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Hospital bill sent for a suspected kidney stone
  • 7k for a noncontrast CT scan is absurd. As is the $700 CMP. And then charging around $1900 for nurses to hang IV fluids and two medications when the ER visit itself is only billed at $1700? Bonkers.

    When I look up surgical code payback numbers, my 1-2 hour surgeries rarely top $3k. So this hospital is really reaching with some of its numbers.

  • (TW:Belly Button Wound?) I'm guessing this isn't good but is it too bad?
  • I am a doctor, not your doctor.

    First, you need to clean the area with soap and water. It's hard to say a lot with the way it looks now.

    Second, that looks like a fungal infection. You can treat it OTC with athlete's foot medications or something for ringworm. I usually say topical terbinafine, which is the generic in a lot of those creams.

    Third, might be less popular, but I'd encourage shaving the area. Hair makes it hard to care for or cleanse wounds. There are slightly higher rates of infection in situations like perioperative infections, but for fine care, it'll be way easier for you.

  • Going to hell? We're already here!
  • The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can't be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren't actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can't profit from? They can make money from those transactions.

  • Weston Wamp, Helton, Several Legislators Urge VW Workers Not To Vote In UAW
  • Went to school with Weston Wamp. His dad was a professional congresscritter, and it was pretty clear all he was ever interested in was politics. Not very bright, not very athletic, but always shaking hands. I doubt he has any real understanding of the situation outside what an advisor told him. He won the Special Olympics of jobs, since he was running as a Republican for local elections in Tennessee. I value his opinion just slightly more than my dogs, as I suspect he knows not to eat his own poop, but he's basically just a fine combination of nepotism and entitlement and shouldn't be allowed to counsel people unless it's on how to make a career without any marketable skills.

  • College Football @lemmy.world ArmyTiger @lemmy.world

    Farewell to another college football season

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