The longer I wait, the greater my reluctance to go see a doctor. Because last time, after a similar wait, I went in for *one tiny thing* — and it turned into surgery and a two-night stay.
Actually, antibiotic resistant bacteria are largely, if not entirely, “bred” in the 3rd world, where every year hundreds of millions of individuals take very short course of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are extremely expensive for people living on a few dollars a day, so they only buy the smallest amount of antibiotic that relieves their obvious symptoms but they don’t take enough to kill off all the bacteria infecting them. The ones that remain are the most resistant. The same infection can reoccur repeatedly in the same individual over a course of many years. Each time, short doses of antibiotics cull the susceptible bacteria leaving only the resistant.
Eventually, the resistant bacteria migrate to the developed world.
Lipitor? If I google this word, all I get is a series of warnings saying that it’s not safe for those with liver disease, pregnancy, illness, etc. (Basically not safe for people who are alive)… Eventually I found something that said it was a medicine for high cholesterol, which makes sense, as that’s what this comic is about. It’s something I’ve never encountered before. Thankyou for teaching me about the world!
I’m planning to get myself a full body check up. I’m really really worried that I got Walter White’d after the result’s out.
It doesn’t mean I will cook meth, I probably pick the weenier version, like making candies…. or cupcake….. illegally.
YOU MONSTER
The longer I wait, the greater my reluctance to go see a doctor. Because last time, after a similar wait, I went in for *one tiny thing* — and it turned into surgery and a two-night stay.
I’m not sure if doctor visits are the cause of ailments, though there has been theory to that effect.
Well, hospitals are full of sick people, which means they’re full of germs.
And it’s where all the really nasty, antibiotic resistant ones are bred.
Actually, antibiotic resistant bacteria are largely, if not entirely, “bred” in the 3rd world, where every year hundreds of millions of individuals take very short course of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are extremely expensive for people living on a few dollars a day, so they only buy the smallest amount of antibiotic that relieves their obvious symptoms but they don’t take enough to kill off all the bacteria infecting them. The ones that remain are the most resistant. The same infection can reoccur repeatedly in the same individual over a course of many years. Each time, short doses of antibiotics cull the susceptible bacteria leaving only the resistant.
Eventually, the resistant bacteria migrate to the developed world.
A friend was put on a low-cholesterol diet, and he said that after a while he figured out how it worked: “If it tastes good, spit it out.”
That suppository looks like giving birth in reverse.
Yeah. That sound about right.
“Ma’am, your cholesterol’s so high, you should be sweating gravy.”
The nutritional value of your body? Are you trying to help out some cannibals, or what?
Lipitor? If I google this word, all I get is a series of warnings saying that it’s not safe for those with liver disease, pregnancy, illness, etc. (Basically not safe for people who are alive)… Eventually I found something that said it was a medicine for high cholesterol, which makes sense, as that’s what this comic is about. It’s something I’ve never encountered before. Thankyou for teaching me about the world!