Current Events > ATTN: joestarrr, coffeebeanz, anyone else in a medical field or med school etc.

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Does it annoy you when people just make up medical conditions either in jest or in reference to something by simply adding the suffix "-itis" to other words, considering people in general seem to think that is indicative of "any sort of medical condition" as opposed to specifically inflammation? It seems like people just "-itis" around because they hear it a lot but they don't realize it has a more specific meaning. I'm not even a medical person and it annoys me a little bit tbh >_>.

Like some fool has a persistent cough and they're like "is there such a thing as coughitis?" or that Futurama episode where the 80s man talks about Boneitis but it's just some weird generic bone-related thing? I used to do that before I knew better. Now it's annoying, even though that Futurama episode is a fucking classic.
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It's like a customer at a retail store saying "oh it didn't scan so it must be free~!"
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no but it's annoying when people either try to self diagnose or try to pretend to be experts after reading some shit on webmd

Arent medical professionals supposed to have some modicum of empathy and compassion?
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I hate it tbh
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I have a chronic case of yomitis
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Yomi posted...

I have a chronic case of yomitis

i can treat that

Reis posted...

Yomi posted...

I have a chronic case of yomitis

i can treat that

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I just see it as people trying to maintain a sense of humor. Doesn't bother me one bit.
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I got a case of Bofa.
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What do you think of Chronic fatigue syndrome
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MegaTech posted...

What do you think of Chronic fatigue syndrome

That I'm fatigued much of the time -_-
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joestarrr posted...

I hate it tbh

It bothers me too, but I didn't even know it was nonsense until a few years ago because I'm not medical lol... But now it's like... As annoying as someone saying fucking "should of" >_<
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Arent medical professionals supposed to have some modicum of empathy and compassion?

It gets burned out of us thoroughly in residency.

But yeah, calling something _____"itis" is pretty annoying, since itis specifically means an inflammation of something.

But the worst is how people use defibrillators on people with asystole in shows.
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Doesn't really bother me that much tbh. I just nod my head and drown it out as just heard it so much I don't care enough to get worked up over it anymore. Far better things to waste my time with and is rarely like they are doing it to annoy you anyway.

Far worse are the ones that challenge medical knowledge due to some drivel they read on the internet and whatever conspiracy they decide to believe in.
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I'm in Pharmacy so this isn't exactly related but it really annoys us when people say "Flu shots make me sick." Not true what so ever
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People who Google things are definitely the worst. No ma'am, you can't contract Ehlers-Danlos.
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DepreceV2 posted...

I'm in Pharmacy so this isn't exactly related but it really annoys us when people say "Flu shots make me sick." Not true what so ever

I get a fever every time I have a flu shot. No idea why. Maybe hyperstimulation of my immune system.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

People who Google things are definitely the worst. No ma'am, you can't contract Ehlers-Danlos.

As a lawyer, I get this all the fucking time.

"Sorry ma'am. Arizona law doesn't apply in Quebec."
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Coffeebeanz posted...

People who Google things are definitely the worst. No ma'am, you can't contract Ehlers-Danlos.

but they did contract Ebola