When I need a cavity filled and get that lidocaine shot in the mouth, I break out in a sweat and get faint, nauseated and pale. It's purely in my head, not a medication reaction, ever since anatomy class in medical school. It's…
When video recorders became available in the 1990s, parents used them to record children's behavior that looked like seizures. I attended a lecture titled “Things That Look Like Seizures, But Aren't,” where a neurologist showed…
In January 2019, 911 dispatcher Antonia Bundy answered a call from a 9 year-old boy. He said "Hi, um, I had a really bad day....," told her he had a "ton" of homework, and was stumped by a math problem involving fractions.…
On my first day of medical school, the dean gave a little speech about how it's stressful, and that the school had a counseling center for students when their anxiety got overwhelming. Though the course work is intense, the dean…
This week's guest columnists are Dr. Jacob Sellers and Dr. Anna Malesky, Family Practice Residents at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Imagine this. Your teen has been experiencing months of headaches,…
Sometimes when seeing a patient in the Emergency Department, I discover the kid isn't vaccinated. The parents often say "I researched it" when explaining why they don't vaccinate. When I hear the word "research," I picture…
I had funny feelings in my chest. Because both my brothers had cardiac issues in their 50s, and I was about to go on a hiking vacation, I was a little concerned. So while at work, I asked one of the nurses to check my EKG. Her…
Every once in a bad while, I diagnose a child with a brain tumor. Usually she's had some progressing coordination trouble, and worsening fussiness. We do a CT scan, there it is, and I have to break bad news to the parents. A…
