Sick Enough

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

You might be surprised about some of the conditions that don't qualify a person to be hospitalized. In this episode, we discuss a few of these conditions. We also talk about some of the social issues that unnecessarily bring people to the hospital.

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Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Ever wonder why antibiotics cause upset stomachs and diarrhea? We answer this question and more as we talk about a nasty bacteria called Clostridium Difficile. This pathogen causes horrific diarrhea and abdominal pain, and can prove lethal if left untreated. It's particularly common in the hosp...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Today we're talking about Medication Reconciliations. This is the process doctors go through to get you started on your usual medications when you're in the hospital and it's a LOT harder than you would think. Do yourself a favor and keep an updated copy of your medication list on you...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Today we're talking about Diverticulitis. This is when diverticula (plural for diverticulum, a benign outpouching in the colon that we all get) get inflamed and possibly infected. Unsurprisingly this causes severe pain! We talk about what symptoms people get with this condition. We also talk ab...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Today's episode is about inflammation of the pancreas, or pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is probably one of the most consistently painful conditions we encounter. In this episode we talk about what causes pancreatitis, and we talk about the way we go about treating it.

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Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Today's episode is about liver cirrhosis. The liver can withstand a lot of damage, but after a certain point it loses it's ability to recover and regenerate. We talk about the role the liver plays, and the symptoms we see in patients with cirrhosis. We also talk about some of the common ca...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

This episode is all about bleeding in the GI tract, which doctors call (shocker) a GI Bleed. In this episode we talk about the difference between upper and lower GI bleeds. We talk about the causes of GI bleeds. We also talk about what your doctor will do to treat it, and what you can expect if you&...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Have you ever heard of the duodenum? What's the difference between the colon and large intestine? Ever wondered what the appendix actually does? Have you ever wondered why you get hiccups? We're beginning a series on gastrointestinal topics (like GI bleeding), but before  we delve into how...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

If you had to call an ambulance right now, would you know what to take with you to the hospital? I personally think it's not a bad idea to keep a simple bag packed with a few essentials (like a cellphone charger) in case you urgently have to go to the hospital, or in case you are hospitalized a...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Tyler has noticed a baffling trend: when some patients hear that their tests have come back negative, they're not relieved... they're upset! We talk about a few examples we've each experienced, and we discuss some of the possible reasons behind this strange phenomenon.

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Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

There's a group of doctors who only work at night called "nocturnists." Its a foreboding name, but they're actually some of the hospitals biggest superheroes. In this episode, we discuss the precarious schedule and difficulties of being a nocturnist. We discuss some of the reason...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

If you've ever read your doctor's notes, you may have seen the term "noncompliance" or "non-adherence" written in your chart. In this episode, we explain what these terms mean. We discuss some of the different ways patients can be noncompliant, the dangerous consequence...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Are you allergic to penicillin? Tyler bets that you aren't! There are a number of misconceptions about medication allergies, and patients can really limit their care when they claim an allergy (especially to antibiotics) that they don't have. In this episode, we discuss what constitutes a ...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

What should you do if you wake up feeling sick? How would you go about getting tested for COVID? Should you call anyone? Should you get seen by your doctor? Should you go to the ER? What should you do if you test positive for COVID? Tyler and I have been answering these questions and more for family...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

If you came down with COVID today, you would need to quarantine and stay at home, but do you have everything you need? Do you have enough acetaminophen and cold medicine? Do you have a thermometer or pulse oximeter? Do you have a way of testing yourself? Early on in the pandemic, I put together a sm...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Today's episode is about COVID. In this episode we discuss the COVID clinical syndrome. We talk about the typical and not-so-typical symptoms. We talk about who's at greatest risk, and share some tools you can use to assess your risk of having a bad outcome from COVID. We discuss the time ...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

What happens when a pneumonia doesn't clear up with antibiotics? This episode is about a motley cluster of diseases known as interstitial lung diseases. These diseases are generally chronic lung diseases with a variety of causes from occupational exposures (like asbestosis) to idiopathic (which...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

This episode is about DVTs (deep vein clots), and PEs (pulmonary emboli- clots in the arteries of the lungs). These deadly clots are something that hospitalists encounter on practically a daily basis. In this episode, we why these clots happen; how they're diagnosed; how we treat them; and what...

Welcome to Sick Enough, the podcast about hospital doctors, hospital issues, and the health conditions we commonly encounter.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease that we commonly encounter in the hospital, and it's usually a consequence of tobacco abuse, though age and genetic factors can also play a role. In this episode, we discuss what COPD is, and how it can suddenly cause severe ...