One of the golden rules of life? Doctors are merely human. They don't know everything and they make mistakes. That is why you always want to get another opinion. Things are constantly missed. That doesn't mean docs don't know what they're doing, they just aren't infallible. So make sure to ask questions, lots of them.
Redditor u/Gorgon_the_Dragon wanted to hear from doctors about why it is imperative we always get second and maybe third opinions by asking... Doctors of Reddit, what was the worse thing you've seen for a patient that another Doctor overlooked?Grandma Wins
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTcxNDcxOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTQxNTgzOX0.n9IaFGgHwnULMlI2kg7RUftxDg6lyWvdM9CnhvptCRY/img.gif?width=980" id="a0857" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9762f97a23c27ccf6b75974caa854361" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Old Lady Wine GIF by MattielGiphy<p>Not a doctor, but my grandmother saved my father's eyesight because she didn't listen to their doctor. </p>The Mummy Appendage
<p>When I was a resident, an 80yo female was admitted from the nursing home for confusion. Workup showed some mild UTI and we were giving her antibiotics. The nurse mentioned that her toe looked dark and asked me to look at it. The toe wasn't just dark, it was mummified. It looked like dry beef jerky. I touched it and pieces flaked off. So the patient from a nursing home, had a mummified toe, probably for months, that no one knew about. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lw2g2z/doctors_of_reddit_what_was_the_worse_thing_youve/gpg00qn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dr2ray</a></p>The CT Save
<p>Here's my story:</p><p>A guy came in to our ICU and was very septic but still talking. He had visited his primary care MD with complaints of a sore throat for a couple of days. Dismissed without any intervention since he didn't appear to have strep throat or the flu. At this point he was having pretty severe abdominal discomfort, so we sent him for a CT scan. As the scan was finishing, he coded and had to be intubated, multi-organ failure, etc. </p>Patches
<p>When I was an ER nurse we got an elderly lady in for altered mental status from a nursing home, when we undressed her to put her in a gown and hook her up to the monitor, I noticed no less than 5 fentanyl patches on her, guess I discovered the cause of the AMS. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lw2g2z/doctors_of_reddit_what_was_the_worse_thing_youve/gpg1lml?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ChewbaccaSlim426</a></p>Use your Words
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTcxNDcyMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDA1NjI0MH0.WtyCdxL1vRZwD2-jpKZXMOEakwhiBaJIkp1YPnOzlvo/img.gif?width=980" id="e45ca" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f5b98e6a4605a587dbd97579468a51d8" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="498" data-height="367" />Communication GIF by memecandyGiphy<p>Neurologist sent patient to our ED without informing her that imaging showed a glioblastoma assuring her impending death. He didn't overlook the disease, he overlooked the communication. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lw2g2z/doctors_of_reddit_what_was_the_worse_thing_youve/gpfl5t5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AzureSkye27</a></p>Mad Cow Realty
<p>During my residency we had this lady in her 60s who was getting progressively more forgetful, just overall declining and getting less and less able to take care of herself. She had been seeing her pcp who diagnosed her with dementia. And she saw a neurologist who agreed. She was not really able to provide an accurate history. <span></span></p>After Birth...
<p>I used to work in maternal-fetal medicine, and every single week, we would have women referred to us "because the doctor couldn't see something clearly with the baby and wanted to double check." Nope, they just didn't want to have to be the ones to tell you that your baby had a complex cardiac defect or multiple anomalies indicative of a genetic syndrome or any other of a large number of horrible things that can happen during fetal development. Still pisses me off when I think about how many women waited weeks for more information because their doctors were cowards who couldn't tell them, "There's something seriously wrong here." <span></span></p>bad doctors
<p>I'm not a doctor, but a RN. This happened to me, but isn't nearly as bad as most of the stories on here.</p><p>When I was in college, I got to where I couldn't swallow. It started with difficulty swallowing, progressed to me having to swallow bites of food multiple times/regurgitating it, and then got to where all I could swallow was broths and mashed potatoes with no chunks. I went to the doctor multiple times, and was told every time it was acid reflux and part of my anxiety disorder. <span></span></p>The Valve...
<p>He put the pacemaker lead in the subclavian artery (and across the aortic valve into the left ventricle). The proper approach is: subclavian vein to right ventricle). And then he didn't notice it for over a year. I saw the patient (a 25 yo woman who didn't need the pacemaker in the first place) when she was in congestive heart failure. <span></span><br></p>Bitten
<p>Rattlesnake bite. On a 2 year old. Patient and dad out in the fields near a small town that is several hours away from the nearest big city, where I work.</p>When it comes to the life of a patient, precision is one key factor of utmost importance.
"The Reality Of Being A Surgeon"
<p>"Actual surgeon's take: Got into the wrong intermuscular plane during the initial approach to an anterior based hip replacement and damaged the patient's femoral nerve. They have permanent paralysis of their quad as a result."</p><p>"The reason this thread is mostly full of joke answers and third-party retellings is that mistakes like this can be hard to talk about, even behind an anonymous throwaway account.</p>A Patient's Perspective
<p>"From the patient side, that is so spot on. I had a surgery and the only issue was a post op complication in which I felt abandoned. It was not life threatening, but it was difficult. I never blamed my surgeon, but his demeanor changed some after so perhaps he blamed himself. I should send him a card thanking him for what he has given me."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpwzi4/surgeons_of_reddit_what_was_the_biggest_mistake/gi1n30v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">glaive1976</a><br></p>The Double Mastectomy
<p>"Not a surgeon but I am a histotech (we work in the pathology lab where all the specimens are sent)."</p><p>"A surgeon did a double mastectomy based off a different hospital systems pathology report. Basically the report said she had the kind of breast cancer where both breasts need to be removed."</p><p>"But we found zero cancer in either breast."</p><p>"He was sh**ting bricks so we submitted both breasts IN THEIR ENTIRETY... That's a <em>ton</em> of blocks and it's unheard of to submit all the tissue like this but he needed to find cancer."</p>Wrong Knee
<p>"Med student here, I was watching a knee operation when the surgeon suddenly stopped, looked towards the staff absolutely shocked and asks 'this is the wrong knee, isn't it?'"</p><p>"Basically he was told to operate the wrong knee and halway trough he realized it was too 'good looking' to be the knee that needed the operation. Luckily there was no permanent damage done, the team reknit everything together and rescheduled the surgery."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpwzi4/surgeons_of_reddit_what_was_the_biggest_mistake/gi0orlw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">Icnaredef</a><br></p>Screw It
<p>"Once the screw is in, the surgeon says to close up. Someone asked if the screw should protrude as much as it was, to which he responded 'no, but we can get away with it, and you never want to take a screw out and put another in as you essentially wear the thread of the bone '. Then silence for about 10 seconds while I feel them shifting wrist around followed by 'actually we better put a smaller screw in.'"</p><p>"When I was in recovery the surgeon was suprised how quickly I woke up and had a slight look of suprise when I told him I was only under local. Next thing he said was 'surgery went well..."'</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpwzi4/surgeons_of_reddit_what_was_the_biggest_mistake/gi1fj0e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">voltorbz</a><br></p>Cheap Glasses
<p>"Not the surgeon, and I'm sure not even sort of his biggest 'mistake', but this was one of the more bizarre things I've witnessed in an OR. Surgeon brought a bad pair of glasses."</p><p>"So here we are, total hip replacement. Surgeon is going to town with what I lovingly call the human grater, which is a doohickey to make sure the new hip socket will fit in. Picture a cheese grater wrapped around a golf ball on the end of a power drill. It's not pleasant."</p><p>"Anyway. Dude's grinding away at the feller's hip and sudden yelps in surprise and stops, backing quickly away from the table."</p><p>"We're all like, the f*k?"</p>Mcvet
<p><br>Veterinarian here. We do quite a few surgeries so I hope this counts a real response.</p><p>"Mistakes" likely happen all the time. From nicked blood vessels to skin/organ tears. Most are probably fairly minor.</p><p>In the veterinary world, I've certainly heard stories of male animals having an abdominal incision during a neuter since someone thought it was a female for a spay. </p><p></p>Basic math
<p><br>My mother's surgeon: "Well, not doing basic math correctly and sewing up a woman having spine surgery with 2 sponges still inside of her."</p><p>My mom was 20+ years sober so she refused most of the pain meds. When they had to confess they f--ked up, she had a mental breakdown facing all that pain again.</p><p>She got a lawyer and they settled ASAP, about $50K. Mom thought that was fair, but my godfather is a retired federal prosecutor and said it would have been $100K easy with another attorney.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cinemaphreak/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cinemaphreak</a><span style="background-color: initial;"><em></em></span></p>NegligenceÂ
<p>When I was in school I had an instructor who took a job as VP of patient care at a big American hospital. She said there was a patient who had been on the unit for a year and the hospital was footing the bill. When they told her why it was just about the worst thing I've heard:</p><p>He was in for a brain surgery and they had removed the a large section of his skull to access the brain. Then they dropped it on the floor.</p><p>They tried to clean it up and they apparently gave him lots of post op antibiotics, but he inevitably developed encephalitis or meningitis or well probably infection of the whole head.</p><p>Not necessarily the surgeon who dropped it...</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Thepoopsith/" target="_blank">Thepoopsith</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpwzi4/surgeons_of_reddit_what_was_the_biggest_mistake/gi1lh8a/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>Doctors Break Down Which Terrifying Diseases Aren't Paid Enough Attention
For the last year the world has only been able to focus on Covid. It has been the main and often only disease we discuss. Of course we had reason, being trapped in our own lives by a debilitating illness will hinder many a conversation, but we can't forget that there are many more diseases out there that we need to not ignore.
Redditor u/Azooz7up wanted to hear from the medical professionals about what health issues we need to know more about by asking.... Doctors of Reddit, what is a disease that terrifies you but most people don't care about?Rodents and Plague
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTAxNTA0NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNTM1NzQ0MX0.FGcp_co2IckaaQfEQMcSXzwOd0aTxHh9gf1nISJeYxg/img.gif?width=980" id="9bbf9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d4a5b3a31dc34463ddc8c4eda2c5ee74" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="384" data-height="270" />colon GIF by South ParkGiphy<p>Hantavirus. Found in rodent waste and inhaled, makes you bleed to death before diagnosis.</p><p>Rabies is nothing to mess around with either. Once symptoms appear, a miserable death is all that's left. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/gguzp7h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TrustMeImLeifEricson</a><span></span></p>Pre-existing....
<p>Doctor here. Strokes</p><p>Risk factors include most of the "prexisting condition" that nobody seems to care about (hypertension, diabetes, smoking). And once you get a stroke it's can be extremely debilitating and life changing.</p><p>I have seen people go from "but grandma was fine just a touch of the sugars" to "grandma now can't move, talk, or feed herself".</p><p>The fact that 1) your life can change from 1 minute to the next and 2) the fact that you are basically a prison of your own body after wards is just terrifying to me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/ggv6d6f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Loose_seal-bluth</a><span></span></p>Syndromes
<p>There are two.</p><p>'Locked In Syndrome' would be so utterly tedious you'd want to die, especially if it was misdiagnosed as a vegetative state.</p><p>Severe 'Central Pain Syndrome' is so awful people with it frequently do end their lives. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/gguy373?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Dr_Evils_Med_School</a></p>Common yet Severe Changes....
<p>Doctor, currently in residency.</p><p>I'd agree with prion diseases that were already mentioned but a terrifying one that is not as known is HSV1 encephalitis. Caused by the herpes simplex 1 virus which is incredibly common (mainly known for causing cold sores).</p><p>HSV encephalitis affects all age groups and almost always leaves people with significant neurological damage or personality changes. </p>Unstoppable....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTAxNTYyOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NjQ0MjM3Mn0.OeFQanow3-Tuh4y04WL3KUoVytdMkagLY40BmFy2Odk/img.gif?width=980" id="e7c0d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a9cf9122ce499d82013daade93955a53" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="250" />sleepy chris evans GIF by VideolandGiphy<p>Prion diseases, specifically Fatal Familial Insomnia.</p><p>Imagine one day you can't fall asleep for some reason. Within about 18 months, you'll be dead, and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/ggudw6j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bstyledevi</a><span></span></p>Get Dry
<p>Alcoholic hepatitis (acute liver injury from alcohol) and cirrhosis (chronic liver injury).</p><p>We do not really have any treatment for it beyond steroids (that only sometimes help) in the acute period and supportive care. Not entirely clear why particular alcohol toxin exposures result in the acute injury (i.e. some people may be heavy drinkers for a lifetime and have no major acute hepatitis episodes, whereas other people aren't even heavy drinkers and just one bad binge send them over the edge). Our ICU is often filled with chronic liver cirrhosis patients awaiting transplant and the vast majority do not make it to that point . </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/ggv1wiz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> clangalangalang</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/clangalangalang/" target="_blank"></a></p>Mercy for Uncle
<p>My "uncle" (more like a godfather if my culture did those) died from CJD in 2009; and he was actually a doctor, so he knew exactly what to expect. The only "mercy" was that it worked fast, about 8-9 months from diagnosis to death. My father has been suffering from Alzheimer's for almost a decade now, and in a strange way I'm jealous of those whose loved ones go quickly. Hopefully you know what I mean, as I imagine anyone who's dealt with Alzheimer's should. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kj1lsj/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_a_disease_that/ggvheiz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LollyHutzenklutz</a><span></span></p>the hunger
<p>Med student here. Leach-Nyhan Syndrome is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. Most people have never even heard of it before. It's an error in purine metabolism. This syndrome has a ton of symptoms and co-morbidities, but one of the most shocking is self-mutilation. These babies often eat their own lips, fingers, and hands. They also tend to slam their heads against objects. </p>While in Trauma...
<p>Trauma surgeon:</p><p>Simple bad luck...</p><p>I see so many people die falling from standing... not really a disease but I have seen things as simple as stepping off a parking block lead to someone losing their leg.<br></p><p>Or a 13 year old girl get scalped when her hair got caught in a go cart engine fan.</p><p>Fall from deer stand.</p><p>Fall through your roof onto your wife while you were both up there looking for the leak.</p>Losing the basics....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTAxNjcxNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MDk5NzcyM30.WNjM79qJsxhvxAFFUz4r_E3ei9KPAsW0Sipxp6VCx3Q/img.gif?width=980" id="86ce7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1796e002310ad539f0bfa671c8647c5d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="450" data-height="333" />Sad Tears GIF by SpongeBob SquarePantsGiphy<p>Not a doctor, but my mom's side of the family is plagued with Huntington's. If one of your parents has it, then you have a 50/50 shot of getting it. It is legitimately a concoction of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's in one. </p>If you ever find yourself administering first aid in a chaotic emergency situation, here's hoping Hollywood movies and middle school rumors aren't the only things running through your mind.
Anything to Make it Stop
<p>"Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejlibo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">VodkaMargarine</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"A guy actually tested this! For over 60 years Donald L. Unger cracked only his left hand to prove that cracking knuckles doesn't cause arthritis." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejnji5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SourTomato123</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"The person who first said this, did so likely because the sound is f***ing irritating." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gek7dg6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Schneetmacher</a></p>Stop Peeing People!
<p>"People always want to pee on you when you get stung by a jellyfish."</p><p><span></span>"It doesn't help. Keep it in your pants and get me some vinegar to pour on it instead." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejiq3z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ConflictDonuts</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You need heat and/or acidity, depending on the jellyfish. Urine has both, but has neither in sufficient quantities to do anything." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gek9l1n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Malvania</a></p>Don't Underestimate the Pinch
<p>"Leaning your head back when you have a nosebleed. You do this if you enjoy blood running down your throat."</p><p>"What you need to do is to lean forward and pinch your nostrils shut and start breathing from your mouth. Give it 5-10 minutes and the bleeding usually stops then."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gek7zt7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SageOfSixCabbages</a></p>A Very Important PSA
<p>"All strokes/heart attacks start with the same symptoms for all people. Especially when symptoms are ignored because they don't fit what we've seen on TV/movies." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejo6j3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">FakingGumption</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I had a heart attack at 35. I'm a woman. I literally sat on the sofa for 10 - 15 mins working out how on earth I had pulled a muscle in my shoulder."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"As the pain spread and changed I then thought about if I was having some sort of panic attack. I have anxiety so wouldn't be unreasonable."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It was 2 am, by the time I woke my husband to tell him I was calling the ambulance my whole arm was numb and cold and I couldn't breathe properly."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It just didn't occur to me that I could be having a heart attack, it didn't appear like any heart attack I'd ever heard off." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gekfhtq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lynara82</a></p>Nobody Tell Rambo
<p>"You can't suck the venom out of yourself from a snake bite, idk why movies show this." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejsfup?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Datsunking</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Probably because they're movies and aren't required to follow the same rules we are." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gelam9n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CyanOyster</a></p>Keep the Steak Away from Wounds
<p>"Putting a steak on a black eye helps it heal. Don't do this! It could cause a bacterial infection!"</p><p>"Back in the day, ice was very expensive so they wouldn't put ice on the black eye but instead reach in the cooler and grab the steak because the steak was less expensive than the ice."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejyjje?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dan514158351</a></p>"I'm Not Toast, Grandma!"Â
<p>"My gramma heavily believes that smearing butter on burns will help it out."</p><p>"If you are curious, no, its not helpful, you are just making your already sensitive tissue more tasty to the bacterias that will probably try to infect your burn."</p><p>"I am 5 pictures of infected burns away from making her see how bad of an idea it is."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejtwv0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Mikratos_</a></p>Inside vs. Outside
<p>"Being thin is the same as being in shape" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gek11id?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ahyeeoobee</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"My stepdad was as thin as a bean pole and from all outside appearances seemed healthy. In fact, his diet was sh** and he rarely exercised."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"He died two years ago at the age of 37 as the result of a heart attack. He had coronary artery disease that wasn't discovered because no one thought to look for it. Still hurts." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gekmsoh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">debonair_dahling</a></p>Weight Loss is Not a System of Lasers and Shrink Rays
<p>"That you can lose weight from a specific part of your body" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejs7xj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TheYungestYonk</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Spot training, and how it doesn't exist, is the biggest thing I've had to educate middle aged women on when doing any sort of physical training." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/geke285?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">JeetKuneBro</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I wish but having done the whole weight loss thing, pretty sure genetics have something to do with where weight disappears/appears first, last, faster, slower."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It's definitely interesting to watch the changes happen over time but yeah turns out you can't just do a ton of sit ups and expect ripped abs. It'd be so nice to be able to pick and choose cause sometimes I just want to skip leg day." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejy71d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TechToTrail</a></p>A ClassicÂ
<p>That deoxygenated blood is blue. It's actually a darker red than oxygenated blood." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gejrkak?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NeutralityTsar</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Actually had this argument with my sister in law who is an actual nurse in a hospital! I'll never go to that hospital." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gek8u9e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">deeboe</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Easy way to check this - Get your blood drawn. The inside of the tubes are vacuum, the blood coming from the veins is a dark red." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k68row/serious_what_medical_myth_do_people_still_believe/gekj6io?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">acoupleabcs</a></p>Doctors Share The Most Unexplainable Miracles They've Ever Witnessed In Their Patients
Life is beautiful and can be full of miracles on the daily. Now I know in this day and age, especially in the year 2020, hope in miracles is a difficult concept to believe in but try, they keep happening. Medical miracles occur regularly, or maybe science is just that certain. Who knows? Every once and awhile people pull a Lazarus. You can be on the brink teetering towards the end and suddenly, a turnaround. Proof that our bodies alone are a miracle. So keep the faith.
Redditor u/poetsnaps wanted doctors and medical staff to give us some hope about life by asking.... [Serious] Doctors of Reddit, what unexplainable miracles have you seen in your profession?