Doctors And Nurses Are Calling Life A “Lie” You Should Stop Believing, And It's Shocking

We recently wrote a blog where doctors and nurses exposed health “lies” people should stop believing. In the comments, more medical professionals debunk health myths and misconceptions, and it's very eye-opening. Here's what they had to say:

Note: Some answers have been removed from this Reddit thread from Kerouac__.

1.“No, taking an ambulance instead of your private car to the ER not get treatment immediately. Patients are evaluated based on their complaints, so you may have to wait if you injure your knee because someone else is bleeding or has a heart attack.”

-modern day mule195

2.“OB/GYN NP here: Using hormonal birth control doesn't make you sterile. Untreated chlamydia can.”

– Evil76

3.“As a nurse, CLEAN YOUR ABDOMEN BEFORE THE PAIN!!! If you have an infection, we expose and clean a large area of ​​skin that usually covers the abdomen (even if it's not the area you're having surgery on) because if the drapes happen to tear or have a hole in them, the skin around the incision will still be clean than the skin I've put on The number of patients I've cared for god's gold mines know what a shock it is to sit in their deep and deep butts.”

“We have to clean it all up before we go on, and we all shut up when we do it. It's wild. If you're having a hip replacement, gallbladder removal, hernia repair, any number of other surgeries, we'll see your stomach, look inside, clean the gunk out of it, and you won't know the difference. CLEAN. YOURS. STOMACH. Buttons.”

-u/pamelabeezlyhalpert

4.“You can't detoxify your liver, and some of the things that are recommended actually harm your liver. In fact, it's true. But there's always someone who thinks they can make their liver better. No.”

– to laugh

5.“I'm a doctor. I'm highly trained, but I'm not trained in all areas. You probably don't want me to manage a complicated pregnancy or have surgery. We may not know the answer to your concerns. , but a good provider is a good listener and will try to refer you to someone who can help.”

-I'm from Washisnameo

6.“Doctors almost never tell the patient that they only have three months to live. I have had many patients who cry in the same way, but all the doctors I have asked say that they do not tell the patient that. They may say that usually the person with the disease does not tell us. 'We live more than x–y months or years , but we don't know how much time a person has left.”

-mushycrocodile77

7.“One thing that annoys me is that CPR is not meant to restart your heart! Its purpose is to keep the blood flowing throughout the body until the person gets real medical help. So many TV shows and movies show people doing CPR for a few minutes, and then they stop – OR they make the weakest arrows known to man, and man wakes up Misleading!

“The compression must be done continuously and strong enough to break the ribs.”

– mellowsquid

8.“If we tell you that you have dangerous changes in your cervix, it means that if you don't treat it or if you don't follow it properly, there is a CHANCE that it will turn into cancer in the long run. It is NOT cancer — 90++ percent of the patients who told me they had cervical cancer did not.”

“I used to tell my patients at least five times when I told them they had malignant changes that it was NOT cervical cancer, I even insisted on the next visit, however I had the family of one patient who called us because he told his family that he had three months to live and he was taking out all his belongings because we told him that he was dying of cervical cancer and he only had three months. life.”

-mushycrocodile77

9.“The pharmacy tech here. The amount of people who don't think of vitamins, supplements, or even over-the-counter products as 'medicine' is amazing. You ask what else they're taking, and they say 'nothing,' but then it turns out they weren't prescribing Tylenol, colloidal silver, and vitamins. if your meds don't 'work,' you shouldn't just stop them, but don't put other meds on top either!”

– daughter

10.“As a nurse, I'm just trying to milk your insurance. Most of the time I don't know if you have insurance, whether it's written or not, or if there's something about the bill and medical benefits. If I have valid instructions from the doctor to do something to help us find out what's wrong with you or help us make you feel better, I use it.”

“I'm not in a hurry to check whether the hospital will be compensated, I don't care to talk. I just want to help you get better and get out so we can help the next person get better and get out, too.“

– half

11.“We don't care what your donor is like!!! If you are in serious danger, we don't spare you because you are a donor. The whole donor situation is so complicated that it wouldn't work even if we did. Please be a donor!”

-u/JustGenericName

12.“As a doctor, you don't know what I'm doing because you have Google. Show yourself respect, and trust the professionals; we have many years of study, advanced training after finishing school, not to mention the thousands of people we have. We saw.”

– heinzybaby

13.“You can't just take the IV out and walk away like nothing happened. You're going to bleed everywhere, never mind going through all the layers of tape and Tegaderm to hold it in place.”

“Some people close quickly; most people don't, and if you pull the IV line and let your arm dangle, bleeding will happen. Whether it's more or less will depend on your ingredients. If I don't apply pressure for 10 minutes, I bleed everywhere.”

– rakishrogue

14.“Myth: Cancer only affects adults. [Testicular cancer is most common in ages 20 to 40]. You should be tested once a month.”

“Men. Look at your testicles to see if you feel a lump, bump, swelling, fullness, or pain. Pretty much anything that doesn't feel there. I have seen many cases of young men who have been waiting a long time for testicular cancer to develop.“

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15.“Medical assistant of 18 years here. If you are coming into a new appointment with a new provider, please do come prepared. Bring your list of medications, past medications, and allergies. However, I don't know which of your little yellow pills has an X on them. I'm an MA, not a pharmacy tech.”

— k4e39fd4aa

16.“I'm a CRNA. People think we leave the room after they're asleep. Nah, dog – I'm here all the time!”

“Also, people understand less about anesthesia than about any other part of medicine.”

-Anonymous

And finally…

17.“Myth: You can take any antibiotic you have lying around for an infection. In fact, different types of antibiotics treat different types of infections. The leftover antibiotic you have from your UTI won't work for your sinus infection. Doctor, and if you' You have antibiotics left over from the beginning, you weren't taking them properly.”

-u/K6983

Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, what health “lies” or “misconceptions” should people stop believing? Tell us in the comments below, or if you prefer to remain anonymous, feel free to use this Google form.

Note: Some answers have been edited for length and/or clarity.