- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Wow. American medicine is screwed up
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:45 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:45 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:
I threw a blood clot over night that went from my calf to my foot causing pain to walk and also severely limiting blood flow to my toes.
Calf to toes? Isn't that indicative of a clot in an artery?
1
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:46 pm to Cosmo
quote:i put my hand up on your hip
Cosmo
whip i drip, you drip, we drip
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:47 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
I definitely would wait around. But one small point; if a "clot" goes from your leg to your foot, it's arterial and definitely won't go from there to your lung. The ones that go to your lung come from the venous side.
As a general rule (excluding pulmonary arteries/veins and odd Arterial-venous connections), arterial emboli travel from central to peripheral (away from heart), venous emboli travel from peripheral to central (toward lungs).
As a general rule (excluding pulmonary arteries/veins and odd Arterial-venous connections), arterial emboli travel from central to peripheral (away from heart), venous emboli travel from peripheral to central (toward lungs).
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:47 pm to JumpingTheShark
UT Southwestern I thinks it’s called. Just off of 35 in Dallas.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:47 pm to GumboPot
quote:
Calf to toes? Isn't that indicative of a clot in an artery?
Biology would support that suggestion.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:47 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:this should be 3 strikes and you're out.
the lung I would be out.
There are no fewer than 20 people in the ER treating the ER like a primary care facility jamming it up for everyone else.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:48 pm to wdhalgren
quote:duh
As a general rule (excluding pulmonary arteries/veins and odd Arterial-venous connections), arterial emboli travel from central to peripheral (away from heart), venous emboli travel from peripheral to central (toward lungs).
what do you think we are? cardiovascamateurs?
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:49 pm to Chucktown_Badger
quote:quote:
Calf to toes? Isn't that indicative of a clot in an artery?
Biology would support that suggestion.
Right. I'm not minimizing an artery clot but a vein clot would seem to be much more urgent.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:49 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:there you have it
UT
Tom Herman has to check your urine color before a medical prognosis can be made
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:50 pm to Chucktown_Badger
quote:It didn’t ease things.
Obamacare was supposed to help ease that problem I think, but we hate/hated Obamacare right?
It decreased visits of uninsured individuals, yet ER visits continued to rise.
So, if your goal was to decrease uninsured visits, you succeeded.
If your goal was to decrease ER visits as a whole, you failed miserably.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:50 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Will there ever be a commercial only hospital? Guess they don’t take Govt payers then they don’t get 340B and other govt incentives?
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:52 pm to Cosmo
quote:
I dont believe you
If you legit had an arterial embolus thrown to your leg proven by US they would have you on a heparin drip now or do a thrombectomy.
I agree with this, if you have an acute ischemic limb then you aren’t in the waiting room and are going to the OR to get cathed asap
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:54 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
American healthcare is a broken system and I don’t know the fix.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:54 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Let’s indict the entire system bc you have to wait a few hours in the ED. I’m not saying it’s perfect system, but those doctors aren’t sitting around tickling their own assholes. There’s probably someone much sicker than you being worked up right now. So why don’t you count your blessings, watch some TV and take a nap while you’re waiting.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:58 pm to GumboPot
quote:
Right. I'm not minimizing an artery clot but a vein clot would seem to be much more urgent.
do you want to have a limb amputated or have a swollen limb and be on blood thinners. Arterial is a medical emergency
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:58 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Had a buddy die from a blot clot in leg... somehow got to head
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:58 pm to theCrusher
quote:
Your pain level is always a 10.
This. I almost had an apendix explode inside of me because I kept getting triaged to the back of the line.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 4:59 pm to Panny Crickets
quote:
Because our fantastic government has mandated that NO ONE can be denied treatment at an ER.
Thus, ERs have been primary care, pediatrics and internal med clinics.
Have fun.
Not actually true but whatever lol
Posted on 11/20/19 at 5:01 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:
There are no fewer than 20 people in the ER treating the ER like a primary care facility jamming it up for everyone else.
Racis
Posted on 11/20/19 at 5:57 pm to Panny Crickets
quote:
Thus, ERs have been primary care, pediatrics and internal med clinics.
Wasn't Obamacare supposed to fix that?
What happened?
Page 2 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News