Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Internet research

I wonder if doctors get an onslaught of people coming in and trying to tell THEM what is wrong with them because they looked it up on the internet,

Old Lady: doctor, I have pulmonary undeeema
Doctor: no you don't, that's not even a word.
Old lady: yes it is, google said so.
doctor: [thinking] fuck I hate google.
Old lady: give me some meds
.....

I looked up what is wrong with me.

this is what I found,


What are the symptoms of Acute Bronchitis ?
The first symptom appears as a tickle, deep in the throat, that progresses into an irritating dry cough. As the infection progresses, the cough may contain thick yellow phlegm (called purulent sputum) with occasional blood streaks. Associated symptoms may include fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, sore throat and a general feeling of being unwell. Given below are the common symptoms of Acute Bronchitis
Dry Cough

Fever Chills
Chest Pain
Shortness of breath
Sore throat

couldn't be more right. Except I haven't progressed to the blood streaks. But it feels like I could have...I'm going to the doctor, but I'll let them decide, and confirm my suspicions., I wont say anything before.

apparently weekends like the previous post. Can be detrimental to your health, who knew?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh dear. lloyd and i both began showing systems today.

which makes determining the culprit rather daunting

if it was me, i'm so so sorry!

if it was you, a slightly frustrated "meh" to you. ;o)

let's pretend it was lloyd so neither of us feels frustrated with the other

yours in purulent sputum,

allan

Mr. 'Rabbit'son said...

isn't it symptoms??

Anonymous said...

yes. and they interfere mightily with my word recognition.

smartass

;o)

a.