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Author Topic: Educate Yourself About Your Medical Condition - Master Thread  (Read 27418 times)

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #80 on: December 27, 2017, 04:57:51 PM »
If someone has strep, why are you sure they will l get better without antibiotics?
If they don't, they'll get fever and then get antibiotics. It's a bad policy to give it to everyone for the 1/100 who need it, especially when there's a major issue of resistance.
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #81 on: December 27, 2017, 05:27:52 PM »
If they don't, they'll get fever and then get antibiotics. It's a bad policy to give it to everyone for the 1/100 who need it, especially when there's a major issue of resistance.
Not everyone w strep, or any bacterial infection that spreads gets fever. Just because someone has fever doesn’t mean the infection is worse than someone without fever

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #82 on: December 27, 2017, 05:57:27 PM »
whose idea was it to mix vaccines in here? this thread was supposed to be for serious medical discussions.

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #83 on: December 27, 2017, 06:02:06 PM »
whose idea was it to mix vaccines in here? this thread was supposed to be for serious medical discussions.
Can I bring in Trump and the tax bill?
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #84 on: December 27, 2017, 06:09:57 PM »
Can I bring in Trump and the tax bill?
Well @aygart is present, so you might as well. (though that would instantly deprecate this thread to JS).
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #85 on: December 27, 2017, 06:31:54 PM »
Can I bring in Trump and the tax bill?
No, they feed them random chemical and biological substances, which have clear dangerous side effects, and occasionally work, but frequently don't, and are sold by huge corporate conglomerates who have insiders in the FDA and who got a tax break last week.
Too late for that. 👆

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #86 on: December 27, 2017, 06:39:17 PM »
Can I bring in Trump and the tax bill?
Done
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #87 on: December 27, 2017, 06:59:16 PM »
Too late for that. 👆
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #88 on: December 27, 2017, 07:46:15 PM »
whose idea was it to mix vaccines in here? this thread was supposed to be for serious medical discussions.

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #89 on: December 28, 2017, 07:56:34 AM »
They are 99.9% accurate. You will not get growth on a culture plate either if there are meds in the system.
Rapid strep tests are not 99.9% accurate, they're closer to 75% accurate.

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #90 on: December 28, 2017, 08:08:59 AM »
Rapid strep tests are not 99.9% accurate, they're closer to 75% accurate.
I believe they are 99% accurate for positive and 90 or so for negative. I'll check mine when I get home later
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #91 on: December 28, 2017, 08:11:46 AM »
I believe they are 99% accurate for positive and 90 or so for negative. I'll check mine when I get home later
Yes, I meant for false negatives. They are 75% (or less) accurate in negative.

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #92 on: December 28, 2017, 10:44:49 AM »
Rapid strep tests are not 99.9% accurate, they're closer to 75% accurate.

Ok, so if you take a few in a row, it's 99.9%

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #93 on: December 28, 2017, 10:50:40 AM »
Ok, so if you take a few in a row, it's 99.9%
Why wouldnt they just do that instead of sending in for culture test too?
I think the false negatives are due to the rapids only detecting certain strains and will miss the other strain even on multiple  tests.

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #94 on: December 28, 2017, 11:47:06 AM »
Possibly not the right thread to ask this, but probably all the right people are reading it. As part of a bulk container order, I received a brand new stethoscope (similar product link) that I have no use for. I'd like to donate it to an organization that can use it (for example Hatzolah) and give me a tax receipt. Anyone know who would take it?
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #95 on: December 28, 2017, 11:48:25 AM »
Possibly not the right thread to ask this, but probably all the right people are reading it. As part of a bulk container order, I received a brand new stethoscope (similar product link) that I have no use for. I'd like to donate it to an organization that can use it (for example Hatzolah) and give me a tax receipt. Anyone know who would take it?
you got a littman $500 stethoscope?
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #96 on: December 28, 2017, 11:53:36 AM »
Possibly not the right thread to ask this, but probably all the right people are reading it. As part of a bulk container order, I received a brand new stethoscope (similar product link) that I have no use for. I'd like to donate it to an organization that can use it (for example Hatzolah) and give me a tax receipt. Anyone know who would take it?

Fsa?

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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #97 on: December 28, 2017, 12:00:56 PM »
you got a littman $500 stethoscope?

Congrats on clicking the link. What's your question?

Fsa?

Medical questions only. But if you noticed, I pre-empted your question in my OP
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #98 on: December 28, 2017, 12:09:48 PM »
Congrats on clicking the link. What's your question?

Medical questions only. But if you noticed, I pre-empted your question in my OP
congrats on threadjacking and being an asshat!
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Re: Medical Questions Master Thread
« Reply #99 on: December 28, 2017, 08:30:48 PM »
congrats on threadjacking and being an asshat!
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