yo male with extreme stomach cramps. We get there and start doing vitals when he jumps up and runs back into the house. Comes back out minutes later. Start doing vitals again. Same thing. He does this several times. Finally get him into the ambulance and send him on his way. Found out he had been drinking for days. Woke up hungry and found some cooked cabbage on the stove and are it. It had been left over from three or four days before… unrefrigerated.
Not the hospital, but my mom was at the vet when someone brought her dog in to get a tick removed
Ticks can be tricky to remove properly if you don't know what you're doing. I don't know how likely dogs are to get lymes disease or whatever nasties ticks can have, but humans very much *are* and here it's 25/75 on whether to go to the doctor to get one removed with special weird ass tweezers or pick up a tick-removal set form the drug store.
I took my dog to the vet as an emergency to get a tick removed. It was deep in her ear and she was bleeding. Scared me to death to see blood coming out of her ear.
@Margrete Kjeldsberg I took my dog hiking and we both ended up with lots of ticks. My dog got very sick and the vet said there was a lot of illness caused by ticks in the spring. It turned out to be leukemia, though.
@@danceswithbears2521 A tick bite can leave you with an allergy to animal protein in some meat. Happened to me. No more beef or pork. Thankfully I can still enjoy the occasional slab of venison.
•Too hot outside
•Too cold outside
•Too bright outside
•Too dark outside
Please tell me these all came from the same person
13:07 I REMEMBER THAT LOL
I would be a horrible doctor! Not just because I have Hemophobia, but because I would be so sarcastic with any patient that comes into the ER because of something stupid and get told off for being unprofessional.
As a person with epilepsy I hate it when people fake seizures.
Smdh, society is doomed 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Not a doctor but in Atlanta a few years ago several people had been taking ambulance to ER but went to local mall upon arrival
My step-Dad was a pediatric ER doc. One day he had a woman and her 10-day-old baby come in via ambulance around 1 pm. The reason was "the baby hasn't pooped today and my Mom said the baby has to poop every day." An.ambulance.....
Not too sure if my local doctor was joking, but apparently they had 2-3 patients come in together, who had decided it'd be good to stick button-batteries up their genitals.
Then again they've claimed to have even weirder patients (if you'd believe a flip-flop massaged into someone's dong)...
Edit: Pretty sure fake seizures are a monthly occurrance for any hospital, a shame you can't nudge them and say "Huh, if I hit that spot it'll cure the seizures. This must be a fake seizure"
I'm ashamed to say koolaid dribble blood poisoning has happened to my daughter lmao, I'm just a worry wart and it didn't end up in the ER but I still felt really dumb 🤣
3:32
I don't know, I've been too frickin gay to get out of bed with my girlfriend on many occasions.
Sauce : am lesbian.
A truly female apreciator.
"Rather get wasted than busted."
when my dogs were puppies we gave them these hard chicken jerky treats
then took them and ran
then tumbled a bit
then one of them (max) started putting his paw in his mouth like he was trying to scrape something out
my mom thought he was choking and rushed him to the vet
it turned out that the treat got stuck against the roof if his mouth and he was fine
14 HOUR EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT?????
IKR
LIKE BISH I NORMALLY WAIT 24 HOURS! HOW YOU SO LUCKY!
The fact that a patient does not have what doctors consider 'acceptable' reasons, does NOT make the patient 'dumb'. Patients may be scared, confused, or not understand their symptoms. That does NOT give doctors the right to ridicule them. Doctors need to stop being so arrogant, and start treating patients like human beings.
11:15
First!
My ex is one that would go in for any reason and I mean any. She went in twice because the muscle over her left shoulder blade knotted up and didn’t want to stretch it, the doctor told her to stretch it and it will be fine then she argued that the doc said not to stretch even with me sitting right there talking with the doctor. I can’t make this crap up and keep a straight face if I tried.
I don’t think worm’s eating your brain is a dumb reason to go to the hospital. Why is that one on here?
Why did all the videos stop?
Honestly, yeah, a steak knife is less intimidating than a needle
Probably cause with a steak knife you know its gonna freaking hurt if your stabbed or sliced by it. With a needle, you kinda just gotta trust that whats about to be injected is gonna help you
7:54 I guessed the women were just having irregular periods and mistook it for peeing blood
People with real pain they have their blood pressure real high. When I go to the E.R cause I have a flair up I don't ask for pain pills at all.
Second!
Hello
Are you gonna post again?
I hope for cozy and restful sleeps, h u p on, capybara
Im in the hospital
4:10 Well, you never know who might be a Genestealer Cultist.
Third!
I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I bought new bed sheets, and they turned me blue
Da Ba Dee!
Pretty sure this channel is officially dead. RIP
Why do we still have these terrible robot voice channels in 2022?
Because people keep watching them
who cares what comment you are
Maybe if you figured out how to pick a name you wouldn't be so cranky.
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