General Medical issues thread

[Pushka]

The ED doctor thought UTI 2 weeks ago when I had blood coming out and gave me meds for that, then the culture came back.
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I might deal with it, maybe try some basic pain meds, unless I get some other symptom.

Maybe men feel UTI differently to women but I know I barely function when I have a UTI and antibiotics provides almost immediate relief.

 

[RooFlyer]

Not unless urine flow completely blocked
Simple analgesics
Urine culture likely just colonisation.

And any patient anxiety and consequences of that?

 

[Quickstatus]

And any patient anxiety and consequences of that?

You mean does psychological factors influence severity of symptoms?

 

[drron]

24hrs for me.

For me it was less than a minute as the needle pierced the skin and then withdrawn. Very rare for me to get a reaction to vaccines though.

 

[RooFlyer]

You mean does psychological factors influence severity of symptoms?

not exactly. I’m saying when a patient (speaking generally) has unexpected pain and symptoms after a treatment and the advice is then just to take some analgesics, I certainly would be pretty stressed by that. Unless, say, it was forecast during the treatment as being possible, and take some analgesics was the advice of the treating Dr.

I had this recently. I had a steroi_ injection into my hand and my GP said it would be more painful than before for a couple of days but then get better. He was right and I didn’t worry but if he hadn’t told me then I would’ve been very worried (unnecessarily).

After my hernia operation, in the evening, I had some localised intense pain a bit away from the operated area. I went to the Hobart emergency department where they assessed me and said oh yes that’s quite common. It’ll go away in a day. I gave the Surgeon a bit of a serve when I saw him next. I think he was a bit shocked.

Stress I’m pretty sure can bring its own set of issues not necessarily in respect of the particular issue at the time.

 

[Quickstatus]

I certainly would be pretty stressed by that

Sure, in that case go to emerg, thats what its there for.. The trigger varies between individuals. The question is when to pull the trigger. Some pull it too early and some too late.

 

[Pushka]

For me it was less than a minute as the needle pierced the skin and then withdrawn. Very rare for me to get a reaction to vaccines though.

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