Medical Professionals Debunk 30 Health Myths People Still Believe To Be True

Isn’t that like the most obvious rule of taking medicines?

I really wish doctors explained things like this when they prescribed the medication/gave instructions (like why you shouldn't eat before surgery). It would take 4 seconds and surely have a huge benefit.

Perfect example of evolution by natural selection: With a change (presence of antibiotic) in the environment (your body), the strongest individuals (bacteria) are the ones to survive and reproduce, leading to a population which has adapted to the environmental change (i.e., a more antibiotic-resistant infection).

Latest research says otherwise: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-the-full-course-of-antibiotics-full-of-baloney-2017081712253

Yes! Louder for the people in the back. If your intestines make noise it means they are happy!

I’m neither sensitive to gluten nor celiac but I don’t like how it makes me feel (heavy, tired, lethargic) so I don’t eat it and that’s valid too. People get to choose what they want to and don’t want to eat even if it’s not going to make them sick.

As someone who has an intolerance, and fortunately not celiac, I’m thankful for it because there’s so many products I can buy. They just didn’t exist when I was younger. Just wish they were cheaper (but I understand why they’re not).

My friend has Celiac disease. When he orders something gluten free the server rolls their eyes like ‘yeah, right- you and everyone else

Some of us have a wheat allergy. I avoid it because of the hives and overall misery eating it causes.

I think it's more that mental health issues should not have a negative stigma about them and then people with the issues can then feel safe to seek help

I did, and I got better (at least I'm not suicidal anymore), but if you seek help you need to pick the "help" carefully. Some therapists are actual hellspawn and will actually make you worse.

It's acceptable for a diabetic person to take insulin because their body doesn't produce it correctly. It should be just as acceptable for a person with depression to take medication because their serotonin processors aren't working correctly.

I was so entrenched in survival mode, that I had no idea how sick I actually was. I just thought I worthless and had nothing to offer anyone. I finally received a complete diagnosis in 2018. It still has taken a few years, but I finally reached out and am getting the medication and therapy I've so desperately needed. For the first time in over 20 years I am no longer in survival mode and feel safe and valued. I've even started making friends and helping others in need!

Yes and 'its just in your head' is not a valid argument against mental health being an illness because of course its just in your head! Where else would it be stored ?

Not a scapegoat, a deliberate money making ploy by immoral man. Just shows how absolutely nuts it is - it was ONE falsified study on ONE triple jab, the MMR. It was never 'vacccines' but ONE vaccine. Also completely and utterly dubunked and Wakefield was struck off and rightly so. Idiots and conspiracy theorists then jumped on it for their own ends.

Also, even IF (and let me be clear it absolutely IS NOT TRUE), but even IF it were, you are still saying you'd rather have a dead kid than an autistic one.

Andrew Wakefield also tried to claim that the mmr vaccine also caused Crohn's disease.

Funny, a family member has seven children, four (that I know of) are in the autistic spectrum. He's an anti-vaxer.

All of these anti-vaxxers were themselves vaccinated when they were children. Are they now claiming that they all have autism?

I don’t think that’s why people are surprised. A lot of them want to stay because they receive more and better care at hospital. At home they likely will struggle and not have anyone to help them 24/7

Every time I’ve been in hospital, I’ve been desperate to get back home. I can understand people being anxious after long stays or major surgeries. I’d far rather sleep in my own bed, have my own toilet and my pets around me and struggle rather than be trapped in a hospital.

In my case I would feel scared of doing something wrong. I have scheduled a surgery this month and the doctor told me that I'll be at home that same day.... I don´t want to spend the night in the hospital but what if something bad happens. I don't care that much about microbes, I'm more worried about needing medical care and not having it on time.

I think people presume they’ll heal faster because of the access to treatment and assistance, rather than the cleanliness of the hospital. But yes, the hospital is where the sickest of people are staying, you wanna get out soon as you can

Accurate- I went into hospital with osteomyelitis (infection in the one) and left with the "nora"(sp??) virus- I felt worse leaving the hospital than I did going in!

I'm a donor and if I'm in that state I'd rather they let me go and use what they can. Living with chronic illness has given me a whole new view on fighting through anything - honestly that level of pain isn't always worth it

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Paramedic here...I can confirm that I have never looked in someone's wallet or handbag to see if they are a donor. Or really for any other information as far as that goes. We are too busy trying to save your life and could not care less about your donor status. I am in the USA, but feel I can speak to all EMS personnel that we all do the same.