You know you are a medical student...
Someone in my PBL pointed out that we are real med students now. We were happily eating morning tea while discussing the five types of diarrhoea.
Someone in my PBL pointed out that we are real med students now. We were happily eating morning tea while discussing the five types of diarrhoea.
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OK... I am aware of a vast gap in my knowledge... I didn't even realise that there were five types of diarrhoea! Please please please enlighten me else I explode from curiousity?!
Five types in terms of general pathological mechanisms: malabsorpative, osmotic, dysmotile, exudate (inflammatory) and secretory.
Some sources treat malabsorpative as a sub-type of osmotic and others add "facetious" (malingering/Münchausen's)
"facetious" or "faeces-shus"? =grin=
I consider those "others" to be very harsh to catagorise someone with a long-lasting case of diarrhoea which is not responding to treatment as "malingering" (or possibly Munchausen's, how did you do the umlaut by the way?) One would assume because they hadn't the foggiest idea why the patient wouldn't stop with the "squirty poo" as it is so picturesquely refered to in our household.
Oh, and though I'm pretty sure I know what each of those words mean, I am not certain that I am any better off in terms of enlightenment, my dear fellow! I guess I was thinking in terms of "diarrhoea which comes from eating too many stone fruit and is accompanied by violent stomach cramps", "diarrhoea which is a side-effect of taking nasty medication for some lesser complaint", "diarrhoea which occurs after drinking the water in an exotic overseas location which is not subject to any chemical or otherwise sterilisation procedures and has likely been used to bathein, wash clothes in, for animals to drink from and people to be buried in before you get to drink it", "diarrhoea which is a direct result of conversing with someone who really gets on your nerves"... that sort of thing.
(see, I could only think of four)
Umlaut was cut and pasted
Saying "squishy poo, cause not yet known" is perfectly valid. Cases do resolve before they can be diagnosed. You only say malingering/Münchausen's if you have some reason to believe it.
"Umlaut was cut and pasted"
cheaterer! Here's me thinking you had access to some higher knowledge of how to change the character set...
I don't think I could keep a straight face if a doctor said "squishy poo, cause not yet known" to me in a consultation...
Why are you not nose-in-a-book, mister doctor-in-training? tsk tsk tsk... wasting time on the internet... that is reserved for we lesser mortals who physically need to take breaks between crutching sheep and erradicating wasps.
Love the picture, by the way! The mask and cap is so incongruous!
I am certain it is not _neccessary_ for Blogger to tell me that my password is incorrect EVERY time I try to post a comment here, so that I have to reset my password AGAIN. sigh.
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