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When it comes to taking care of your health, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Not sure if that fever you’ve had for a few days is a simple virus or something more insidious? When in doubt, just visit a doctor.
But occasionally, we end up at a clinic or in the emergency room for reasons that we may be embarrassed to explain to the doctors… Or reasons we made up in the first place.
Reddit users have recently been confessing the stupidest reasons they’ve ever ended up in the hospital, so you’ll find some of their funniest and most ridiculous stories below. Enjoy reading through these reminders to stay safe out there, folks, and be sure to upvote the tales that you find most amusing!
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#1
So, I had this in grown hair from shaving my balls. I noticed it in the shower and figured I'd go ahead and pop that. A few days later, my balls are in extreme pain, I decided that I'd go to a walk in clinic and get checked out. FYI, there is no dignified way to tell someone that you have very sore and very swollen nuts, but I did my best. I go see the doc and show him what's up, he says in an alarmingly concerned tone, "Oh that is very infected". He asks what happened and I tell him, he informs me that you should never pop any ingrown hair, but especially in that region, because if it doesn't pop, the infection goes inside. He gives me some medication and informs me that I may develop an abscess, and if it does, to come back and he'll drain it. So I do the medical regime he prescribed, and it starts to feel mildly better after a couple of days. I get out of the shower and notice that the area has indeed formed an abscess. It looks like a piece of raw chicken skin and I think, I can probably just knock that off and, before I know it, it is off. Blood. But also, no more pain. I'm feeling pretty good about myself, already with a jaunty song in my heart I'm ready to start my day - that is until I see the dime sized hole in my s*****m. After the panic finally subsidies, I realize I can't just put on clothes, as something might get in there. I find a bandage that'll cover it and head to the emergency room. Much like telling someone your balls and very sore and swollen, there is no dignified way to tell anyone you have a dime sized hole in your sack. However, fun fact, if you tell someone you have a hole in your s*****m, YOU GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE! So, I leap frog ahead of a bunch of old ladies to get an ultrasound, all of which are glaring at me. They slather me up and take a look. I asked them if it was twins, they do not laugh. So after having my balls handled by no less than 7 people, which is normally a pretty awesome Friday night, I figure I'm patched up enough to go home, but they tell me I have to wait for a urologist. This takes some time and I'm curious as to what they're looking for. Oh. Well, we just want to make sure there are no signs of gangrene or flesh eating disease. Ah. Ok. Uh. Great. They check me over, admonish me a few more times for squeezing an in grown hair, and tell me that as long as I take all my meds, I should be alright, which I was. Worst birthday ever.
Enuya 2 years ago
This person has a narrative talent. I just read a story about someone's balls holding my breath and laughing at the same time. 10/10, would do again.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I like how this guy writes. A hole in the s*****m must be pretty scary though.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
As a former nurse, I’ve heard some good ones over the years. This is top 10.
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Nicola Grenzner 2 years ago
I has actually hospitalized for 2 solid weeks when I got gangrene and had necrotizing fasciitis from an ingrown hair (on my leg). Went in when to ER when I developed a fever. They almost life-delighted me to Harborview. Four surgeries, consistent iv antibiotics, and a wound vac was what it took to heal. Was told if I waited just a few more hours before going in, the infection would have hit a pocket of air and just blown up. I got lucky. So yeah, leave the ingrown hairs alone.
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#2
My weiner turned puffy and red for seemingly no reason. Had to fly to a wedding next morning and freaked out. Asked my gf to drive me to hospital. Nurse asked me if I had been eating spicy foods. Yes, I had been eating hot wings, and I must have held my weiner to urinate prior to washing my hands. Nurse gave me a benadryl and told me to chill. I later requested the nurse's notes for my records, they're hilarious.
Raumpfleger 2 years ago
The difference between a chemist and other people? They wash hands BEFORE using the toilet :-D
Jane Hower 2 years ago
MEN, wash you hands BEFORE AND AFTER handlig your weiner. Didn't you learn that???
#3
I took my daughter to the hospital after she had been puking for 12 hours, Nurse was making me feel really stupid. My daughter threw up all over the nurses computer. She took us right back to a room after that.
Blma1025 2 years ago
Taking your daughter to the hospital after she has been throwing up for 12 hours isn't stupid, is what you are supposed to do.
Emerald Joanna 2 years ago
Most gastro bugs last about 48 hours so throwing up for 12 hours is relatively expected with viral gastroenteritis and not always an emergency situation. It's dependent on other factors.
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
any vomiting repeatedly should go to the emergency room...that woman is a twat
Binky Melnik 2 years ago (edited)
I don’t get it. I throw up a lot (migraines), and after the fourth barf, my stomach is empty and I’m merely wretching. How does her daughter’s stomach find things to throw up? I’m thinking she’s feeding the kid in between barfing spells. If she stopped doing that, the kid would have nothing to throw up. So what, exactly, did the kid barf onto the nurse’s computer?
Sleepy 2 years ago
If it's really bad, you start throwing up bile (knowing from experience: I was very car sick when I was a child). Also, I guess the poor child would need to drink water to prevent dehydration... which she then throws up of course.
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Jean Jacket 2 years ago
I hit my head bad when i was a toddler, and apparently i threw up all over the douchebag doctor while he was being an a*s to my mom. She said she was very proud.
Rutvik Gadhiya 2 years ago
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We reached out to the Reddit user who posed the question, "What is the stupidest reason you went to the hospital?" and lucky for us, they were happy to have a chat with Bored Panda. The curious person, u/lugulaga, shared that they were inspired to start this conversation because they wanted to see if there was anyone else out there who had been to the hospital for a silly reaosn. "Turns out there were a lot," they noted.
#4
About 24-years ago, I ate almost a whole quart of Korean kimchi for dinner. It was so peppery, spicy and so good, I just couldn’t stop eating it.
That night, I experienced the most excruciating stomach pains, much worse than when my appendix burst 10-years ago. It was so bad, I stripped off all my clothes and sat in my boxer briefs on my front porch step writhing in agony holding my now bloated stomach.
My wife finally took me to the ER and they put an IV in my arm with some pain killer and admitted me for a 23-hour observation. As the night went on, the pain subsided and I finally started feeling better.
Fast forward to the morning and I was feeling much better and pretty much back to normal. As the hospital was preparing to discharge me, the night shift was replaced by the daylight shift and a few nurses came in to check on me followed by the new attending ER doctor, a Korean! 😳
He was smiling, chuckling and laughing telling me I had suffered from “kimchiitis” and proceeded to lecture me that kimchi is supposed to be a side dish to a meal, and not the main course! I really made his day, and everyone, including my sleep-deprived wife who sat with me the whole night, were laughing, shaking their heads, and grinning at my stupidity.
To this day, I still wonder if that Korean ER doctor used my case as one of his funniest ER stories.
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I had kimchi for the first time ever like 2-3 months ago, it was good, but very spicy
kesunyian 2 years ago
where are people finding this spicy kimchi? it is great but so far every one I've brought is very mild, even from the Korean stores... and the gochujang... I can't seem to find a spicy one anymore (UK)
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 2 years ago (edited)
I love how they put an IV in his arm with a pain killer and kept him at the hospital. As a woman, I had kidney stones so bad I was rolling on the floor and all they did when I went into the ER was make me wait 5 hours, then stick me into a side room for a couple more hours. By the time a doctor saw me, the pain was gone on its own and I was sent home in the middle of the night. Only to have the pain return a couple hours later, at which point I just said forget it and waited it out at home.
Aboredpanda 2 years ago
I still recall a female patient coming in with kidney stones, where the pain was so bad she kept vomiting. She'd contacted the emergency services many times over a couple months, who never sent her to hospital but kept telling her it would pass. It had become so bad she was sleeping on a matress on the floor in the hallway because she didn't want to keep disturbing her husband so he couldn't sleep when she tossed and turned in pain. She couldn't function in her life, and she was so used to an extreme amount of pain that she appeard fine (but extremely exhausted) in between vomiting. That was so shocking to me; that she was allowed to be in so much pain for such a long duration of time before anyone would help her. But I do think a lot of women are treated like this, AND accept it stoically too unfortunately.
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Nannychachi 2 years ago
My husband did the same thing with spicy salsa. He has refused to eat it since.
talliloo 2 years ago
omg! i'm so glad i am not the only idiot that tasted kimchi for the first time, fell in love with it and ate it with abandon! while i didn't eat it all at one time i did eat large quantities along with every meal after that first taste. oh, by the way...it was homemade kimchi from the wife of one of my hubby's friend. it was good on scrambled eggs, sandwiches...just everything. then, i was in so much pain that i eventually passed out. hubby takes me to the hospital and apparently i had given myself some kind of gastric distress that kept me there on pain meds for five days. now, i eat it but sparingly.
Data1001 2 years ago
I don't get the obsession with kimchi. I'm a huge fan of various ethnic specialties from various countries, but the first time I tried it at a Korean BBQ place I thought it was awful.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
I like to add it to salads and grain bowls. I'm not a fan of eating it by itself, but it's good mixed in with other foods
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AP 2 years ago
No kidding. I eat an entire 16oz jar once a week. I’m kinda thinking that op was less used to the fiber content (and fermentation) of the (I assume) cabbage, and not the spiciness. If something is too spicy, most people wouldn’t continue to eat an entire quart; however, an entire quart of fermented cabbage (especially if not used to it)… belly-bloat-pain-overload!
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AP 2 years ago
Yup. It’s the super-high fiber content (especially if one doesn’t consume a lot of fiber very often).
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Hiccups that lasted 24 hrs, stopped right when the doctor stepped in the room. Lol
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I don’t know if anyone else can relate to this, but this is like when something isn’t working and it only starts working once your mom/dad comes in, which has happened to me, a lot
Dreaming Spirit 2 years ago
I have a similar problem, but in reverse: when a nurse or doctor checks my pressure, it's too high. Normally it's on the low side. After one doctor ordered a 24h blood pressure monitor which came back normal, I have a diagnosis of "white coat hypertension" in my chart :D
JK 2 years ago
Weird one, but a quick cure for hiccups is a teaspoon of vinegar (lemon juice works sometimes). I suggested it to my husband (he suffers with them a LOT) and he refused thinking it was stupid. 2 hours of hiccups and he tried it just to prove it didn't work. It worked, hiccups went straight away, now any time he gets them he heads for the vinegar!
Margaret H 2 years ago
A man I nursed had a stomach operation. He woke up with hiccups that must have been excruciatingly painful. After 3 days, they took him back to the OR operated again and cured him.
Panda Promise 2 years ago
It's a running joke at the offices that everything needs my presence to work properly. All I have to do is show up and whatever problem was there, magically disappears
Jane Hower 2 years ago
Car engine knocks stop as soon as the mechanic is there to check it ou. That's life, hehe
"I once dropped a knife, which mildly cut a part of my chest. I lied on how I got the cut to my doctor," the OP admitted.
We were also curious what lugulaga thought of all of the stories readers shared on their post. "All of the responses were unique, and I enjoyed reading them," they said. "However, one that stood out to me was a comment about a user's friend who swallowed a 50 cent piece to win a bet."
#6
Went? I go once or twice a week for being f*****g stupid again and locking myself out of the apartment! The staff in the reception must look at me and my dog everytime thinking "there goes the clown again lel" My wife works at the hospital, I go there to borrow her keys
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Or remember to put your keys in your pocket before you leave the house to walk the dog.
Load More Replies... Binky Melnik 2 years ago
If you lock yourself out once or twice a week, you come up with a solution so you can stop locking yourself out that often, though I’m thinking he needs an MRI to see whether there’s a brain in his skull. That’s not normal at ALL.
AP 2 years ago
Girl, IDK. My husband leaves the house every morning, and like clockwork is back within 2-5 minutes for forgetting either: phone, wallet, keys, something specifically related to his job/task-at-hand, or any combination of the aforementioned. No hyperbole - Literally. Every. Single. Day.
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#7
Wife passed out on deck of community pool and when she came to, she could barely move/speak. Took her to hospital. Docs couldn’t figure out what was going on, even after blood tests, but after a few hours in ER waiting room, she started to get better. We were staying at friend’s parent’s place, while they out of town. Turns out, wife ate a cookie from the freezer that she didn’t know was heavily laced with Cannabis. We realized what had happened the next day when she ate another cookie, and this time gave me some.
talliloo 2 years ago
yes, this does sound humorous but it isn't when you don't expect it. i was caring for my brother who had terminal stomach and brain cancer. it was during the time that california allowed cannabis with a medical card. now i had smoked when in high school but was currently in law enforcement. one night after my brother fell asleep i discovered pound cake in the fridge. had a slice then went to bed. woke up later to go to bathroom feeling weird. while washing my hand i see my eyes & they look like they are bleeding. that's when i realized it was pot pound cake. told my bro the next morning who laughed his a*s off at the thought of his sister trying to explain this if i was whiz quizzed at work. i wasn't but i can't say i wasn't worried.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
"whiz quiz" - TIL this term, and I love it (also, yikes. But I'm pretty sure I'd much rather have it in cake. Just... you WARN people about the pot cake/brownie)
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Poppy 2 years ago
I had this happen to me! My sister needed someone to stay in her house to allow someone in to measure up the kitchen whilst she was at work. She said 'eat anything you want' and left. Her husband likes to bake cakes and biscuits and I found some flapjacks (UK flapjacks, made with oats, butter and golden syrup), he'd made but they were only in 3cm squares. I thought he was being stingy with the portion sizes and so I ate two. I was watching music videos on TV and realised Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Under the Bridge had been on foreverrrrrrrr! Then I started feeling very unwell. I rang my mum and said I wasn't feeling well and that everything felt surreal. She asked me if I'd eaten anything and I told her what I'd eaten. She then called my sister at work and asked what was in the flapjacks and my sister said 'What flapjacooooh! Don't tell me she ate them all?' Mum called me back and told me that there was a 'special' ingredient in which helped stop me panicking.
Poppy 2 years ago
She told me to have a drink of water and go to bed for a lie down (luckily the job I'd been there to do had been done). I could barely get enough energy up to climb the stairs to bed but as I lay there I could hear lots of bumping and banging from the neighbours and in my stoned brain I thought someone had come in through the unlocked back door and was robbing the place but I couldn't do anything about it. Eventually my brother in law came home from work, I came down stairs (feeling slightly better), he asked me how I was and I replied 'stoned' he said 'Ah! You found the flapjacks then?' I honestly thought I was dying.
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Mimi777 2 years ago
I might have misread it but a blood test would definitely show cannabis? Would it not?
Tim Douglass 2 years ago
Only if they specifically suspected it and ran a test for it. I'm guessing they were thinking some mineral deficiency or suchlike, so not even the same sort of test.
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#8
My husband went because he was in extreme pain and thought he was having a heart attack. Turns out it was wind. He just needed a good fart.
arthbach 2 years ago
That is not a stupid reason to go to hospital! If you are in extreme pain, don't know the cause, and can't treat it at home, then hospital is the place to go.
Owlish 2 years ago
I came here to say just this I very nearly did not go to the hospital with chest pain because I thought I was too young for it to be anything more than a cough and indigestion. Three weeks later I had open heart surgery. It's never stupid to tale chest pain seriously. Great if you get to laugh about it being nothing but never stupid to get checked I had thought a heart attack would hurt much more than it actually did. I'm so glad my friend insisted we get it checked just in case.
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Emerald Joanna 2 years ago
Actually not being able to fart is a big warning sign for a bowel obstruction which is definitely an emergency...
AP 2 years ago
Super-emergency, but very often it happens when people consume more fiber and/or fermented foods than they are used to. Either way, better safe than sorry.
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Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I felt a snap on my left side followed by incredible pain. Waited to see if it would pass but it only hurt more. Went to the doctor mentally checking that my will was in order as l was going to die. It was an intercostal sprain 😂
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
Best always to go and check, severe bloating/gas pain some what mimics signs of a heart attack I believe
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Did anyone else immediately start thinking about that scene from "The Last King of Scotland?"
AP 2 years ago
Lol. Not only this post, but every time it happens in real-life. I always recommend to “pretend you’re Forest Whittaker, and bend over a chair back.” (I’m too smell-sensitive to do the broom handle thing for them) 😂
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Aboredpanda 2 years ago (edited)
I used to get stomach pain so bad I would break out into a full body sweat, before I figured out I was intolerant to cow dairy protein. It happened from a very young age though so I knew it was my "tummy", although it would hurt so bad that I'd almost panic at times. Excessive air is no joke, it's really painful. I'm sure if it's never happened before it could be really, really scary.
#9
I’m an er doc.
About once a year I see a very nice young female who comes to the er with three or four family members because her fingers are blue. They have always googled all sorts of fancy and exotic diseases that they are worried about. 100% of the time the patient has brand new blue jeans on.
Without saying a word I just grab an alcohol swab and wipe the blue dye off of their hands, and then I do the same thing to their jeans to show them it’s the same color.
The collective sigh from the family is always what does it for me.
Not surprisingly, half the time the patient doesn’t believe me and is angry that “we did nothing.”
Beuska 2 years ago
Once my colleague was is total shock, as both of her palms were red. She thougt she ad some serious blood circulation disorder... turned out the had new pair of leather gloves. you can guess :) red gloves
Charity Angel 2 years ago
I had a red handbag that I bought in Cyprus from a place that does knock-offs, and instantly started using it. Coincidentally, about the same time, I started to get a rash on my shoulder, exactly where the strap sits. (It also transferred dye onto my white dresses, some of which are still slightly pink in places - boo)
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Cathy McGee 2 years ago
I once wore a new blue oil dyed Tshirt for the first time. When i took it off i suddenly saw i was blue all over!! For a long minute i just stared in the mirror thinking o my god whats wrong with me! Then i noticed i was much bluer in the armpits ( it was a warm day) and light dawned.
The CareTaker 2 years ago
reminds me of the blonde joke (that my...actual aunt did and she is blond so it's also very stupidly true...)
The CareTaker 2 years ago
JOKE TIME: A gorgeous young brunette goes into the doctor’s office and says that her body hurts wherever she touches it. “Impossible!” says the doctor. “Show me”. “The brunette took her finger, pushed on her left wrist, and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed in even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise, she pushed her ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made her scream. The doctor said, “You’re not really a brunette, are you?” “Well, no,” she said, “I’m actually a blonde.” “I thought so,” the doctor said. “Your finger is broken”.
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cartoon ghosts 2 years ago
At this point I'm used to seeing random parts of my legs and arms smeared with weird colors cause I draw on myself a ton and it blurs after a handful of hours (depending on what type of pen I use) I don't think I'd be too concerned if it didn't have any other symptoms
meow point1 2 years ago
Once when I was a kid I thought my hands were sunburned, but it was PVA!
over it already 2 years ago
Ha! Had a few seconds of deep concern once after walking in the rain in new jeans when I took them off and my thighs were blue. Didn't take too long to figure out though.
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
But ... that's why you should always wash new bought clothes at least one time? 🤔🫤 My grandmother (worked all her live in textile industry,cutting and sewing, but learnt how dying works as well) recommends even three times before wearing them for the first time ("You really, really don't want to have these chemicals on your skin. No, you don't want to know.")
#10
Butt cheek injuries caused by a door.
I hate touching door knobs with my hands and always use my forearm to rub against the doorknob in a downward motion using friction to turn the k**b. Was joking around with my gf saying I can open a door with my buttcheek exactly like how I use my forearm. Jumped at the door butt first and the little metal thing that guides the door cut my buttcheek (i think they call it strike plate or latch strike). The cut wasn’t a clean cut because the thing wasn’t that sharp. 30+ stitches.
After that she had to stand behind me holding a bowl to cover my wound every time I take a shower so it doesn’t get wet, and we live in a hot country so she has to do that twice a day for like a month.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago (edited)
A piece of plastic taped with medical grade/waterproof tape over your butt would have sufficed rather than your girlfriend "having" to hold a bowl over it. Would have told you to kiss mine before doing that!
Jennifer Smith 2 years ago
Call me a bad girlfriend but I would Absolutely not have held a bowl over your butt for you
Panda Boom 2 years ago
Kn0b is a mild swear in the UK (and probs some other places). Means d1ck but is mostly used to insult people.
Ephemeral Mochi 2 years ago
And for some reason, it only censors the singular word. Knobs are fine, but k**b isn't.
Load More Replies... The CareTaker 2 years ago
TIL That a Large number of people on BP won't know that K..N.O.B is also used as a term for the head of a P.E.N.I.S, and that is why it was on the Stupid censor
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
Your poor gf! Definitely a keeper if she put up with doing that for a month.
tmw 2 years ago
at least this wasn't a 'i don't know how the door knoob got in my a$$, doctor." story. There were witnesses and probably a lot of laughing.
No Clue 2 years ago
Tbh, that's how I expected this to end when I started reading.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 2 years ago
LOL, I can only imagine how annoyed the girlfriend was to have to hold a bowl over their butt every time they took a shower!
#11
Broke my hip…
…Getting up from the couch.
It was already really f****d up thanks to a medication I’d been on for years and hurt like a bastard. When it finally snapped I didn’t think “S**T! My hip broke!” I thought “S**t! This thing’s acting up!”
Turns out the bone was necrotic and released a massive infection into my system, I woke up from a medically induced coma a month later with no idea how I wound up in the hospital.
Edit: Wow, woke up from a nap to see a ton of replies and upvotes! Thanks, everyone!
Edit 2: Just started replying to everyone’s questions but the gist is this:
1. Prednisone (steroid used for rheumatoid arthritis) is what ruined my hip. I had a doctor who claimed it was “safer” than the pain meds I was on at the time…I *really* disagree with him after all that.
2. My Dad was the one who called the ambulance a few days after it happened since I passed out from exhaustion (only place I felt remotely comfortable was my PC chair and was stuck there for a whole night, he moved me to the living room couch where I finally got some sleep) and spiked a fever.
3. Doing SO much better now. I got my hip and a few other joints replaced over the next couple years. I’m still in pain from my rheumatoid arthritis but its a million times more manageable than it was before. Plus I have much more competent doctors who are willing to listen to my concerns instead of the guy who put me on prednisone and said “Which one of us has the medical degree? Yeah, I thought so, do what I say.”
In fact my current pain management doctor told me to stay away from steroids like prednisone completely- They also ruined my bone density, among a couple other problems we’re hoping to fix or at least manage. He’s awesome, the total opposite of the guy who put me on prednisone.
Thanks, everyone for the replies and upvotes!
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
It’s the “getting up from the couch” which makes it seem stupid. Most folks break bones doing dangerous or crazy things, and not something so quotidien.
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Jackie Lulu 2 years ago
Did that prednisone doctor really say that to you? He should lose his license. Sorry about your RA.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Uff I was on prednisone for a while for my juvenile arthritis and I didn’t have bone issues but that stuff is the WORST. It made me super bloated, the weirdest cravings, insane mood swings, blech.
DJR 2 years ago
It causes my anxiety to skyrocket so bad I just tell doctors I'm allergic to it.
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Dad broke his ankle getting up from the couch, apparently twisted badly avoiding the dog sleeping at his feet. It became funny at the hospital, at least for us. He was drunk and was breathalysed and blood tested. Next thing we knew cops are hanging out in the aisle near his bed. Then a doctor comes and lectures him on his drink driving and the damage it can cause plus the damage to his liver. "Drink driving, what are you talking about?" Says I. "Your father just had a major accident" says Doc. "ER no, he fell off the couch, called me and I drove him in, he hasn't driven a car in years" says I. Next thing you know doc and cops are having a back and forth, staff are running back and forth and someone yells "over here", they all take off never to be seen again, at least not by us. A new doctor, totally different attitude takes over and dad is respectfully treated.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I have to have regular bone density scans due to being on prednisone for Crohn's flare ups. I'm lucky that so far only one vertebrae has thinned below acceptable levels.
TiredTitus 2 years ago
I have osteoporosis (lower back) that the specialists now think may be linked to the prednisone I was prescribed as a kid for severe asthma attacks. I hope it all works out well for you Shark Lady.
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Greg Sheldon 2 years ago
My MIL broke a hip due to a Doc keeping her on Prednisone for far too long.
Doodles1983 2 years ago
Long term Steroids cause thinning of bone. Take supplements and protectors. Speak to a doc!
The CareTaker 2 years ago
just did this a few weeks ago, I twisted my hip a bit when I was about to sit down on the couch!
#12
Flesh eating bacteria on my legs. It.was razor burn.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
That’s because it’s a safety razor. I’ll see myself out…
Load More Replies... Aboredpanda 2 years ago (edited)
Flesh necroticising bacteria. The bacteria doesn't eat the flesh. Just causes cells to die. Still gruesome. And it HURTS. I know because I tried it as a child, internally in my foot. Had a huge fever and was hospitalized for two weeks and they gave me adult dosage antibiotics to combat it, and mentioned having to amputate if it didn't improve very quickly (which luckly it did).
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
Definitely not a stupid reason to go. OP could have lost her leg, or her life.
#13
Pain on my left pelvic side. Had it every now and then but it would get intense. Went to ER and they ran all sorts of tests. Nothing came back indicating why. Finally, months later, it occurred to me that it was ovulation pain. Taught me DRs need more education about women’s health.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I don't think it's a lack of education; more like a lack of interest in the subject.
Sky Render 2 years ago
Goddamn it, that's what I get on my right side during ovulation! It's even more fun when you're intersex, half the time they don't even believe you HAVE ovaries because they've never seen anything like what you have before...
HolyDiver 2 years ago
My ex used to get ovarian cysts. Every once in a while, when she cycled, she would end up in excruciating pain. Like, lay on the cold floor in the fetal position pain. Turns out, a slight modification to birth control meds worked so much better than loading her up on narcotics once a month.
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
Ovulation pain is so wild. Mine usually occurs on the left side (found out this was because endometriosis had glued that particular ovary to my back), but it can be SO. DAMN. PAINFUL.
over it already 2 years ago
Like being stabbed with a dull knife, but only on the inside.
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Sammie 19 2 years ago
So weird. I had a radical hysterectomy 18 years ago where they removed my womb, cervix, ovaries and fallopian tubes but I still get period pain almost every month. Incredibly weird and painful
over it already 2 years ago
That SUCKS. The one major plus of having had to go through that should be not having to deal with the periods or pain.
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Gretchen Esquilin 2 years ago
It wasn't until after I was off of birth control that I experienced & learned of the ovulation pain. It's a brand new feeling after being on BC for so long. Sharp, stabbing pain for a good day or 2, but only on 1 side...I've gotten so many internal ultrasounds b/c I keep thinking my fallopian implants (which have a class action lawsuit against the company that makes them) were trying to "escape." Now I know better as to the cause of the pain!
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Also known as 'Mittelschmerz' *Mittelschmerz—or ovulation pain, as it is commonly known today—is a benign preovulatory lower abdominal pain that occurs midcycle (between days 7 and 24) in women. Mittelschmerz may affect over 40% of women of reproductive age, and it occurs almost every month in these patients.*
Doodles1983 2 years ago
Apparently we don’t feel ovulation. Ahem. Imagine being stabbed with a knife and then twist that knife in the side. As a single movement. It. Hurts.
#14
Not me but i had to pick up a mate who swallowed a 50c piece to win a $2 bet. If you don't know, an Australian 50c is quite large. They had to do an endoscopy to get it out. They let him keep the black corroded coin too.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Could be worse - there was that Australian teenage rugby player, Sam Ballard, who ate a slug for a dare, got a parasitic infection, became paralysed and died. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eating-slug-on-dare/index.html
Marcellus II 2 years ago
He should know that ANY australian creature can and will kill you. Like the live worm in the brain that was in the news last week (but happened 2021--22; and picked up from wild python poo on some foraged greenery).
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Paul Scheermeijer 2 years ago
Could have paid partially the hospital bill with that coin.......
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Hospital bill? What third world country are you from?
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I hate those things! The first things I try to get rid of when I can. So bulky
#15
When I was a kid, I didn’t like pooping because I never felt like I was clean enough after wiping my butt. Not sure why really, I wasn’t ocd or anything but I didn’t like it; so I decided to stop pooping. Whenever I had to poop, I’d just hold it or go out and play and eventually the urge would go away.
Well, I woke up in the middle of the night, one night, and I literally couldn’t breathe. I ran into my parents room and woke them up just gasping for air until I passed out. They rushed me to the hospital and I started being able to breathe again on the ride there. They did some blood work and an x-ray and saw in the x-ray that my colon was so backed up with poo that the poo was blocking my lungs, especially after laying in my bed sleeping for a few hours, which is why I woke up and couldn’t breathe. My poo impacted colon was basically pushing against my lungs so I couldn’t inflate them when I tried to breathe in.
They gave me some ex lax and had to bring in a stool sample for the next couple months, I guess for some sort of testing, but never had a problem after that. I just learned that the poo has to go somewhere so I better get used to pooping. Waking up and not being able to breathe was one of the scariest things I’ve been through
Pheebs 2 years ago
Yesssss. Bidet seats was one of the best upgrades we made to our house. I’m hoping to eventually replace our current toilets with bidet/commode combos.
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 2 years ago
It's called 'withholding'. *It is very common for children to start holding on to their poo when they begin potty training. A change in routine and using a different toilet away from home at nursery or school for example. Lots of children would prefer not to poo at school and then become constipated as a result.*
Sammie 19 2 years ago
I use a wet wipe to clean myself after a number 2. Just remember to put it in the garbage instead of trying to flush it.
Sheila Carty 2 years ago
so, I was skimming the comments and thought this said "garage" and thought you were SUPER weird!
Load More Replies... Data1001 2 years ago
My grade school teacher didn't like to let kids go to the bathroom except between classes, as she thought it was usually just an excuse to get out of class for a bit, so whenever I felt the... "call of nature" during those times, I'd just tighten those sphincter muscles and push it back. This led me to only having one bowel movement a week -- and believe you me, there was always plenty of grunting, as you might well imagine. Odder still, I didn't think it was that unusual until many years later, and can't believe I put myself through that as a child.
Persephone 2 years ago
You can get so backed up, poo can come out your mouth... SouthPark style. You were very close OP! I think that's a worse option!
Charity Angel 2 years ago
Not entirely true. You can get so backed up that food has nowhere to go but back up, but poop doesn't form until it hits the end of the large intestine.
Load More Replies... Margie Ang 2 years ago
I wonder how the parents didn't notice their kid wasn't pooping at all...
SadieCat17 2 years ago
How exactly would they notice? Do you inspect your child's excretions every time they use the bathroom before they flush?
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one of my dogs attacked the other and in an effort to break them up, i stuck my hand inside the angry dogs mouth. ended up with 6 stitches in my hand and 2 days off work. don’t stick your hand inside an angry dogs mouth. ever.
Paul C. 2 years ago (edited)
I raise your dog for a crazed squirrel. Looked out to my bird feeder and there is a squirrel hanging from the nut basket making the most horrendous squealing sound. I went out, to discover that it had got its front teeth jammed with the wire stuck fast in the middle of them.(At this point should have gone for leather gloves) Cradled his little body so maybe he could pull his teeth away.....and Yes! It worked, whereupon he spun round and buried his teeth clean through the fleshy part of my palm. I ran round the garden like a loon shaking my hand back and forth trying to get him to loosen his vice like grip. Oh how the nurse laughed as she gave me a tetanus jab.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
Honestly, the leather gloves might not have helped as much as you think - because of the thickness of them, it's difficult to get the delicate grip you would need to handle a squirrel. Why yes, I have been bitten by animals who squirmed out of my leather-glove-grip, and I'd have much rather it was on the hand than on my face...
Load More Replies... Cathy McGee 2 years ago
I heard you should try to hit the dog hard on the nose tip . Its a very sensitive spot for dogs.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I heard you should stick a finger up their butt. Edit - yup I just saw that someone else heard the same thing. :)
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Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
Literally exactly the same thing happened to me... I panicked and tried to pry open the attacking dog's jaws, like a total idiot. My thumb looked like a piece of chewed meat.
Janner Wingfeather 2 years ago
I did that once, but it was a calculated decision. I knew that my parents would A, be more willing to pay for stitches for me than for the dog being attacked, and B, less likely to have the attacking dog put down for biting someone dumb enough to stick a hand in her mouth than for hurting the other dog, who was just minding her own business. And I didn’t end up getting hurt at all, so it was fine.
afia kooma 2 years ago
Get another person and grab each dog by their hind legs in oposite directions. You want to hold way down by their feet, because in the confusion they might redirect their teeth at you. Pull them far enough apart and hold until you get controll.
Captain Awesome 2 years ago
I used to cram my forearm into dogs mouths all the way back, they can't bite and I use my free arm to yank them out of there. Not safe, really dumb, but it worked
S 2 years ago (edited)
I stuck hand out once to stop dog from biting my face he bit through pinky through tendon hit bone. Treatment right away antibiotics cleaned up sent home. 2 days later rolling on floor crying in pain thinking ill be fine im being dramatic its a pinky finger cant hurt this bad.... Give up and go 3 hrs later admitted for 3 days next to septic shock multiple iv antibiotics and 3 surgeries ove next several months due to the infection that wouldn't go away! Last surgery follow up with him he said he swore we'd be back in for amputation but finally we were in clear!
#17
When I was 10, I wanted to go to my friend's house. My older sister who was watching me at the time wouldn't let me, so I did the reasonable thing and jumped out my second floor window. You wouldn't be surprised to learn I spent most of my childhood grounded.
Kitsune 4 months ago
consider this an upvote so as not to ruin the number you've got
Load More Replies... Raumpfleger 2 years ago
And by "grounded" you mean you weren't allowed to the upper floors again?
#18
Migraine that presented as body numbness. Got a 3-day workup for a stroke to find out that I not only have migraines but an aneurysm. So thank you, migraines, for saving my life.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Doesn't sound like a stupid reason for going to a hospital. Didn't these posters read the brief?
afia kooma 2 years ago
Maybe the listmaker found more jucie stuff and forgot their own breif
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Benita Valdez 2 years ago
My friend had horrific headaches for several days and finally went to the hospital when she couldn't take it anymore. It turned out she has late stage brain cancer; it's been over a year and she is still fighting. Never ignore painful persistent headaches that last several days; of course it could be migraines but do not chance it.
Molly 2 years ago
I went for exactly the same thing in 22, it was a miserable time though they treated me like I was stupid. I was numb in my arms and face. Was for hours before I went. ER’s are not equipped to treat chronic pain or chronically ill patients. ER doctors are not trained to treat chronically ill patients. I decided with that trip because of how they treated me that I won’t go to the ER again until something literally falls off.
DJR 2 years ago
I thought I was the only one that got numb hands/face from a migraine. I also lose most use of my eyes while the symptoms last. Do you know your triggers? Mine seems to be ultra-processed meat (hot dogs) and Kona coffee.
Load More Replies... JK 2 years ago
I suffer with these, i call them my "paralysis migraines" (i get lots of dofferent types of migraines - just lucky i guess!) and the first time it happened it properly $hit me up, it's like someone dials up the gravity and you just hit the floor and can't move/feel anything. I've learnt what it feels like when it's about to happen so I get straight to the floor with water, a straw, my migraine medication, and a pillow, then just wait til it passes. It is properly scary when you don't know what it is!
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
I have something called hemiplegic migraines. Looks just like a stroke. Of course the first time I went to the ER I had no idea that’s what it was. I kept slipping in and out of awareness. Much of my ER stay, I don’t remember it. But I do remember being put in the stretcher in the ER. I don’t remember what I said the the nurse, but I do remember her saying that the ER is an inappropriate place to get over a migraine hangover. With that and a long list of other s****y things that happened to my family and I, I will die rather than go back there for anything. Not being hyperbolic. They’d probably end up killing me off anyway.
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Once at work I pooped so hard when I stood up I fainted. I woke up in the hospital with a massive goose egg and a dislocated collar bone. I needed a cat scan and physio. All because I pooped too hard.
Nannychachi 2 years ago
You stimulated your vagal nerve which controls heart rate among other things. It happens.
Zakaar Bovus 2 years ago
Vasovagal syncope. I can thank scrubs for teaching me that one
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Historyharlot93 2 years ago
My BIL is a paramedic, and the amount of people they have found dead from pooping too hard is disturbing. They were elderly, but still, I don’t want to go out of this world on a toilet.
Somebodys grandmother 2 years ago
That sounds like my husband. He got a closed eye and a broken arm for the same thing... you can poop so hard that it effects your bloodpressure....
The CareTaker 2 years ago
I have pseudo-tumor cerebri (basically a tumor without an actual tumor, so they can't take it out) and surprisingly, one of the things is... You CAN NOT force yourself to poop, I have to take meds for it, cause if you force too much, it cause the pressure in your head to swell and can kill those with pseudo-tumor cerebri, so yeah, if I have to poop, I have to take poop meds and a book and wait, this also means my diet is also odd lol
Robert T 2 years ago
That really sounds like you laid an egg? You mean a goose egg-sized lump on your head where you hit the porcelain going down.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
It's an American expression. Took me a while the first time I encountered it, but it's common parlance over there.
Load More Replies... Aboredpanda 2 years ago
This can also happen if you're constipated and your bowels suddenly move inside your body, pressing on the vagus nerve. Doesn't need to be whilst pushing.
#20
When I was 8 I was bored so I got a bottle of Gatorade from my pantry and grabbed a kitchen knife then proceeded to stab it over the sink to see how easily the knife would go through the thicker plastic of the bottle…almost lost my thumb
Superb Owl 2 years ago
I did kind of the same thing as a kid. Sharpened a pocket knife, and decided to test the sharpness by slashing a leaf of a tree. But it was windy, and the leaf kept moving out of the way, so I held the bugger in my open palm to keep it still, and proceeded to slash it. I was mid-slash, before the knife hit the leaf, when I realized my mistake. Almost managed to get my hand out of the way. The knife was sharp indeed.
Mylittlecorgi 2 years ago
I could have guessed OP's age even if he hadn't stated it. [facepalm]
Data1001 2 years ago
Oh my god, I did something similar at a party once. Except I was 18 or 19 at the time. I wish I could blame it on being drunk and not knowing what I was doing, but I had only had one drink, and was holding an empty can in one hand and seeing if I could chop clean through it with a very large kitchen knife. Two chops later, I'd nearly chopped off the tip of a finger.
#21
My poop was violently, aggressively, dark red. For the record, I did *not* know that would happen if you ate a whole jar of pickled beets, and I learned that it is *not always a good idea to say the first things that come to mind!* (Yay ADHD?)
Jackie Lulu 2 years ago
Beets are one of the things they tell you not to eat before a colonoscopy.
Jane Hower 2 years ago
Fed my little baby pureed beet baby food and panicked when I saw red poop!! It's a thing
Rosecrucian Roeth 2 years ago
Beet red is very hard to clean totally; once on something, it is almost impossible to get rid of and that includes your poop.
#22
A bat landed on my head while i was asleep. Rabies shots all around!
arthbach 2 years ago
In counties where bats have rabies, this is not a stupid reason to go to hospital. It's a very sensible precaution! The chances of contracting rabies like this is small, but the chances of survival without prompt treatment are even smaller.
Insono 2 years ago
Same goed for tetanus, always better to be safe than sorry. When you start showing symptoms you're basically already dead. Really really really not worth taking the risk.
Load More Replies... PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I’ve had bats get into my house before through my chimney, I’m pretty sure one almost landed on my sister once, don’t remember though because this was like 6-7 years ago
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
2 nights ago I was almost slapped by a bat but ducked in time; never ran inside the house quicker.
cartoon ghosts 2 years ago
I know it's a me problem but I wish they could censor this type of image it's genuinely horrible to look at I hate it so much needles f**k with my brain
Paul Brown 1 year ago
Once you start showing symptoms of rabies it's too late. Rabies is like 99.99% fatal.
Lauren Baker 2 years ago
I am a summer camp counselor and this summer a bat flew over the lake and brushed one of my camper's arms. All the kids were like "AWESOME! 😁" And I was like "Don't touch it 😬!" I went with her to the medical staff and she ended up being fine but that was interesting lol.
#23
My then 2 year old daughter shoved a broken crayon up her nose. It took a week, we saw 2 doctor's then a trip to the ER with no luck. The ER doctor actually managed to shove it in farther. I finally was able to get an appointment with a pediatric ear, nose and throat doctor who had it out in about 60 seconds. She's in her 20s now and i still tease her about it. Oh, and the crayon? It was green.
Giulia Fortunati 2 years ago
Once during breakfast, my nephew sneezed and a spaghetto from the night before came out of his nose! he was 4-5, now he's 20 and we still tease him about it!
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
This reminds me of when my brother apparently shoved a bead from those toy necklaces up his nose and it was only found like five years later, DEEP up his nose
Nannychachi 2 years ago
One of my daughters put a magnetic earring on either side of her nose and let go of them. They were drawn to each other and each piece went up each nostril. I couldn't see them and couldn't guide them out with a magnet so off to the er we went. They had a good laugh about it. Me? Not so much.
Sea Squirrel 2 years ago
Went to see the doctor with our youngest who had shoved a piece of bacon up his nose. Twice within a couple of weeks. I think he liked the doctor. And of course the smell of bacon - who doesn't?
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I think every toddler has shoved something up there at least once. With mine it was a baby carrot. And yes, it required an ER trip. :)
Carla Phillips 2 years ago
My little sister had a balloon that had little ears when it was blown up. It popped and being a toddler she shoved a piece up her nose. Her pediatrician couldn't get it and they were going to schedule her for something. I can't remember if it was a surgery or an ENT, but something additional. On the ride home from her Dr office, she started a sneezing fit. Lo and behold, each time she sneezes, the little tip of the balloon comes out ever so slightly, then back up when she gets ready for the next sneeze. Times just right with a pair of tweezers, my mom was able to grab it when the tip emerged. My sister didn't have to have any additional appointments and my mom got a snot filled balloon ear.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
This is complete bullsh*t. A single visit to a Doc would have gotten it removed. Hell, I could have done it myself - why couldn't you?
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
My 5 year old dumbass... I went because I stuck a crayon in my ear. Had it removed. Went home. My aunt asked me how the hell I did it. I showed her. Yup, back in the ER!
#24
I bumped chests with a guy I was in a play with. He was a friend of mine and he was significantly larger than me. I was playing the part of a large guy and had my clothes padded down to make me look larger. We thought it would be funny to bump chests but he went running towards me and I stopped my ground and he hit me so hard it gave me something called pneumothorax which is when oxygen gets forced out of your lungs and into your blood. I had no idea I had it at first but at the cast party that night I felt a buzzing in my throat as I spoke. I ended up getting rushed to the hospital where they diagnosed it and I had to stay a day with oxygen treatment. My buddy felt bad but we just laughed it off. He was a very well spoken guy, he was like a nice version of Sheldon in big bang theory. After high school he disappeared and I wish I had kept in touch. I'd love to give him an award saying "to the one person who ever landed me in the hospital".
Scotira 2 years ago
🤔 a pneumothorax is NOT when "oxygen gets forced into blood" but when the lung "collapses" and the air goes between your lung tissue (visceral pleura) and thoracic wall. Like a deflated balloon. Sometimes this even happens spontaneously.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
I’m shocked he didn’t mention pain, but rather “buzzing.” When I had pneumothorax (a doctor was injecting lidocaine and steroids into my shoulder muscles and not realizing I’m extremely slender, pierced my lung), it hurt so much I thought I was having a heart attack. I guess this guy would be surprised to know that our brain gets oxygen from our blood.
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Raumpfleger 2 years ago
Pneumothorax is when air flows between your lung sacks and pleura which makes the negative pressure used to breathe useless and causes the lung to collapse. Fortunately this mostly happens to one side only, so you are able to make it to the doctor while still using the other side for breathing at half capacity (still uncomfortable enough, had the feeling of hiking mount everest after just a view metres of walking.)
Charity Angel 2 years ago
It doesn't help, of course, that every breath makes the pneumothorax worse, because your muscles are still working at breathing, sucking more and more air into the pleural space. I don't envy you that at all. That said, there seems to be a story here...
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I was a single mom with my first baby, parents had passed away and I was genuinely alone. The baby projectile vomited so I called an ambulance......... I took my baby to the hospital because he threw up.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
My mum called the doctor in a panic once because my sister's urine was bright red and mum thought it was blood (as you would). It was before I was born so she must have been a year old. Doc asked if my sister had eaten any beetroot, mum was embarrassed! Dr was understanding and said he would rather receive 100 false alarms than someone not call.
Claire Bailey 2 years ago
As a first time parent with no support this is completely understandable.
Michael D Bresnahan 2 years ago
I lmao the first time my baby projectile vomited all over the front of me. I couldn't believe all that liquid could come out of a baby.
over it already 2 years ago
That's what I was thinking. Having nursed three babies, it's incredible how much volume they can spit up & be fine.
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Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
First time mom and single with no one to help out. Seeing an adult projectile vomit is awful enough, but a baby is terrifying.
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Projectile vomiting should always be investigated, particularly in a newborn. Not a silly reason.
Lily Lavender 1 year ago
Understandable. And totally NOT stupid, babies are delicate af and dehydration is no joke. Kudos on actually caring
Big Chungus 2 years ago
I would never judge someone for genuinely taking their baby to the hospital, if you really don't know what is wrong it is the smartest thing to do regardless the real problem.
#26
You know those warnings on Viagra that say if an erection lasts more than 4 hrs. seek medical attention? Yeah that happened when I was 20! If you don't need it, don't take Viagra if you're healthy and young 🤦🏾
Nichole Harris 2 years ago
OMG had a friend that was an ER nurse.... This was nearly an epidemic in my town
Persephone 2 years ago
Lol, it's all fun and games until they bring out the needle to put it down!
DC 2 years ago
... especially those that were advertised in emails ... either do nothing, or have the same agent as Viagra, but a lot more. Too much. I knew a guy who took one of those and ... kind of ... drank up the endurance needed - an alcoholic anyway. A hopeless case on about every level imaginable, used to be Dad's coworker. You meet weird people sometimes ... that very same guy told me he'd ... actually come into his panties when he was in a phyiscal fight that went well for him. Nuts? On every level, in every regard.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Why on earth do young men think they need Viagra?i remember a fellow (He was 20) who did it seven times in one hour. Thinking about him having taken a Biafra makes me dizzy! They’re as virile as they’re EVER going to be; what do they think taking Viagra will do for them? Please: if you’re young and take Viagra, tell me why you do it, please? Thanks!
Aboredpanda 2 years ago
It's because they want it to make them last for a very long time without going soft, which seems exciting to them. But there are several complications that can occur, including erectile disfunction over time. Or what's described above.
Load More Replies... Aboredpanda 2 years ago
Especially because if you take it when you don't need it, it can start causing you to HAVE to use it to get an erection...
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
When you get one stuck in your throat and you get a stiff neck for 4 hours....
#27
Im an RN at a level one trauma hospital. I had been feeling really anxious for a couple days. Im at work in the middle of the night and my chest starts feeling tight and my arms are going numb and I feel dizzy. My co-workers urge me to go the ER, which is packed and smells like BO. Took a nap in the room while I waited and when I woke up I felt fine. Labs, ECG, everything look good.
Im 99% sure I just had a panic attack and in hindsight, it makes sense, I had been very anxious. Im an RN and couldn’t recognize my own panic attack. I felt very silly.
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
An impending sense of dread is actually considered a medical symptom of some ER-worthy incidents, so it's never a bad idea to go to the hospital for it.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Don't feel silly. It's extremely difficult to learn to recognize a panic attack while you're having one. If that was your first panic attack, it's not surprising that you didn't know what it was.
Lily Lavender 1 year ago
S**t happens. Panic attacks do that to you, so... No, not stupid. If there's as much as a mild concern about things that need urgent medical attention, go to the hospital.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
After becoming “aware” during bilateral ear surgery (sticking sharp things deep into your ear and manipulating it around is used as a form of torture in some countries) I started with what turned out to be panic attacks, but they seemed to never end. I would try to eat or even drink something…it would happen. Try to sleep, nope, bad things happen when you go to sleep. These things would come in waves and seem to last for hours. This went on for almost 3 weeks. I wanted to die. Turns out I was having panic attacks with next to no recovery time in between. I actually woke up in the recovery room feeling that way, but I didn’t say anything because I’m a nurse who worked in Day Surgery. I worked with these people and I didn’t want to look like a “wuss”. Turns out if I had said something they could have prevented the nightmare from continuing with some IV Ativan.
Zaach 2 years ago
I had what I thought was a panic attack on the street so I went home and lay down - it suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten to eat for the last 7 days. FFS, now I have to remind myself "did I eat something today?". I lost about 20 pounds and 2 pants sizes. Probably not a good way to do that though (I think something has happened to that hormone that is supposed to tell me I am hungry - my primary care doc thinks I am crazy, probably true)
Charity Angel 2 years ago
Sounds more like ADHD than 'crazy'. A lot of people with ADHD get involved in what they're doing and forget about things like eating. My stomach came up with the ultimate revenge though, and I now can't sleep if I'm even a little bit hungry.
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#28
When I was about 3, I was running up the stairs in my house and fell. I hit my chin on a step and bit my tongue nearly off.
My parents took me to the local hospital where they sewed up the gash in my tongue *without anesthetic*. I still remember it to this day.
Raumpfleger 2 years ago
You wouldn't want to sedate the muscles of the tongue - especially if the patient is only 3 years old!
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JK 2 years ago
I had stitches without anaesthetic when I was about 12, I hate needles and was freaking out when the nurse tried anaesthestising the wound that she quite literally put it down and and started sewing me up. Stubborn mare that I am refused to let that mean cow see me cry from it. Until I got back to the car with my mum, then the sobbing/wailing started!
Fay Louise 2 years ago
"The girl's freaking the heck out over the novocaine needle which will sting but then totally numb the area to all sensation, but I'm a total cow lacking any kind of empathy so I'll just move on to the OTHER needles and she can feel everything, totally legitimising her phobia."
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#29
When I was 3, I lied to my mom that I had swallowed a penny. I told her I found the penny on the floor and ate it. We went to Bellevue in NYC, and we were in the waiting room a looooong time. She was tired from work, hadn't eaten, and after x-ray I had to fess up that I didn't swallow a penny. I don't believe she ever forgave me, and she certainly didn't believe what I said about much of anything, going forward.
Enuya 2 years ago
Come on. The author was 3 y.o., kids at this age aren't reasonable. If the mother stopped believing him for the rest of his life and "never forgave him", it means that she is/was a bad mother, tired from work or not. Poor kiddo.
Molly 2 years ago
Sounds like my Mom, she pulls things out “Well how am I supposed to think that you won’t do it, since you really hurt my feelings on May 16th 2005?” “You’re not showing me how to do this online the right way because on September 3rd 2003 it was different, you’re lying”.
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Mrs S 2 years ago
I swallowed the house key when I was 2. They just watched my poo for a few days, sure enough, there it came!
Charity Angel 2 years ago
My brother swallowed a large ball-bearing as a child, and the doc's answer was exactly like yours - just make sure he poos it out. I've got to admit, though - I think I'd rather try and pass something smooth and round, and not a key! That takes some skill to even get it down, let alone through without injury!
Load More Replies... Persephone 2 years ago
S**t.. I swallowed a penny when I was 4 bc my sister and I were playing "Scrooge McDuck" and dumping our piggy banks on each other to "swim" in coins. The pediatrician told my mom to let me poop it out.
Binky Melnik 2 years ago
Why do people go to the hospital when kids swallow something innocuous? They don’t expect the kid to poop it out? And it’ll … what, move into their bloodstream (how?) and lodge in a major organ or something? I see sooo many people post stories about taking the kid to the hospital for swallowing coins. Do they have too much money and need to find a way to get rid of the excess? Or do they not have enough money and want the coin back? The same goes for pets. What am I missing? Why the trips for things the kid/animal can get rid of himself?
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
I agree with you binky. Must be a rich people thing. We never could've afforded a trip to the ER for a swallowed penny when I was a kid. Definitely would've been a poop watch situation. Now a battery or a magnet- different story.
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Not me, but my kid complained of their throat hurting and was absolutely DISTRAUGHT and said they didn’t know why it was hurting… we went to the ER turns out they told the doctor they had eaten some M&Ms (they had snuck and didn’t want to tell me) and turns out the shell of one had just scratched their throat. 🤦🏼♀️
Pharmtechgurl 2 years ago
Went to a greek restaurant. got the greek salad, which had anchovies (I love them). after dinner, felt like something was in my throat, scratchng it. Waited a day, still having problems. Went to ER, they could not find anything, got admitted, had surgery, small anchovie bone stuck in throat. LOL
Charity Angel 2 years ago
There's a reason docs always ask me if I've eaten fish recently, when my throat gets really bad. The only doc who didn't ask more than once was the one who remembered the face I pulled - I hate fish. People say that fish only smells if it's off, but it smells all the time for me, and tastes just as bad. But, yeah, fish bones are a common enough throat injury that it's question number one. And this makes me feel a bit better about always being asked it.
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A Wild Bean (they/them/any) 2 years ago
Hey Crow has May emailed you or anything?? I just saw her bio and I'm really scared, please let me know if you've heard from her
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First weekend at boarding school, glued my eye shut with nail glue (fingernail). The wait at the ER was so long it just opened on its own and we went back to school hahaha
#32
Christmas Day, I dislocated my knee attempting to kick my brother during a sparring match. Needless to say my martial arts career was over.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
I believe the pain is horrific, and the relocation is worse. But also, instant relief once it's done. It's one of those that, in the UK at least, paramedics will do in the field. Not only is it much less torturous to just sort it than try to transport someone with a dislocated knee, but it makes the transport easier too.
afia kooma 2 years ago
Im in red cross, and even tho we are trained to help in search and rescue or help out at big events, we are not allowed to do alot more than PCR and bandages. But we are trained to relocate joints, because it would be worse to wait to long.
Load More Replies... Poppy 2 years ago
I dislocated my sister's jaw when I was a kid. She is 8 years older than me and was a merciless tease growing up. She's not ticklish at all whereas I am horrifically ticklish. I was about 8 years old, stood but bent over stroking our dog. She snuck up behind me and jabbed her fingers into my ribs. I jerked upright and backwards and my head connected with her jaw which dislocated it and chipped her tooth. She was rushed to hospital by our parents who had to borrow my grandmother's beat up old mercedes car which had very springy suspension and no petrol in the tank. As my dad clipped the kerb driving into the petrol station the car bounced, my sister in the back seat was launched upwards and as she was holding her jaw at the time and hit her head on the roof of the car, her jaw went back into it's socket.
#33
I got my diva cup stuck
LillieMean 2 years ago
Ah, this happened to me too. I was totally panicked but then I got myself together and pushed a few times, took a few deep breaths and crouched down and got it out. It creates such a negative pressure (vacuum) that sometimes it's difficult to release. A significantly easier case than the time when the tampon string broke.
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
I had to go to ER to get a tampon removed because of this. When they’re completely saturated with slick, slimy blood they tend to move upwards no matter how you try to get your finger around them. Good times.
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The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
My sister’s diva cup got stuck. She prolapsed her vagina trying to get it out. Yup, she pulled the whole thing out.
Brocken Blue 2 years ago
😱 that’s… that’s the worst version of this story. Oh gods, I need mental bleach. Hope she’s alright now
Load More Replies... Justin Rogers 2 years ago
Yay for diva cups. I wish it were more common and discussed as mainstream. Better for women and the environment not to mention affordable
Anon822209 2 years ago
Yes, but I've read there's a risk for IUD users that it will dislodge or completely remove the device. That's why I stopped using mine 😢
Load More Replies... and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Happened to my mom, she has an extra-long cervix. My dad had to fish it out. The only thing she’ll say about it is that “it was not fun.”
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
When I was in my very early 20's, my first wife and I were using natural lambskin condoms. One came off mid act, and not at a good time, so we finished up. Then we couldn't get the darn thing out. After 24 hours had passed, we had to go to ER to get it fished out. Quite embarrassing
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
Wayyyyy back in the day I got one of those Today birth control sponges stuck. They had me bear down like I was giving birth to get it out lol
#34
Years ago…I drink too much brandy, and swear on my life that I am dying. I call 9-1-1 and tell them to pick me up because I swear I’m dying. After all, my heart is racing like a b***h. It is the dead of winter. I run outside in my shorts and slippers. Blizzard outside. I see the ambulance coming. I wave my hand up 🙋♂️. They pull over towards me. They open the door. Both paramedics look confused as f**k. “Uh, we got a call about someone—you? Saying they think they are dying? “ “YEAH I THINK I DRANK TOO MUCH BRO.” “Uh, we can take your vitals if you want.” They take my vitals. I’m not dying. “You’re not dying. But, ah…you look kinda worried. We can take you to the hospital if you want.” “YES PLEASE.” I puke on the way there. I crash there for the night. Wake up with the best after glow in my life. Stop drinking after that.
#35
when i was younger i desperately wanted to be a doctor (still do) and so i faked a sprained arm so i could see the action of doctors helping hurt people, i was so thrilled and just wanting to do the same. not proud of it, took up an er seat, cost my parents money, and took help and beds from other people who needed them.
les 2 years ago
i read it wrong, i read it as i was thrilled to see the doctors helping to hurt people and wanting to do the same,lol
Charity Angel 2 years ago
That's physiotherapists. You've got to have a sadistic streak to do that.
Load More Replies...In the realm of medical mishaps or curious cases in hospitals, there are countless stories to be told. For instance, well-meaning individuals may recall moments when they sought medical attention for the most trivial of issues. Such anecdotes remind us of the unpredictable nature of human behavior in healthcare settings.
If you are intrigued by how doctors perceive patients with unusual concerns, consider exploring these common challenges faced by emergency room professionals.
#36
I didn’t wanna go to school so I faked being unconscious for 5 mins.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Sternum rub is the best way to check for someone being fake unconscious or lift their arm over their face and let go, most people won't let their arm hit their face.
Jennifer Smith 2 years ago
Was awake but couldn’t move, never found out why, but the nurse did the arm thing and I hit myself right in the face
Load More Replies... #37
Coughed really hard and hit my head on a granite table. Got a nice head laceration with lots of blood.
#38
While sitting on my sofa, I felt something on my foot. Looked down and it was a big fuzzy caterpillar. Have no idea how it got into the house. I instinctively kicked my leg to shake it off and completely threw out my back. Could not move, on flexeril and rest for days.
#39
I got an earplug stuck in my ear. Since this was after hours most urgent care facilities were closed so I felt I had to go to the hospital. The initial attempt for them to remove it failed, so after leaving me alone for another hour with this throbbing pain, they returned with a surgical alligator clip thing and it was successful. The gross charges were $10k for that or something, which my insurance paid. America's healthcare is f***ed.
RedPandasStandUprightWithPawsUpToLookIntimidating 2 years ago
"First". Had to take my mum because her hearing aid broke off in her ear. A&E nurse spent 15 mins looking for it. It turned up down the side of mum's chair at home.
#40
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me to the park to practice soccer on days when I didn’t practice bc I was really into it. One day I tripped, he tumbled over me, and screwed up my finger. He was a skater in his younger years, and was used to seeing sprains and dislocated fingers, so he thought it was just a matter of popping it back into place. It was not, it was definitely broken, and he definitely made it worse. My mom still makes fun of him for it 20 years later.
#41
I got stuck in my moms womb for 9 months or so. What a dumb fetus I was.
RedPandasStandUprightWithPawsUpToLookIntimidating 2 years ago
Only a problem when you get to ten months. Then they have to send in a team to retrieve you... ask my son!
#42
I was a house party, all the bathrooms were full. Went outside, decided I should crawl under the porch to pee. Everything went well until I tripped on the way out and rolled my ankle. Shrugged it off, limped back upstairs and someone said "Your ankle is broken". Sure enough, bone stickin out. DD took me to the hospital and got me ice cream on the way home. I miss you, Kyle. You're the best.
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I rolled my ankle once, it was PAINFUL, and i had difficulty walking for a couple weeks
Enuya 2 years ago
Given that it was during the party, I guess that author was at least somewhat inbrebiated (probaby more than "somewhat" given that he decided to crawl under porch space to pee instead of waiting for a few minutes for free bathroom). Thus, his reactions to pain and injuries could be weaker and less rational than normally.
Load More Replies... #43
When I was 12 I got into an argument with my sister over kittens and she slammed our glass door so violently my hand went right through it and I sliced open my wrist. Doctors said 1 mm deeper and I’d have been a goner. I still have the scar To answer questions: she was screaming at me that the kittens weren’t mine because she did all the work. To this day neither of us knows why she did this. I put in just as much work as her, if not more. They were family cats, a litter of kittens that was born in our barn from a stray that we kept. I would have to say no one won 😂
MonsterMum 2 years ago
You didn't keep the kitty, she graced you with her presence. When my kids argue over who owns our cats, I tell them they are the cats' humans.
#44
Passed out from s******g
Sky Render 2 years ago
Definitely a number two! Happened to me when I was in my early 20s. Turns out I'd gotten an infection that really should have killed me, but that was almost completely wiped out by the time they checked for anything. That was about when doctors started to realize that I have weirdly strong bacterial resistance.
#45
Drove a golf ball into my own forehead
Juan Something(downvotevictim) 2 years ago
Or the worst f*****g golf swing ever recorded.
Load More Replies... #46
I was like 16 or 17, doing dishes one night when I still lived at home, and I passed out. I also ended up slamming my head on the ground. I woke up to my parents with the paramedics propping me up on our recliner. After I barely responded to any stimuli, they rushed me to the hospital to figure out what was wrong. I’m getting my shirt cut open, there’s wires being hooked up to me and a catheter gets shoved in, not fun when you can still feel pain but not react. I get intubated on Monday? And wake up Wednesday still in the hospital. Once I woke up, my parents tell me everything. Apparently once I was out at the hospital, I had a massive allergic reaction to the anesthetic they gave me and i broke out in hives. So that took a whole day to fix, and they still had no idea why I passed out. They did x-rays and scans and saw no damage to my head from hitting the ground, but the doctors realized I was severely backed up in my intestines. So once I was stable enough for the doctors, you know what they did? Enema. For anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure of getting one, they basically shoot a water solution straight up your butt and ask to hold for 10 minutes before you go. I think I held it for maybe 5 before rushing for the bathroom. To this date, that was one of the longest and most painful bout of a**l evacuation I’ve ever had. Somehow I was so backed up that my body couldn’t handle it. Now I poop daily to never have to deal with that level of drama, and embarrassment, again.
#47
Stabbed myself in the eardrum with a bamboo skewer because I'm obviously an idiot An idiot who doesn't know that, in the US, there is a giant difference in price between "the doctor" and "the hospital"
#48
Passed out. While inside of the hospital watching my friend’s blood being drawn. The nurses just picked me up and plopped me on the empty bed beside her.
Boreddd(she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
I was with my mom and my younger sister and me and my sis were there to get vaccinated, and while I got the shot I was perfectly fine, but when I saw my sister get it, my vision went completely black and I almost fainted. I wonder why this happens
#49
So I was on a ski trip, I was just standing, but I lost my balance, idk how, I fell on the ground, my leg twisted 180° and before anyone got to me my tibia broke
#50
Kayaking in flood water rapids for the first time on a river. I didn't actually screw up, but my brother did. He went ahead of me and when I came around the corner I saw him stuck sideways on some brush that outlined the only path through. I had to try a route way up against the side and a little rock peeking out. Well, it wasn't a little rock, but a boulder. I flipped and was underwater. I put my arm down to prop myself up so I could breathe and at that time the kayak filled with water and went downstream with my body inside, arm stuck on a rock. Ripped my arm off to the point the only thing holding it on was the skin. I had to have a 7 hour surgery to repair everything that was torn.
#51
A piece of popcorn was stuck in the back of my throat
#52
Asthma attack that my inhaler couldn't get under control. Turned out the hotel had a mold problem and the spores were setting me off.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Severe asthmatic here. That ER visit probably saved your life, not a stupid reason at all. Breathing is necessary.
#54
I p****d myself and thought my water broke. 🤷♀️ Oh the joys of pregnancy.
Captain Kyra 2 years ago
You are not the only one that's happened to. Babies put weight on the bladder and loss of bladder control is not uncommon in late pregnancy. Also peeing feels different when you're pregnant.
#55
I got too high and drank too many energy drinks when vacationing in the mountains. Thought I was dying, turns out it was just elevation sickness that turned into a panic attack.
#56
I was working as a ticket caller/window cook on a kitchen line with another window cook, he was opening a bag of soup with a knife as I was reaching up to grab an order ticket coming in, he ran right through the bag of soup and just stabbed me, right above the elbow all the way to the bone. I drove myself to the hospital, and the restaurant covered the bill thankfully.
#57
When my neck didn't hurt from a car accident but everyone I knew was insisting I go to the hospital and have them check. Everyone in the hospital treated me terribly because they thought I was faking the whole thing for an insurance scam. I had to show a nurse my bruise across my body from the seatbelt and a photo of the car before she believed me, this was after seeing a Dr who had already seen the bruise.
Carla Phillips 2 years ago
There is nothing worse than being treated like a liar in the hospital. Yes, people do fake things for various reasons, but until that is known for certain, every person should be taken seriously. My husband had a seizure while working and when he fell, he hit his head on the corner of a metal pallet. He refused medical treatment when it happened because he thought he was fine. After he got home, the pain was so bad, he finally let me take him to the ER. They ask some screening questions to evaluate his awareness. He didn't know who the president was, didn't know the date, any of the answers. We go immediately to a trauma room, but the dr is treating him like he's drug seeking. My husband was almost child like at this point, just kept repeating how bad it hurt. The dr was being a total jerk. His tune changed when the CT scan showed a hematoma. He had to go for emergency brain surgery to have it removed. He doesn't remember being treated poorly, but I will never forget it.
#58
Cleaning the patio and putting away cushions/pillows before a rain storm. Felt a bite between my thumb and forefinger, right in the webbing between them. Saw a huge spider that looked like a black widow, but I couldn't find it again to confirm. About 10 seconds later, before I could really react and think through what to do, my dog's lead snapped from its stake in the yard (very old lead!) and I had to quickly grab it as he sprang after a squirrel- using the hand I got bit on. Within a few min, my hand was purple and I was in extreme pain- swollen, awful. Whole nine. We rush to the ER, get inspected. Turns out it was just really bad rope burn from the dog's lead... :')
#59
I almost sliced my finger off with a deli slicer almost immediety after telling my trainer that i think cleaning it this way is going to get someone hurt.
#61
I have heart disease, and sometimes when things give my heart a shock, I get thrown into irregular heartbeat called “atrial fibrillation”. There can be different triggers for this that I try to avoid: booze, tobacco, etc, but the stupidest one is slushies/icies. I’ve been to the hospital several times over them.
#62
When I was 11, my parents rushed me to the ER with severe pain in my side. During check in, my parents pushed for a doctor to see me right away in fear it could be my appendix. So I was given a room. Turns out, this was my 1st experience with menstrual cramps. Lmao. I was 11. Who knew, right?
#63
Severe unexplained chest pain. Turned out I pulled a muscle in my chest using my asthma inhaler
#64
Terrible chronic nosebleeds from my CPAP machine's humidifier not being enough moisture for my little b***h of a deviated septum. I don't have a big weight issue but unfortunately between a severely deviated septum and a weird jaw after my wisdom teeth were removed, I have to sleep a very specific way or I have trouble breathing in my sleep. So when I get apnea, I use the CPAP so I can get proper REM. Anyway, one morning I woke up almost drowning in my own blood and after 2 hours of it not clotting and actively getting worse, I drove myself over. They shoved what they referred to as a "rhino rocket" up there and inflated it. This was also the height of the lockdown in 2020 so I went hours unseen just bleeding in the ER.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Me too, but not CPAP, unknown cause. Got to ER after 10 hrs of continuing nose bleed. Had a rhino rocket.
#65
My boss sent me to the ER due to a nosebleed that wouldn't stop. They cauterized my nasal cavity. More recently I cut the tip of my thumb off building a model.
#66
I hit myself in the head with a bat and gave myself a whopper of a concussion. I leaned over to pick up a ball off the ground while, accidentally, raising the bat as I leaned. It fell on my head.
#67
A strangers dog bit me but didn’t puncture the important part of skin, it just scratched me really. And I was worried about rabies because the dog was a homeless persons dog. So I went to the ER and the doctor came in. Told me to strip down. Looked at my leg. And sternly told me in doctor language that I am an idiot and charged me like $400.
#68
Ear infection that I thought was an infected jaw or some flare up of TMJ. I was sleeping on ice packs. I hadn't had an ear infection as far as I could remember. Didn't know what it felt like. Doctor looked in my ear and then ran out of the room and came back with antibiotics and antiinflammatories for me to take immediately.
#69
I got a good one. I used to rent a small apartment and was vacuuming. The cord got tangled around my leg and I ate it. Knocked me out and my roommate found me and took me to the hospital, thinking I was possibly dead. I was fine, albeit concussed but I woke up embarrassed as hell 😂 bought a Roomba after that!
Cat Palmer 2 years ago
"Ate it" is a slang term for falling over. Does make for some odd-sounding sentences in cases like this!
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#70
My sister once ate too many blueberries and got a bad stomach ache, so I had to keep her company overnight in the hospital because kids under 15 have to be accompanied by a guardian.
#72
Panic attack thought I was dying lol
ƒιѕн 2 years ago
No lol. Panic attacks are no laughing matter. Once one starts its hard to stop, most need to just run their course. Its that fear of imminent death, adrenaline kicks in and things escalate making everything 100 times worse. I've suffered them for years but have learned to notice the signs one is starting and can usually control or stop them now.
Ellie Hope 2 years ago
Yes severe panic attacks are horrible, I used to get them almost daily, they were alcohol related, I admitted to myself that I was an alcoholic and stopped drinking 3 years ago, never had a panic attack since.
A girl 2 years ago
I never had one but my step daughters do. Never thought it was a "thing" but tried to be empathetic. I was 51 yo when my mom died. The morning of her funeral, my throat closed up, sweating, panting, eminent doom thoughts. Curled in a ball on my bed freaking out. Step daughter is concerned. Asks symptoms. "Oh, that's a panic attack. It'll pass. Want a Xanax?". It did pass. I didn't take the Xanax. Never pshaw'd the phenomenon again. Brutal.
#75
Managed to get the blunt end of a sewing needle stabbed just under my finger joint when I was 11.
#76
Dislocated my knee just walking around my house. Found out my joints are all f****d up.
#77
A palm leaf penetrated my leg as a kid. It went into my calf about an inch. Hurt like hell.
#78
I was playing with nerf guns with my brother. We liked to pretend we were in the matrix and dodge the darts. I threw my head right into the corner of a chair, and needed stitches right above my eye. My high school graduation was the next day.
#79
Dehydrated myself by drinking iced coffee instead of water for weeks, which then turned into an anxiety attack because I didn't know what was happening.🤦🏻♀️ Edited to include: I did not have a legitimate diagnosis of anxiety until that day (although it came about due to my father passing exactly one month prior to this medical event).
What do you think ?
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Quite honestly, there's no stupid like human stupid. Middle of a pandemic, I'm on ER duty (medical doc) and people come in with things like, "Hey, I lost my finger two days ago, can you put it back on?" or "The knife in my foot? Yeah, I was doing this knife trick I saw online..." or "Why would I need to secure the ladder bfeore I use it?" and "Yeah, so, the chainsaw hit the metal..." Also classics like "Um, it's accidental that coke bottle is in my r****m" types of things. "I can't be pregnant, I'm not married". The list goes on and on and on and on -------- and that's without Covid!
Adam Zad 2 years ago
No, no! I slipped and fell on the Coke bottle! That's how it got there! Really! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Load More Replies... Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago (edited)
I woke up one morning and my throat was super soar and I had a terrible fever. Looked in the back of my throat assuming it was strep, but was rather alarmed when I saw that the left side was almost black. Called my work (2nd day there mind you) and rushed to the walk in. The doc takes the initial steps before bringing another doc in. They stand there staring at me with gaping eyes before bringing ANOTHER doc in. Doc#1 says "yeaahhh...we called the ER and let them know you'll be there shortly. You have an abscess tonsil." The ENT doc at the ER proceeds to assure me that the abscess does not need to be drained at that moment, but I do need a ton of antibiotics. To make matters more fun, I was allergic to 2 different antibiotics. The poor ENT doc nearly s**t a brick when I looked at him from the hospital bed and said "uhh so my feet are swelling" less than 3 minutes after giving me the injection. Good times.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
My sister. When hungry she used to lick the end of dry spaghetti. Licked it to a point and then stabbed herself in the mouth with it.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
You know, I'm suddenly feeling that my habit of eating dry pasta probably isn't that great of an idea. To be fair, I only do it with the corners of lasagne sheets these days - the bits you have to break off to get the sheet to fit the dish.
Load More Replies... Elizabeth 2 years ago
I took an Uber to Urgent Care for a q-tip swab stuck in my left ear. Turns out there was nothing in my ear. I guess the q-tip didn't have a swab on one end before I used it. Then I had to take an Uber home. Waste of money.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
I assume there was also the obligatory lecture about putting stuff in your ears?
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MaryHadaLittleLamb 2 years ago
Why did they take away the link that gave you the option of seeing the rest of the article?!
Load More Replies... Chris Cristo 2 years ago
10 years ago, my drunk a** (45 M) decided to paint a room. I fell from the second step of the ladder and broke my left (fortunately) forearm in three places which required surgery and more than a year for recovery. The dumbest thing I've done so far. Oh, @Sergio Bicerra when I was conceived, there were no condoms available even with holes in them so here I am.
Gary Geracci 11 months ago
Because of my Parkinson's and other things I am on a first name basis with the E.R.folks at my hosp. One time went in and thought I was just having really Bad shingles episode.Turns out, a Shirt I had bought had been washed in a product I was badly allergic to. Well that shirt got washed at least four times in hot water with my soap.They would rather see something like that than a dying person(Older or Younger) that they know they can't help!
Gene Perry 2 years ago
You know how actors say "break a leg" before going on stage. I did. In the middle of a a performance. Dislocated my knee. Had to crawl off the stage. Went to the ER in full make-up and costume (I was playing this scary underworld creature ... lots of make-up, ragged costume and hot pink tights). Haven't ever said "break a leg" again.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Quite honestly, there's no stupid like human stupid. Middle of a pandemic, I'm on ER duty (medical doc) and people come in with things like, "Hey, I lost my finger two days ago, can you put it back on?" or "The knife in my foot? Yeah, I was doing this knife trick I saw online..." or "Why would I need to secure the ladder bfeore I use it?" and "Yeah, so, the chainsaw hit the metal..." Also classics like "Um, it's accidental that coke bottle is in my r****m" types of things. "I can't be pregnant, I'm not married". The list goes on and on and on and on -------- and that's without Covid!
Adam Zad 2 years ago
No, no! I slipped and fell on the Coke bottle! That's how it got there! Really! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Load More Replies... Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago (edited)
I woke up one morning and my throat was super soar and I had a terrible fever. Looked in the back of my throat assuming it was strep, but was rather alarmed when I saw that the left side was almost black. Called my work (2nd day there mind you) and rushed to the walk in. The doc takes the initial steps before bringing another doc in. They stand there staring at me with gaping eyes before bringing ANOTHER doc in. Doc#1 says "yeaahhh...we called the ER and let them know you'll be there shortly. You have an abscess tonsil." The ENT doc at the ER proceeds to assure me that the abscess does not need to be drained at that moment, but I do need a ton of antibiotics. To make matters more fun, I was allergic to 2 different antibiotics. The poor ENT doc nearly s**t a brick when I looked at him from the hospital bed and said "uhh so my feet are swelling" less than 3 minutes after giving me the injection. Good times.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
My sister. When hungry she used to lick the end of dry spaghetti. Licked it to a point and then stabbed herself in the mouth with it.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
You know, I'm suddenly feeling that my habit of eating dry pasta probably isn't that great of an idea. To be fair, I only do it with the corners of lasagne sheets these days - the bits you have to break off to get the sheet to fit the dish.
Load More Replies... Elizabeth 2 years ago
I took an Uber to Urgent Care for a q-tip swab stuck in my left ear. Turns out there was nothing in my ear. I guess the q-tip didn't have a swab on one end before I used it. Then I had to take an Uber home. Waste of money.
Charity Angel 2 years ago
I assume there was also the obligatory lecture about putting stuff in your ears?
Load More Replies... MaryHadaLittleLamb 2 years ago
Why did they take away the link that gave you the option of seeing the rest of the article?!
Load More Replies... Chris Cristo 2 years ago
10 years ago, my drunk a** (45 M) decided to paint a room. I fell from the second step of the ladder and broke my left (fortunately) forearm in three places which required surgery and more than a year for recovery. The dumbest thing I've done so far. Oh, @Sergio Bicerra when I was conceived, there were no condoms available even with holes in them so here I am.
Gary Geracci 11 months ago
Because of my Parkinson's and other things I am on a first name basis with the E.R.folks at my hosp. One time went in and thought I was just having really Bad shingles episode.Turns out, a Shirt I had bought had been washed in a product I was badly allergic to. Well that shirt got washed at least four times in hot water with my soap.They would rather see something like that than a dying person(Older or Younger) that they know they can't help!
Gene Perry 2 years ago
You know how actors say "break a leg" before going on stage. I did. In the middle of a a performance. Dislocated my knee. Had to crawl off the stage. Went to the ER in full make-up and costume (I was playing this scary underworld creature ... lots of make-up, ragged costume and hot pink tights). Haven't ever said "break a leg" again.
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