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So today at work, something was brought to my attention, and it's really intriguing to me.
It's the premise that women with lower back tattoos (tramp stamps) may not be able to get epidurals in Canada because the ink gets into the spinal cord/tissue, and due to the lack of medical research, anaethesiologists are reluctant to perform them. According to the report from the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, they're not really sure either, although some cases of neuropathy and other conditions have been reported.
They intend to research this more since more and more women have these lower lumbar tattoos, and in the meantime, it's up to the anaesthesiologist to whether they want to give the epidural, not give them, or cut a section of skin out before giving them.
I'd totally count this as a major con when choosing a tattoo site.
It's the premise that women with lower back tattoos (tramp stamps) may not be able to get epidurals in Canada because the ink gets into the spinal cord/tissue, and due to the lack of medical research, anaethesiologists are reluctant to perform them. According to the report from the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, they're not really sure either, although some cases of neuropathy and other conditions have been reported.
They intend to research this more since more and more women have these lower lumbar tattoos, and in the meantime, it's up to the anaesthesiologist to whether they want to give the epidural, not give them, or cut a section of skin out before giving them.
I'd totally count this as a major con when choosing a tattoo site.
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it's just, to summarize
"doctor's --> BAH!"
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I mean, my background is in Biology, so I find this article in particular to be like a frickin' train wreck. I'm glad someone else is reading critically (it's part of the reason I posted this article in particular).
It intrigues me because despite the utter lack of information (plural of anecdote does not make data), doctors seem to be legitimately concerned about this.
Have I ever mentioned how screwed the medical system is with regard to women? Possibly men too, but especially women. It took the medical profession like 20 years to clue in that general anaesthesia does not affect women the same way it affects men, and women revive from the same dose about 20% faster than men. You can figure out how they discovered this right?
Hell, I still want to meet my new doctor and ask him junk like "Fibromyalgia is a real disease: True or False?"
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it never occured to me that women exhibit totally different symptoms for heart attack until my mom had one, and she's a research HOUND when it comes to debunking medical sacred cows...
but shit, yah, i think we're on the same page...
So, how did they discover it? having women come OUT of anaesthesia in the middle of surgery?
It DOES appear some Doctor's would be hesitant to perform epidural's, but i still maintain it's likely a cultural bias...
Did i ever tell you about the time two summers ago i had strep and the doctor asked me if i had been sucking cock lately? Purely because the walk in clinic i went to was Church and Bloor.
Or the time i had the m ups and the Walk in doc did a full battery of tests for sexual disseases? I found out because the doctor i went to get the results was younger and he mentioned that the doctor did all these other tests with my blood "cause you look questionable". He had put it right in the notes. I DID look like a long haired greasy garage mechanic back in my 20's but...
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I could sort of see the question from the doctor since a gonorhea infection in the throat has similar symptoms to strep... but holy god, use some tact. As much as we would love our doctors to be unbiased... they're not... they're human and hopfully doing the best they can without burning out.
Indeed, women were coming out of anaesthesia in the middle of surgery—a lot—and then they thought...maybe there is something to this . Hell I've come out of anaesthesia in the middle of surgery (I was displeased).
Almost all new medications are tested on men aged 18-35. Hello? We're still trying to get past the premise that women are not men with ovaries, and children are not little adults. I was prescribed a medication for my stomach when I was 19 called Cytotec, and it does a great job protecting the stomach... but it's also called RU-486 in Britain and no one thought to mention this to a young woman.
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yup, so i asked what the difference would be, and he said he'd proscribe the same thing. Penecillin. So actually, he just wanted to ask me...
"I was prescribed a medication for my stomach when I was 19 called Cytotec, and it does a great job protecting the stomach... but it's also called RU-486 in Britain and no one thought to mention this to a young woman."
JEEBUS!!!
and.. i look fine now, almost gentlemanly ;)
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heh
;)