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I'll be adding short important points which would hopefully help in remembering certain concepts during #PLAB preparation, to this thread🧵every now and then as I take them out from my scattered notes. Feel free to comment your tips and tricks which would help others, as well 👇
Please don't take any of these as medical advice 😂🙏. Real life stuff is much more nuanced. These are just clinchers for the sake of the exam.
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1. Drug contraindications...
-Avoid BAN drugs in Asthma (Beta blockers, aspirin, NSAIDS) &
-DAMN drugs in diarrhoea (Diuretics, ACEIs, Metformin, NSAIDs)
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-Avoid BAN drugs in Asthma (Beta blockers, aspirin, NSAIDS) &
-DAMN drugs in diarrhoea (Diuretics, ACEIs, Metformin, NSAIDs)
#PLAB
A few #tonsillectomy myths:
1. You can’t have your tonsils out as an adult.
Incorrect. Tonsils can still be a locus of disease in the adult: recurrent tonsillitis, sleep apnoea, lymphoma, cancer, halitosis, etc. When tonsils are diseases, removal of them may be necessary.
1. You can’t have your tonsils out as an adult.
Incorrect. Tonsils can still be a locus of disease in the adult: recurrent tonsillitis, sleep apnoea, lymphoma, cancer, halitosis, etc. When tonsils are diseases, removal of them may be necessary.
#tonsillectomy myth:
2. Tonsillectomy is extremely painful.
Yes and no. Because of its location and anatomical position, it is uncomfortable. But there are surgical and anaesthetic techniques today to reduce that pain which your surgeon can discuss with you. It’s manageable.
2. Tonsillectomy is extremely painful.
Yes and no. Because of its location and anatomical position, it is uncomfortable. But there are surgical and anaesthetic techniques today to reduce that pain which your surgeon can discuss with you. It’s manageable.
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3. You only eat jelly and ice cream for 2 weeks after a tonsillectomy.
Nope. You eat normal food. The more normal your diet the better. Good pain management in the operation and after that will help you with returning to normal diet.
3. You only eat jelly and ice cream for 2 weeks after a tonsillectomy.
Nope. You eat normal food. The more normal your diet the better. Good pain management in the operation and after that will help you with returning to normal diet.
