I have been seeing a number of women coming to clinic with a shared presentation of a similar condition, which used to be considered quite rare, but we (and others) have been seeing quite a lot of it. The prototypical case might go something like this: A 35 year old woman comes in because of […]
400 lbs of one person is just too much person
I’ve finished my surgical rotation and I’m currently doing a month of outpatient medicine. This means being in the clinic, doing prototypical doctor visits. It’s spread across a variety different areas, with a lot of general medicine, some urgent care, arthritis clinic, endocrine clinic, renal clinic, etc. However, one of the common threads is obesity. […]
How One Drug Caused a Rabies Epidemic
Everything in our world is interconnected in very complex and sometimes fragile ways. In the arthritis clinic, one drug that comes up is diclofenac (2-(2,6-dichloranilino) phenyl acetic acid). It’s a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. It works to inhibit the COX enzyme, but also seems to have some anti-bacterial properties as well. It’s a great medication, and it helps a […]
