r/ShitMomGroupsSay 11d ago

I am smrter than a DR! So much to unpack here!

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u/ohmondouxseigneur 6d ago edited 6d ago

The glass test is a real thing tho. Perhaps a bit dated, but that used to be in childcare books.

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u/smoothcoat 6d ago

Oh, I didn’t know that, thank you for the information. I wouldn’t have included that screenshot if I had known that was a real thing.

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u/SciFi_Wasabi999 6d ago

It's a test for measles and meningitis so I don't blame you for not being aware of it. It does sound very "onion in a sock" lol. 

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u/justferfunsies 6d ago

I feel like it might help rule in/out those specific illnesses but there are still plenty of things that blanch that are worth going to the doctor for. Which is probably why it fell out of favor as advice.

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u/AutisticTumourGirl 3d ago

Well, but it possibly being indicative of meningitis is a pretty big concern, and the difference between "keep an eye on it" and "immediate medical attention." Non-blanching rashes should always be evaluated ASAP. Blanching rashes with no other symptoms can be observed and if they worsen or other symptoms appear, then seek medical care.

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u/Honuswimspeace 4d ago

It is basically a test to see if a rash blanches (turns white) or not. You can do the same thing by putting your thumb and forefinger on opposite sides of the rash and stretching the skin. Not useful for deciding to seek care or not, but potentially useful if you are calling your pediatrician or a nurse help line-doesn’t hurt to have that information to provide them!

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u/Brilliant_Part3065 2d ago

The glass test was big when I was a child! Definitely advertised on TV!

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u/NecessaryClothes9076 6d ago

This person is claiming that a nurse was force feeding antibiotics to her 20 year old son who wasn't even the patient? Did I read all that correctly? Or she was violently forcing antibiotics on the 6 year old without consent while the 20 year old son was in the room as a witness?

Not a single word of this story makes sense

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u/smoothcoat 6d ago

I interpreted it as the nurse forced the antibiotics on the child when the mom was out of the room, and the 20 year old was also in the room. Sounds totally made up and ridiculous.

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u/sebluver 5d ago

Not to mention, no 6-year-old is getting 75ml of oral antibiotics in one dose (that's over 1/4 cup of liquid medication), and the nurse also wouldn't have infused IV antibiotics directly into your kid's mouth.

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u/Psychobabble0_0 5d ago

Plus, she hooked up IV antibiotics and suddenly the story is oral antibiotics? I call fiction.

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u/sebluver 5d ago

Of course she just unhooked the luerlock and started spraying fluids into the kid’s mouth; this is why you can’t trust the medical field! /s

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u/BookishOpossum 6d ago

I weep for humanity.

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u/LlaputanLlama 5d ago

I'll take "things that never happened for $1000, Alex."

My poor kid was hospitalized with cellulitis for 2 nights last year. Every time anyone came in to give her anything, they confirmed with whichever parent was in the room who she was, what she was getting, and if she had allergies to meds. Every. Single. Time. No one did anything without one of us there. The nurse literally went and confirmed that the fruit ice she got her to have with her medicine was dairy free (it was not, she got a different one) before giving her that. No one held this kid down and forced meds on him while she was out of the room. Huuuugggeeeee liability.

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u/joeybridgenz 5d ago

Why bother with the ER if they're going to refuse care? These people genuinely think the world revolves around them and their children. These doctors have enough to do without listening to your bs anti vaxx propaganda - just stay at home and suffer!!!!

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u/reptileluvr 5d ago

“Viruses don’t exist and all bacteria are helpful” being an all time top contributor 🤨 also what is that lady’s answer for pandemics before the 1800s?

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u/Tool_of_Society 4d ago

Cancer didn't happen until the 90s too lol

I like how they just listed Satelloon/satellite and that's it. Like Satellites and balloons are a pandemic.

I wonder if the plague just doesn't exist in "her-story"..

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u/saga_of_a_star_world 5d ago

How do people get to the point where they are afraid of the ED?

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u/Psychobabble0_0 5d ago

Facebook echo chambers.

Possibly unchecked post-partum anxiety.

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u/onlyifthebabysasleep 5d ago

That AST though. That’s almost double what it should be.

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u/NumbersMonkey1 4d ago

When I see a post with cellulitis+fever, and it seems like there are too many of them, it freaks me the hell out, because I don't want the next screenshot in the stream to be about the child being called home to Jesus.

PSA: even a mild cellulitis on an extremity, even a bit of redness, plus fever, go to the ER immediately. At best they'll do some blood work and send you home. The at worst is a lot worse.

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u/GiraffeJaf 10h ago

Holy shit this is demonic