A review series on various subjects/topics/lectures we've gone over in med school.
Jun 14
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! This week’s topic is…Appendicitis!
Simply put, appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix. It’s a tiny little organ (actual usefulness is debatable), but that wormy-looking sucker can cause a wholeee lot of pain and misery!
Causes
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Jun 09
OB/GYN was somewhat of a mess of semi-unpredicted hours, because unless it was a planned c-section, you never really knew when a baby would decide it was ready to come out. Mondays were my preceptor’s call days, so there was a lot of sitting + waiting. (We’d pass the time by fighting off food comas …
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Jun 07
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!
I generally try not to take medications for anything, unless I find it absolutely necessary. (I bought a tiny bottle of Ibuprofen back in 2009 when I messed up my back, and let’s just say…I still have it, and it’s still pretty full.)
However, …
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May 31
Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!
I feel like I’m extremely unqualified to tell you about sleep hygiene because medical students are notoriously horrible when it comes to sleep hygiene. Or really just healthy living habits in general. I think the only group that trumps us may be 1st-year residents/interns. …
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May 27
My preceptor is a total foodie. He may actually love food more than I do(?!). (This is how I knew we’d get along from the start.)
Life is, in short, wonderful, which is especially welcomed because I don’t know if you could glean from my last post, but…childbirth is not my thing. I …
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