It’s definitely not a 100% guarantee, especially if you've already had your shots. Sterility is a pretty rare complication... even if you end up dealing with orchitis, it doesn't mean all the tissue gets hit. Honestly, a potential case of pancreatitis is a much bigger worry...
So, first things first, let's separate tapeworms from the rest of the intestinal parasite crowd... you can only pick those up by eating raw or undercooked meat—yeah, even fish included.
When it comes to almost any other roundworm, except for pinworms, the eggs actually need some time sitting in the dirt to develop. We’re talking soil contaminated with human waste. Honestly, I highly doubt commercial vegetable gardens in the States are being fertilized like that these days...
And don't worry about those cat or dog worms; humans can't catch them. At most, you might get some skin inflammation where a larva tries to burrow in and dies, since they enter through moist skin...
A worm in your nose isn't even that unheard of, really. Since part of the pinworm life cycle involves traveling through the lungs, you can end up coughing them up, and then they just... end up in your nose.
So, nothing. That's it. Just to be clear—again—that link isn't pointing to a specific thread on this forum... it’s just going to the main landing page of the news site where all their stories live.
So, I was hanging out in that 'Pediatric Health' thread, trying to be helpful to parents dealing with kids running high fevers, and I dropped a link to an article I actually wrote elsewhere... but the mods nuked it immediately because of the rules. Look, I get it. Rules are rules. But I’m not here to push some agenda or self-promote for the hell of it. I just wanted to share some insights from my own professional and personal experience via an article on a site like Parents.com—not even a forum link, just a resource. I'm just asking for permission to post the link so I can actually pass along what I know to people who might need it...
slycanyon22 said:what happens when he shows up to work and just drops a box there? he’s only there because👍
that’s not really what you were getting at. But yeah, basically... besides that, look, ER visits aren't meant for everything, which is something people always seem to forget. if you’ve got a fever for an hour, a sore throat, the flu, maybe a couple of runs to the bathroom—that’s not an emergency! all of that can wait until tomorrow for a regular appointment with your primary doctor. but when people like that clog up the waiting rooms at the ER, then the actual emergencies... they can't get handled properly.
It might be nothing, honestly... but then again, could just be some stomach issue flaring up. Might be worth getting some routine bloodwork done at a lab just to rule things out first.
When I say nervous system, I’m talking about the actual nerves and how those electrical impulses travel, not some vague psychological state... So, if you're dealing with a serious deficiency in Potassium Chloride, you start getting those weird sensory issues—tingling, pins and needles, that kind of thing—along with muscle spasms, usually in your limbs or even your face.
Look, if you aren't actually feeling any symptoms, there's really no point in seeking treatment. You treat the actual illness, not just some random thing showing up on a lab report...
Look, an AST titer is really just a marker showing your body ran into strep at some point. Are you actually feeling sick? If there’s no actual symptoms, then forget about the antibiotics... You don't treat a lab result, you treat the patient. A titer of 400 isn't even that high. It can hang around for a year or two after a strep infection passes, and honestly, it's such a common reason why doctors prescribe useless antibiotics... especially in pediatric clinics here in the States.
Just a few quick thoughts from the ID doc on duty here...😉 Basically, Salmonella is a zoonotic thing—meaning it's a disease humans pick up from animals. Unless you’re dealing with toddlers, you aren't going to catch it just by being near someone who's sick. Since Salmonella isn't exactly a super aggressive pathogen for us, you need a massive dose of those germs to actually get hit. That's why it has to breed in contaminated food first... eggs or custard pastries sitting out for a few hours are basically its perfect playground. And honestly, finding it in eggs is pretty common because chickens are carrying it all over the place these days, passing the bacteria right into the shells. So, stay far away from unverified stuff... those sketchy roadside stands or small-scale farms without any oversight...
Bottom line? Hug your friends all you want, you won't pass Salmonella through a hug. But on the flip side, until you get a clean test result back, maybe don't volunteer to cook for anyone else. Better safe than sorry...
HIV can't survive being dried out, so you really don't need to lose sleep over that "dried mucus" thing. The odds of catching it through a scenario like that? We're talking roughly 1 in a million... basically zero. And honestly, looking at the infection rates here in the States, the numbers are small enough that we still track them by absolute count. We haven't even hit 1,000 cases total in the last 23 years since testing started... so yeah, you can breathe easy.
Here’s the actual breakdown:
Since 1985, there have been 714 recorded HIV-positive cases, with 285 progressing to AIDS and 149 deaths...
Honestly, I’d just call all these results normal. The deviations are so tiny they might as well not even exist... and that SE 25? It definitely doesn't mean you have some massive inflammation, or hell, it probably doesn't mean anything at all.
Just picked it up at the pharmacy. It’s one of those flat bottles, dark glass... I think I still have it sitting around somewhere at my place, I'll have to go dig it out and check.
I used to get by on taking two Advil twice a day, but like you said, my stomach just couldn't take it anymore... at least Maxalt doesn't do that to me.
If it actually works, and if you can stomach it, then yeah... just keep going. Honestly, I’ve had pretty decent luck using unknown for my sinus issues myself... though, lucky me, I didn't run into any side effects.
Antibiotics didn't do much because, honestly, you can't fix bronchitis with them. It just means your bronchial tubes are extra sensitive right now, and dealing with the aftermath of a virus always takes way longer than people think... Just try to stay away from that cold, dry air if you can. Drink tons of fluids, too. Some people swear by honey or those standard cough syrups... personally, I found this thyme-based syrup that worked wonders for me, though I can't for the life of me remember what brand it was.
just a quick correction here... it’s not just kids and it’s not just an Asian thing. It can pop up anytime up to age 50, or even later, across all races—it's just more common in the Asian community. The whole thing is rooted in vasculitis, which is basically inflammation of the small blood vessels throughout your body. They don't really know the exact cause, but the theory is it's some kind of reaction to "superantigens" from certain bacteria. It can lead to some pretty nasty complications involving the heart's blood vessels, aseptic meningitis, and a few other issues too. Usually, it's managed pretty well with high doses of immunoglobulin and aspirin. We see several cases of this every year at our infectious disease clinic in NYC.
look, I’m pretty sure getting an eye specialist appointment over in $33 won't end up costing you more than some random ER visit... though, obviously, you'll just get handed a prescription and have to shell out the cash at the CVS yourself.