Mọc mụn trong tai do đâu? Cách điều trị mụn trong tai
Tác giả: Dung Nguyễn
Tham vấn y khoa: BS. Nguyễn Thường Hanh
Mọc mụn trong tai do đâu? Cách điều trị mụn trong tai
Mụn có thể xuất hiện ở trên tai, sau tai hoặc bên trong ống tai. Mọc mụn trong tai gây đau đớn, khó chịu, thậm chí có thể dẫn đến nhiều biến chứng khác.
Cùng t́m hiểu nguyên nhân gây mụn trong tai và các phương pháp trị mụn trong bài viết sau.
Nguyên nhân gây ra mụn trong tai?
Mụn (mụn trứng cá, mụn đầu trắng hoặc mụn đầu đen) thường xuất hiện ở các bộ phận như mặt và lưng. Tuy nhiên, chúng có thể xuất hiện ở các vị trí khác trên cơ thể, điển h́nh là ở trong tai.
Tai ngoài và ống tai ngoài có các tế bào da, tế bào lông và các tuyến dầu. Đó là những điều kiện cần thiết để một nốt mụn h́nh thành.
Mụn xuất hiện khi tế bào da chết và bă nhờn làm tắc lỗ chân lông. Bên cạnh đó, vi khuẩn cũng là nguyên nhân phổ biến gây ra mụn nhọt. Mụn trong tai sẽ h́nh thành khi tai bạn thường xuyên tiếp xúc với bụi bẩn và các loại vi khuẩn.
Mụn trong tai
Nguyên nhân gây mụn trong tai bao gồm:
– Tiếp xúc với môi trường nhiều bụi bẩn
– Các tuyến trong tai tiết ra quá nhiều dầu
– Dùng chung tai nghe với người khác
– Sử dụng tai nghe bẩn
– Cho tay hoặc đồ vật bẩn vào tai
– Tiếp xúc với nước bẩn, dẫn đến bệnh viêm tai ngoài
– Căng thẳng quá độ
– Mất cân bằng nội tiết tố, chẳng hạn như khi bước đến tuổi dậy th́ hoặc mang thai
– Sử dụng khuyên tai bẩn hoặc bị nhiễm trùng
– Đội mũ che nắng hoặc mũ bảo hiểm trong thời gian dài
– Ống tai bị dị ứng do tiếp xúc với mỹ phẩm
Mụn trong tai có thể xuất phát từ rất nhiều nguyên nhân. Do đó, điều quan trọng nhất là phải xác định được nguyên nhân gây bệnh. Để làm được điều này, bạn nên đến gặp các bác sĩ da liễu để được thăm khám và điều trị đúng cách.
Có nên nặn mụn không?
Bạn không nên nặn mụn, đặc biệt là mụn trong ống tai. Các nốt mụn có thể mưng mủ khiến vi khuẩn phát triển, gây ra viêm và nhiễm trùng. Bên cạnh đó, nó cũng có thể làm tổn thương da và gây ra các vết sẹo. Khi mụn trong tai trở nên nghiêm trọng, bác sĩ sẽ loại bỏ nó để ngăn ngừa biến chứng.
nặn mụn gây sẹo và nhiễm trùng
Điều trị mụn trong tai
Do tai là vùng nhạy cảm nên mụn trong tai cần phải được xử lư đúng cách. Bạn có thể áp dụng phương pháp điều trị mụn đơn giản sau:
– Sử dụng gạc ấm hoặc miếng giữ nhiệt để làm giảm viêm và kích ứng tai. Cách này cũng có thể làm mềm nốt mụn và đẩy nhân mụn lên bề mặt.
– Nếu mủ mụn chảy ra, bạn nên lau sạch nó và nhẹ nhàng rửa lại bằng xà pḥng dịu nhẹ. Một số chất như chiết xuất cây phỉ và rượu cũng có tác dụng ngăn ngừa nhiễm trùng.
Ngoài ra, bạn cũng có thể sử dụng các loại thuốc không kê đơn hoặc kê đơn để điều trị mụn trong tai, chẳng hạn như:
– Hydro peroxide
– Cồn
– Các loại thuốc bôi kháng sinh như neosporin và polysporin
– Các sản phẩm có chứa axit salicylic
– Thuốc chống viêm không steroid (NSAID) như ibuprofen (Advil) hoặc naproxen (Aleve)
Đối với t́nh trạng mụn trứng cá nghiêm trọng, bác sĩ có thể đề nghị sử dụng các loại thuốc bôi chiết xuất từ vitamin A, chẳng hạn như Tretinoin.
Thuốc isotretinoin sẽ được chỉ định trong những trường hợp mụn trong tai đặc biệt nghiêm trọng.
Bên cạnh đó, bác sĩ cũng có thể kê đơn các loại kháng sinh như doxycycline và minocycline. Tuy nhiên, phương pháp điều trị này đang dần trở nên ít phổ biến hơn. Nguyên nhân là bởi các loại vi khuẩn kháng kháng sinh xuất hiện ngày càng nhiều.
Dầu cây chè cũng có thể làm giảm mụn trứng cá. Ngoài ra
Gừng đă được sử dụng để điều trị viêm trong nhiều thế kỷ và thực tế có rất nhiều bằng chứng khoa học cũng đă công nhận tác dụng này của gừng. Một số nghiên cứu đă chứng minh trà gừng giúp giảm đau do viêm xương khớp đầu gối.
Tác dụng của trà gừng cũng có thể giúp giảm đau đầu, đau bụng trong kỳ kinh nguyệt, đau cơ và các loại đau khác.
6. Tác dụng của trà gừng hỗ trợ hệ miễn dịch
Các chất chống oxy hóa trong gừng có thể giúp tăng cường khả năng miễn dịch và giảm stress. Thậm chí, bạn chỉ cần hít hơi nước từ trà gừng cũng có thể giảm nghẹt mũi và các vấn đề hô hấp khác do cảm lạnh thông thường hoặc dị ứng môi trường.
Một nghiên cứu thậm chí đă chỉ ra rằng gừng có thể giúp bạn ngăn ngừa ung thư.
Trong một nghiên cứu pḥng thí nghiệm, gừng đă được chứng minh là có thể chống lại một số loại tế bào ung thư khác nhau, bao gồm ung thư tuyến tụy và ung thư đại tràng.
Tác dụng phụ của trà gừng
trà gừng
Trước khi học cách làm trà gừng để cải thiện sức khỏe, bạn cũng nên biết đến một số rủi ro ngoài ư muốn do tác dụng phụ của trà gừng khi uống quá nhiều:
• Khó chịu trong bụng: Một số tác dụng phụ có thể kể đến là đầy hơi, ợ nóng và buồn nôn thường thấy sau khi ăn đồ nóng. Để tránh những tác dụng phụ này, bạn nên hạn chế lượng gừng ḿnh dùng xuống khoảng 4mg/ngày.
• Tụt huyết áp: V́ gừng có thể làm giảm huyết áp và loăng máu nên bạn có thể cảm thấy hơi choáng váng sau khi uống trà gừng. Bên cạnh đó, những ai đang dùng thuốc làm loăng máu hoặc thuốc huyết áp cũng cần tham khảo ư kiến bác sĩ trước khi uống.
Những tác dụng phụ như ợ nóng hay khó chịu trong bụng có thể khiến bạn lầm tưởng ḿnh bị dị ứng gừng. Tuy nhiên, đây chỉ là phản ứng b́nh thường của cơ thể khi bạn ăn thực phẩm có tính nóng như gừng.
Những dấu hiệu của chứng dị ứng gừng là nổi mẩn ở miệng hay khó chịu vùng miệng sau khi uống trà gừng.
Cách làm trà gừng tại nhà
trà gừng
Bạn có thể áp dụng cách làm trà gừng với gừng tươi hoặc bột gừng tùy theo nguyên liệu có sẵn tại nhà.
Cách làm trà gừng với gừng tươi
Nếu trong nhà có sẵn gừng tươi, bạn có thể áp dụng cách làm trà gừng theo hướng dẫn sau đây:
Chuẩn bị nguyên liệu
– Khoảng 4 – 6 lát gừng tươi rửa sạch, gọt vỏ, thái mỏng. Nếu muốn bạn cũng có thể thêm vài lát cho trà đậm hơn.
– Khoảng 470ml nước.
– Nửa quả chanh để vắt lấy nước.
– Mật ong (nếu có).
Cách làm trà gừng
– Đầu tiên, bạn đổ nước vào nồi cùng số gừng đă chuẩn bị.
– Đun sôi nhẹ nhàng nồi nước trong 10 – 20 phút tùy thuộc vào bạn muốn trà đậm và cay tới mức nào.
– Nhắc nồi nước xuống rồi thêm nước chanh và mật ong sao cho hợp khẩu vị
Bạn cũng có thể pha thêm sữa vào trà theo cách làm trà gừng sau:
– Đun sôi nước và gừng như trên trong khoảng 10 phút.
– Nhắc nồi xuống và đổ thêm vào trà khoảng 470ml sữa.
Nếu bạn có sẵn bột gừng nguyên chất ở nhà, hăy tận dụng nguyên liệu này để thực hiện theo cách làm trà gừng sau đây:
Chuẩn bị nguyên liệu
– 0.9 – 1.8g bột gừng
– 250ml nước
– Mật ong hoặc đường thốt nốt (nếu có)
Cách làm trà gừng
– Bạn đun sôi lượng nước đă chuẩn bị.
– Khi nước sôi, bỏ bột gừng vào và tiếp tục đun sôi hỗn hợp.
– Vặn nhỏ lửa và tiếp tục đun trong 2 phút.
– Thêm mật ong hoặc đường thốt nốt cho vừa miệng.
– Đổ trà gừng ra ly và uống nóng.
Trà gừng ấm nóng, thơm nồng có tác dụng cải thiện sức khỏe một cách tự nhiên. Để bắt đầu một ngày mới lành mạnh hơn, bạn có thể uống một ly trà gừng thay v́ một tách cà phê đấy!
California, Pharmacy, USA | Healthy | October 26, 2017
(I work in a pharmacy as an intern, and on the weekends, we only have one pharmacist on duty. It is company policy that employees have to take their unpaid lunch by the fifth hour on the clock. This happens when our pharmacist is out to lunch.)
Tech: “Hello there. Are you picking up or dropping off?”
Patient: “Picking up.”
Tech: “I’m sorry, but our pharmacist is on lunch. We can’t sell any prescriptions without a pharmacist here.”
Patient: “Why the h*** not?!”
Tech: “I’m sorry, but it is against the law for us to do that.”
Patient: “Just give it to me! I drove all the way here!”
Tech: “I can’t; it’s against the law, and we have to have a pharmacist here.”
Patient: “There should always be a pharmacist here; it’s a pharmacy! Why the h*** aren’t they here?!”
Tech: “She’s on her lunch right now. She’ll be back at 1:30, but I can’t do anything until then.”
Patient: “I want to talk to a manager!”
Tech: *calls manager*
Manager: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but we can’t do anything until the pharmacist comes back from lunch. She has to take her lunch, too.”
Patient: “I’m complaining to corporate. What is their number? This is ridiculous!”
Manager: “It’s [number].”
(The patient storms off as the manager just shrugs.)
Manager: “Call all you want. What are they gonna do? Fire me for following the law?”
Pennsylvania, Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, USA | Healthy | October 25, 2017
(I am a pharmacy technician, not qualified to recommend drugs or dispense advice. Any questions about actual medicine, I am required to pass off to a pharmacist, even if I think I know the answer.)
Me: “Hello, how may I help you?”
Customer: *mumbling* “Um, I think I—” *mumbles* “—contact with bleach…”
Me: “I’m sorry, what? Could you repeat that?”
Customer: “I think I might have swallowed some bleach and was wondering if the pharmacist could recommend anything.”
Me: *trying not to look alarmed* “Well, if I were you, I would call the Poison Control Center, but I’ll check with the pharmacist.”
(I go back to the counter where the pharmacist is working.)
Me: “This guy says he might have ingested bleach and wants to know if you can recommend anything. I told him he should call the Poison Control Center.”
Pharmacist: “Yeah, that’s about it.”
(I go up to the front counter and repeat this advice to the customer.)
Customer: “Well, I drank some fluids and I’m feeling better now. I had some [soda], and some water, and some lemonade. My chest was hurting before but now it’s better. Do you know if bleach can make your chest hurt?”
Me: “Um… probably. If you swallowed bleach, it could hurt on the way down. You should probably call the Poison Control Center.”
Customer: “Eh, maybe I’ll call them tomorrow. If I’m not feeling better then, I can go to the emergency room, too.”
Me: “I would call them tonight if I were you, just to be safe. Do you want their number?”
(I write it down on the nearest piece of paper and hand it to him.)
Customer: “Yeah, thanks. I might call them tomorrow.”
(He wanders away, but comes back later. My coworker is an intern, studying to become a pharmacist, and gets to the counter first. I overhear their conversation.)
Customer: “I was wondering about water pills. What do they do?”
Coworker: “Um, they make you urinate.”
Customer: “Can I get some of those?”
Coworker: *realizing why he’s asking* “They don’t flush out your system; they’re used to lower blood pressure. And you would need a prescription.”
Customer: “Can I get one of those?”
Coworker: *bewildered* “We don’t give prescriptions here; we just fill them. You would need to go to a doctor.”
(The customer wanders away, apparently still confused about a lot of things.)
Me: “I hope he’s going to be okay.”
Pharmacist: “If he had really swallowed bleach, his throat would be burned. I don’t know what’s wrong with him, but there’s nothing else we can do.”
Nurse #2 : “I guess so.” *to me* “You can go home, I guess. But get a doctor’s note.”
(I then drove home, barely coherent. After going to the doctor I found out that I had SWINE FLU, or H1N1. And they wanted me to come to work, endangering both myself and the elderly residents! I quit a few months later.)
Me: “How are you today? I’m told you needed help with fish?”
Customer: “Yeah, all my fish died after I cleaned my tank yesterday. My husband says that it may have had to do with me using bleach, but I told him he was wrong.”
Me: “Well, actually he is right. Bleach leaves residue on the glass. Even after rinsing it, that can kill the fish.”
Customer: “But I didn’t even rinse it.”
Me: “What did you do, then?”
Customer: “I just added it to the water. How could that kill them
(I have a chronic illness and find myself going to the office where my GP, the walk-in clinic, and phlebotomy lab are all located. There are two attendants at the front doors that help patients in and out of vehicles and bring wheelchairs. Here in the South, it’s pretty typical for strangers to greet you as you walk past or even ask how you are. “Pretty good,” is the expected answer, no matter what.)
Insurance, New Zealand, Pets & Animals, Text/Chat/Email, Zombies | Healthy | October 24, 2017
(A few months ago we signed up for pet insurance for all four of our animals. This month, we got caught by surprise by the payment and as a result, one of the payments did not process correctly. This is the email we got regarding the payment that did not process
Email: “Please call us on [number] or email us quoting [policy number] in regards to your insurance payment for your pet Zombie.”
Canada, Health & Body, home, Marriage & Partners | Healthy | October 24, 2017
(I have a minor surgery on my foot. By chance, the only gauze the doctor has to wrap it is bright red. I head home after, and my husband is already home. He has some emergency first aid experience.)
Me: “Ugh, it hurts. I guess I should take my sock off, see if that eases some pressure.”
(I take my sock off slowly.)
Me: *fake surprise* “Whoah, that’s red!”
Husband: *stares blankly*
Me: “Aww, you’re no fun. I thought the red gauze would freak you out.”
Husband: “So it’s gauze?”
Me: “Yep. It’s all the doctor had. It startled me so I thought I’d try and get you, too. You’re not as surprised as I thought you’d be.”
California, Medical Office, Sacramento, Time, USA | Healthy | October 24, 2017
(My multi-specialty medical office has an audiologist who does hearing tests for patients. I assist the ENT [Ear/Nose/Throat] doctors so I handle calls from his patients, since he doesn’t have his own assistant. One of our phone operators calls me at the nurses’ station with an audiology patient on the other line.)
Operator: “Dr. [Audiologist]’s 4:00 says she’s going to be ten minutes late. Is that okay?”
(We allow a 15-minute window to show up for appointments, and a check of the schedule reveals she’s the last patient of the day.)
Me: “Yes, that’s fine, as long as it’s no more than 15 minutes.”
(The operator relays the message and I go about my day. Later, I realize it’s 4:45 and the patient isn’t showing up as checked in on the schedule. I’m about to call up to the front desk to see if they’ve forgotten to check her in when the receptionist calls me.)
Receptionist: “Hi… did you tell Dr. [Audiologist]’s 4:00 that we’d ‘just work her in’ when she got here? Because she just got here.” *I can practically hear the air quotes*
Me: “I most certainly did not. I said no more than 15 minutes late. She needs to reschedule.”
Receptionist: “Yeah… that’s what I thought. Okay. I’m gonna go talk to [Audiologist]. Bet he’ll say the same thing.”
(He did. When the receptionist politely relayed to the patient that he was unable to stay 45 minutes late to accommodate her, she threw a hissy fit and ranted at our poor receptionist for several minutes before storming out in a snit. Her best line, as the receptionist later conveyed, was that she’d told our phone operator she was “on 50” and he should have known how far away she was. Highway 50 runs from West Sacramento to Maryland…)
(This was a few years ago. I have made an appointment with a new GP to give me a contraceptive implant since I keep forgetting to take my pills and I want to be safe. This is my first time at this particular office.)
Doctor: “So I’m just going to numb the area first and then we’ll get the implant in there.”
Me: “Okay.”
(I roll up my sleeve and turn my head away.)
Doctor: “Are you all right?”
Me: “Oh, yeah, I just don’t like watching the needle go in. So I’m gonna look at that wall there.”
Doctor: “All right, then.”
(She then stuck the needle in and lifted the skin of my arm up with the needle as she removed it. When she apologized she attempted to do it again. Both times were quite painful but thankfully the needle didn’t break and the rest of the appointment went fine.)
Doctor: “Again, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what happened there. Maybe if you didn’t have such tiny arms!”
(Three years later I went to get my implant replaced. This time I got a nurse to do it. She did it completely pain-free on the first try. I guess my tiny arms weren’t a problem for the nurse.)
Awesome, Health & Body, Inspirational, Kind Strangers, Popular | Healthy | May 17, 2016
(My family is visiting my grandma, and we like renting bicycles to ride around the gated community where she lives. My mom and two younger siblings are just on our way back to the house. It’s a very hot day and I’m wearing a dark shirt.)
Me: “Hold up a minute. I feel woozy.”
(I pull onto the grass and sit down, panting, as my vision swirls with purple-green clouds. Usually they clear in a few moments, but they’re not going away. I can’t get back on the bike until I can see, so Mom is about to send my brother on ahead to bring Dad back with the car, when a car pulls up next to us.)
Little Old Lady: “Do you need help?”
(I’m a little fuzzy on the details after that point, but it turned out that she was a retired nurse! She offered to drive me back to Grandma’s house. I was doing a little better in the air-conditioned car, but I was still woozy and she talked to me to keep me awake. When we got to the house, I had to lean on her shoulder to get inside; my dad told me later that he thought I was helping her at first! She helped me into a reclining chair and got a cool, damp washcloth to put on my forehead before she left, with instructions to drink lots of water and not move for a while. She left before I could thank her, but I sent a thank-you note when I was better. Even after they retire, nurses are awesome people!)
Awesome Workers, Health & Body, Medical Office, Nurses | Working | December 9, 2013
(I’ve been sick this past week and I go to the clinic at nine am. They tell me they will call in the prescription at ten am. At two pm, I go to check the prescription.)
Pharmacist: “I have no prescription here under your name.”
Me: “The clinic said it would be ready by ten am. Let me call them.”
(I call the clinic.)
Me: “Hello. I have a prescription that hasn’t been put through yet. I need to make sure I am at the right pharmacy.”
(I am promptly transferred without a word to the women’s clinic line, which is the incorrect department. I am instructed to leave a message, as the nurses are out to lunch.)
Me: “Um, hi. I am [My Name]. I was just wondering where my prescription was sent. It’s not at the pharmacy and—” *I cough and my head immediately begins to ache terribly. I sniffle and tear up* “—if you could please help me that’d be nice.”
(I hang up and go home. At three pm I go to the clinic to verify the location of the pharmacy. They tell me the order has been sent, and to wait a couple hours. I go home yet again. At five pm I get a call from the women’s clinic number at which I left the message.)
Nurse: “Hello, is this [My Name]? You left a message a couple hours ago.”
Me: “Yes. I’m sorry, I was trying to find out where my prescription was. I already checked back with the clinic and they told me where the prescription would be.”
Nurse: “Everything’s all right, though? This is the wrong department for your call, but since you’ve had the prescription filled…”
Me: “Well… no… I called the pharmacy and the prescription still hasn’t been ordered yet.”
Nurse: “Oh. Let me get on that. I’ll make sure they get it filled out.”
Me: “Okay.”
Nurse: “I will call you back in a minute, sweetie.”
(The nurse hangs up and calls back a few minutes later.)
Nurse: “Okay, I’ve gotten them to fill out your prescription and the pharmacy should have it soon. You are taking [Medicine], which is two pills twice a day. No matter how bad it is, take all of them. You can take decongestants and ibuprofen to deal with the congestion and pain. And, honey, popsicles are your best friends. Drink lots of fluids and warm tea, and get plenty of rest.”
(At this point, the nurse’s concern has caused me to tear up.)
Me: “Thank you so much! I’ve been dealing with this for a week.”
Nurse: “You just sound so sick, sweetie. I called the pharmacy and told them to work extra quick on your order. The pharmacist’s name is [Name]. She’ll have your prescription ready as soon as she can.”
Me: “Thank you.”
Nurse: “You feel better, honey.”
(To that nurse: You had me sobbing. You cared so much and it wasn’t even your department. You helped me and told me more about my medicine than the doctor in the CORRECT department did. I’m so grateful there are people as nice as you working in the women’s clinic!)
Health & Body, home, Nurses, Religion | Right | November 14, 2016
(I am an RN that goes around to people’s homes. I get an order to obtain a blood draw from a particularly religious patient who refuses to let me try anywhere except the tiny blood vessels in her hand. As I’m on my second attempt, apparently she thinks I need a little help…)
Patient: *loudly, with eyes closed* “Lord Jesus, help her find that blood! Send the blood to her Jesus; she needs your help! Draw her to that vein, oh Lord, and show your power!”
Health & Body, Inspirational, Kind Strangers, Popular | Hopeless | June 13, 2016
(It’s my first day commuting to work off campus during summer term and I have a bike to get there. I’m feeling pretty good until three miles in, when it gets harder to keep going. All of a sudden, a van pulls over.)
Stranger: “Get in.”
Me: “I’m going to work and I really don’t—”
Stranger: “I’m a registered nurse and you’re showing signs of heat exhaustion. Get in now.”
(After stammering a bit, I let the RN put my bike in back and get me a water bottle.)
Me: “Thanks! I’m an out-of-state student so I’m not used to this heat.”
Stranger: “I get it. Do you need a ride home?”
(She showed up after my work and drove me home. I never saw her again, but I loved her.)
Awesome, Health & Body, Inspirational, Kind Strangers, Popular | Healthy | May 17, 2016
(My family is visiting my grandma, and we like renting bicycles to ride around the gated community where she lives. My mom and two younger siblings are just on our way back to the house. It’s a very hot day and I’m wearing a dark shirt.)
Me: “Hold up a minute. I feel woozy.”
(I pull onto the grass and sit down, panting, as my vision swirls with purple-green clouds. Usually they clear in a few moments, but they’re not going away. I can’t get back on the bike until I can see, so Mom is about to send my brother on ahead to bring Dad back with the car, when a car pulls up next to us.)
Little Old Lady: “Do you need help?”
(I’m a little fuzzy on the details after that point, but it turned out that she was a retired nurse! She offered to drive me back to Grandma’s house. I was doing a little better in the air-conditioned car, but I was still woozy and she talked to me to keep me awake. When we got to the house, I had to lean on her shoulder to get inside; my dad told me later that he thought I was helping her at first! She helped me into a reclining chair and got a cool, damp washcloth to put on my forehead before she left, with instructions to drink lots of water and not move for a while. She left before I could thank her, but I sent a thank-you note when I was better. Even after they retire, nurses are awesome people!)
Awesome, Florida, Health & Body, Medical Office, Nurses, USA | Working | March 4, 2016
(During first full week of Advanced Placement and IB tests of my junior year in high school I find myself struck with a particularly nasty illness called norovirus, which causes nearly non-stop vomiting and diarrhea. I am home alone, as my father is out the whole week for business, and I am taking the bus to and from school for exams. Since I knew I cannot miss any of these tests on such short notice, I manage to tough it out for four days, but at that point I have not been able to eat or drink anything that remains in my stomach for more than five minutes. Severely dehydrated and weak, I finally decide to go to a close-by clinic for IV fluids after school. Since they need a doctor on-site to legally be able to give fluids, I call ahead.)
Nurse: “Hello, [Clinic]. This is [Nurse]. How may I help you?”
Me: *very quietly as my throat has started to develop acid sores* “Hi… Do you have the… Do you do IV fluids?”
Nurse: “What’s that, sweetie? I didn’t quite catch that.”
Me: “I need IV fluids… I really need them.”
Nurse: “Unfortunately we don’t have a doctor with us right now, hun.” *I start crying, since at this point I’m worried I will not be able to get out of bed tomorrow for my next exam* “Sweetie, what’s the matter? Are you hurt?”
Me: “No… I think I got norovirus from that restaurant that was shut down last week and I’m home alone and I have my AP tests that I can’t miss and I haven’t been able to eat or drink anything for days and I’m getting too weak to do anything! I can’t go to the ER because my dad didn’t leave me enough money to cover anything and I really need to go to my exam tomorrow!”
Nurse: “All right, sweetie, give me one second.” *the line is silent for about five minutes* “Okay, hun, here’s what we’re going to do. I’m going to go out to you and pick you up, then we’re going to go to the [Clinic] downtown and get you your fluids. After that I’ll take you home and you give me your exam schedule. Is tomorrow your last day for exams until next week?”
Me: *shocked at her kindness* “Yes, ma’am.”
Nurse: “All righty. Then I’ll take you to your exam tomorrow morning and then we do need to check you into the hospital, all right, sweetie? Give me your address and I’ll be there in a few minutes. Call your dad and tell him what is going on, okay?”
(This nurse had negotiated with her supervisor to get the next two days off work so she could make sure I was taken care of and safe. After my exam the next day she picked me up and took me to the hospital, used a few personal favors to get me in quickly and hold off on payment, and stayed with me until my father could get there. We have since become good friends, and I am currently working on my own MD while volunteering at her clinic. This woman is why nurses really should rule the world!)
Bullies, Hospital, Nurses, Parents/Guardians, Wild & Unruly | Right | August 13, 2013
(I’m 18, and have been hospitalized for a severe case of mono. As a result of the illness, my throat is badly swollen and I can hardly speak. I’m on lots of painkillers. I’m sharing a room with a boy who swallowed a rock. The boy has been screaming since his mother left and his father can’t quiet him down.)
Nurse: “Okay, [My Name], I’m just going to check your vitals.”
Me: *whispering* “How much longer until I can have more pain medication?”
Nurse: “Not for a while, sweetie.”
(The nurse leaves. The boy’s father has been watching us the whole time.)
Boy’s Father: “Listen, you little b****! Don’t you f****** gossip about me to the f****** nurses! You keep your f****** mouth shut, or I’ll shut it for you!”
(I’m stunned, as I haven’t said a word to or about him. As I can’t move and can barely speak, I’m in tears and terrified. Not long after, my mom comes in to visit.)
Mom: “Hey, [My Name]. How are you doing?”
Me: *crying and whispering* “Mom, the dad of that boy screamed at me. He said to shut up, or he’d shut me up.”
(My mom is silent, but clearly fuming. She leaves for a moment.)
Boy’s Father: “WHAT DID I SAY?!”
(Just then, my mom comes back with security in tow.)
Mom: “Escort him from hospital grounds NOW.”
Boy’s Father: “B****! You can’t tell me what to do! You aren’t the boss here! I’m twenty-f******-five!”
Mom: “Actually, I AM the boss here! It’s my day off, but I’m head nurse on this floor, and if you EVER speak to my daughter ever again, I will have you arrested so fast that you won’t ever hear the sirens! And by the way, I’m forty-freaking-eight and I have the good sense not to let my kids eat rocks!”
(The man was removed from hospital grounds and was banned from re-entering for 48 hours unless it was an emergency. I have the best mom in the world.)
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