ASK YOUR DOCTOR!!!

i understand the point of this thread, i really do.
but on the other hand, i can understand if people have the need to ask for other's opinions in a place like this. i believe some people really try to help. and i believe in a freedom of speech. so, as for me, anyone can ask whatever it's bugging them. who am i to say what's inappropriate for a public forum? we all, no matter of our age, understand it's a forum. where people come and read. and some give useful advices. and some don't really want to run to a doctor or a psychologist whenever they stumble at something that interest them.

sorry if this offended anyone, it's just my point of view, and i do believe i'm entitled to it..

numba1bimbx wrote:

I don't think anyone here is qualified to give professional advice.

well, i don't really think that people give professional advices here, and i didn't see anyone claiming that they do. just their own advices and their own opinions 

Good idea; this thread.

if you dont want to hear about it then dont click on the link
some people feel better about getting their personal feelings out

I have a degree in medical science(pathology)/ forensic biotechnology and now i'm an enrolled nurse studying to become a registered nurse. To some extent i do agree that you should ask a health professional, but discussing some minor issues on this forum i see nothing wrong with it. An example is that one person asked how to help bad breath?  This is a minor issue and many people have bad breath.
It has been my experience that people look on these medical websites and they come to me and say i went on the interent and it said that i have myleodysplasia. My response to them is just wait to see what the doctor says. So internet medical sites can also be irresponsible and dangerous and they should only be used for understanding and not diagnosis. To make people aware of this most of these sites have a disclaimer.
I wouldn't give a definite diagnosis over the net and i am a health professional.
I signed up to this site when the media up roar was on in australia and i don't actually think its that bad. I agree that a disclaimer should be made to say that any medical advice is not endorsed by a health professional and should be treated as an opinion only and an appropriate health profeesional should be consulted.

celestial12 wrote:

I have a degree in medical science(pathology)/ forensic biotechnology and now i'm an enrolled nurse studying to become a registered nurse. To some extent i do agree that you should ask a health professional, but discussing some minor issues on this forum i see nothing wrong with it. An example is that one person asked how to help bad breath?  This is a minor issue and many people have bad breath.
It has been my experience that people look on these medical websites and they come to me and say i went on the interent and it said that i have myleodysplasia. My response to them is just wait to see what the doctor says. So internet medical sites can also be irresponsible and dangerous and they should only be used for understanding and not diagnosis. To make people aware of this most of these sites have a disclaimer.
I wouldn't give a definite diagnosis over the net and i am a health professional.
I signed up to this site when the media up roar was on in australia and i don't actually think its that bad. I agree that a disclaimer should be made to say that any medical advice is not endorsed by a health professional and should be treated as an opinion only and an appropriate health profeesional should be consulted.

I COMPLETELY AGREE.  I've worked in an ER as a nurse for many years, and am now working on my medical degree.  To say that those of us who have spent YEARS in the medical profession "aren't qualified to give advice" on a forum about bad breath is rather insulting.  Also, the online diagnoses are often wrong, as they don't take into account all pertinent medical history or the individual patient profile. For instance, we had a 38-year-old obese woman come into the ER complaining that she had Kwashiorkor, as she was feeling ununsually fatigued and webMD told her that her symptoms sounded like Kwashiorkor.  Yikes.

Qualifications aside, most of these topics are completely benign.  "Is it normal to start shaving at 14," or "When am I going to get my first period?" are questions that ANYONE could answer.  Most of these require a bit of reassurance.  On the other hand, if someone is posting questions on an online-fashion game forum, perhaps this is the medium they are most comfortable with.  I have seen many potentially serious conditions asked about, and most of the "bimbos" replied with their own experiences and advice to see a doctor right away.

One last note about the "dangerous advice" given:  most BC is dosed by the day.  "Continue taking the pills as normal" would imply skipping one day... that is, the pill you accidentally took already.  The two pieces of advice may have been the same.  That being said, while some stronger meds can make a young girl quite sick if the dosage is accidently doubled, I don't know of a single one with a therapeutic index of 2 or less! (ie, serious side effects if dosage is doubled).  As for the TSS scare, some girls had similar experiences and it turned out to be nothing.  They have every right to say as much!  Most cases of TSS that occur today are actually NOT from tampon use, but from injuries around the nose area that tends to trap blood.  TSS is much-publicized because it is potentially (and quickly) fatal, but telling a young girl to try to relax and feel for the lost tampon before calling 911 is not terrible advice!  I agree that there should be a disclaimer, reminding posters that advice is from peers and not professionals (like wikipedia!!), but I disagree that the topic should not be here at all.

I agree that "Miss Bimbo" is CERTAINLY not the be-all end-all of medical advice, but it's still a convenient, familiar, and friendly place for a girl to ask her questions!  Going to the parents or a doctor would be best, but in all likelihood a young girl goes to her friends first.  At least there are adults on "Bimbo," more capable of giving good advice than a young girl's peers.

I didn't know people would be interested in the disease I had mentioned! I really should have included more info, sorry about that.  Kwashiorkor is a form of starvation... it's a case of EXTREME protein deficiency.  It's seen pretty much only in the third world.  The name itself comes from an African language (I believe it's Ga, but I am certainly no expert in African languages!) that refers to a second-born child. In essence, a mother would give birth to a second child soon after the first and wean the first too early, putting the child on an almost PURE carbohydrate diet.  You're definitely not going to see this in the developed world under normal circumstances!  This particular patient was a vegetarian, so she believed her problem might have something to do with her diet.  With Kwashiorkor, you tend to see ascites (a distended abdomen) and no weight loss, so in her mind I guess it explained why she was obese despite being vegetarian?  I could have sworn she specifically said WebMD, but I could be wrong at that case.

By the way, it turns out she had iron deficiency anemia... FAR more common!  I guess my point was that rare diagnoses come up far more often in web searches than in doctors' offices.  It's not that the web is intrinsically wrong, it just doesn't have the common sense of a normal person.  For example, some patients see symptoms described as "mild to moderate" and immediately assume that the diagnosis is wrong because they would describe their symptoms as severe.  The web cannot deduce that the patient has over-estimated the severity of their symptoms, and it will only return "severe" results.  I think all of these different sources (including the Bimbo forum) are useful resources, but I agree with all those above me in saying that if you think you have a health problem, you should see your DOCTOR.  On the other hand, for advice as to what is "normal" or not, the general public is a great source of information!

I'm not saying that webmd is the definitive online authority on illness, it's just more reliable that people who, for example from this topic, give dangerous advice on topics such as bc or TSS. The point I want to stress is for people to ask their doctors when there is something wrong. I'm not talking about things where people are asking for opinions on benign subjects like shaving or when you got your period. I just feel like things such as vaginal discharge and medication should be discussed with a doctor or obgyn. I agree most of the topics on here are benign and just asking for advice, but I want people, especially some of the younger girls on the site, to understand that not everyone on this site who's giving out advice is a doctor. And even if so, they don't know about the person's life and other things which could be affecting their bodies. I'm not trying to start a fight here, I just want people to understand that it's best to go to a parent or licensed professional when discussing their bodies.

hahaha See, it's funny because I can't afford a doctor. Can't afford to go when I have a slight feeling something might be wrong. I only go when I'm near death, so... Like, every 6 years or so lol I've got nothing to lose asking a mass anonymously for a scrap or two of useful advice.

I Agree About The Children Thing And I Would Ask My Docter About Serious Things But I Sometimes find It Easier To Talk To People On Here Than To Talk 2 People On Here About Embarassing Little Things.

Talk to your doctor.
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well since america is like in a recession
lots of people cant afford to go the doctors
and some people are afraid to ask them or family, it;s easy on the internet
plus you get feed back quick