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Medical “facts” you were taught when young—?

Men and boys are not the same as women and girls - there was no mention of anything in-between or hybrids.

Walk it off!

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Originally posted by selogic:
Tilt your head back to stop a nosebleed .

I was told this by an ENT,,

not to stop it, but to let the blood run down your throat instead of out your face,

Sitting close to the TV will ruin your eyes and irradiate you. A few more feet back, and you'll be fine.

Facts that have been discredited or are no longer recommended:
- Prolonged bedrest for back injuries helps you recover faster.
- Oxygen for all cardiac chest pain.
- Beta blockers are bad for all heart failure.
- Bronchodilator treatment with a nebulizer has a better therapeutic effect than treatment with an inhaler of same med.
- A shot of Toradol has a better therapeutic effect than treatment with oral NSAID.

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Myths:
- Go out in the cold and rain, and you'll catch pneumonia.
- The flu shot will give you the flu.

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Myths/facts/myths/facts/myths....
Coffee is bad for you.

If you swallow poison, you should try to vomit it out (when was the last time you saw Ipecac syrup in someone's medicine cabinet?).

A grade-school teacher for some reason told the class one way to find out if you had worms was to put masking tape over your taint when you went to bed. If you had worms, they would venture out at night, and stick to the tape. Maybe she figured they'd be tapeworms?

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Originally posted by rusbro:
A grade-school teacher for some reason told the class one way to find out if you had worms was to put masking tape over your taint when you went to bed. If you had worms, they would venture out at night, and stick to the tape. Maybe she figured they'd be tapeworms?

That's actually true. Pinworms.

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Originally posted by 12131:

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Originally posted by rusbro:
A grade-school teacher for some reason told the class one way to find out if you had worms was to put masking tape over your taint when you went to bed. If you had worms, they would venture out at night, and stick to the tape. Maybe she figured they'd be tapeworms?

That's actually true. Pinworms.

Interesting. So what do you catch if you put a pin in your anus at night?

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
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On the other hand,
Food allergies (other than strawberries) were virtually unknown. <snip>

When I was a kid, my family, and ALL of our neighbors, grew strawberries. But this is the first I’ve heard of strawberry allergies.

She can't get pregnant the first time.

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Sitting close to the TV will ruin your eyes and irradiate you. A few more feet back, and you'll be fine.

I remember that. Had no idea my grandmother was invoking the inverse square law

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
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On the other hand,
Food allergies (other than strawberries) were virtually unknown. <snip>

When I was a kid, my family, and ALL of our neighbors, grew strawberries. But this is the first I’ve heard of strawberry allergies.

Allergies to peanuts and strawberries are probably the most common. I love strawberries and have always said that if I had to have an allergy, I was glad it was to Bermuda grass and not strawberries. . . .

flashguy

So swimming after eating.

If you swallow gum it will be in your stomach forever.

My first first-aid class taught tourniquet although mostly improvised ones. To only be used after pressure and then pressure points failed. Then we stopped teaching it and now it's back again.

Sucking the venom out of snake bites.

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Dont drink water while /working out or you will cramp up....so said my old football coach during 2 a days

* If you eat watermelon seeds, a new watermelon will grow in your belly.
* An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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Originally posted by comet24:
... If you swallow gun it will be in your stomach forever. ...

Well, then the gubmint can't confiscate it.

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Originally posted by rusbro:

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Originally posted by 12131:

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Originally posted by rusbro:
A grade-school teacher for some reason told the class one way to find out if you had worms was to put masking tape over your taint when you went to bed. If you had worms, they would venture out at night, and stick to the tape. Maybe she figured they'd be tapeworms?

That's actually true. Pinworms.

Interesting. So what do you catch if you put a pin in your anus at night?

A really interesting medical history to explain to the proctologist.

But I learned it at SIGforum....

My dad: "Is it bleeding?"

Me: "No"

My dad: "You'll live."

Handle a frog and get warts

Put nail polish on an embedded tick

If it didn’t hurt it wouldn’t heal the wound—speaking of merthiolate and mercurochrome.