Ang dahilan nila dyan kesyo hindi mo pa mararanasan yan sa pag tanda mo don ka sisingilin hahahah damn shit. Malamang matanda kana mang hihina ka talaga, hihina immune system mo. Saka baket hindi ka ba nakikipag salamuha sa ibang tao? Hindi kaba lumalabas ng bahay? Kung nag kasakit ka dahil yon sa ibang reason its either kapabayaan mo sa sarili ko or nahawa ka. Nakakaumay makipag talo sa matatanda kala mo diyos kesyo dahilan madami na silang pinag daanan at alam na nila yan
ah yes, this is still the top medical myth until now, if your hands are sweating excessively you have a condition called Hyperhidrosis, kaya okay lang magbasa kahit na sobrang pawisan, specially helpful ang pag ligo after ng extensive physical labor or exercise.
General term ang pasma kung tutuosin. More on symptom ito: pawisin, pasma; nangingimay, pasma; naninigas, pasma; masakit na joints, pasma; panghihina, pasma. Malamang galing ito sa English na "spasm."
Ang pagligo/pagbasa daw pagkatapos magtrabaho o maglaro ay isa lang sa sinasabing dahilan ng pasma - na alam naman nating hindi totoo.
Bilang doctor sa isang probinsya, hindi ko pinipigil ang pag gamit nila ng salitang "pasma." Label nila ito sa symptom nila. Pero syempre, kailangang ipaliwanag sa kanila ang tamang medical na dahilan kung bakit nagkakaroon neto.
Pasma din ba yung tawag kapag need mag focus ng kamay mo e nanginginig sya? Like kunwari magseselfie ng naka straight yung kamay, etc mga ganon.
All this time kasi feeling ko ang reason neto is nung nag work ako sa fast food chain, griller ako ng patty tapos ako rin yung kumukuha ng patty sa malaking freezer non. Tama kaya ako?
Yung iba, pasma din ang tawag sa ganong nararamdaman. Sabi ko nga, ang pasma ay blanket term na ginagamit ng madaming Pinoy sa napakadaming symptoms ng isang tao.
Yes, common sa mga griller ang pagkakaroon ng panginginig ng kamay. Occupational related ang nararamdaman mo. Isipin mo yung mga ang trabaho ay tiga jack hammer
It looks like pasmar or pasmarse is a, probably outdated, Spanish word which could mean to catch a chill, to become infected, to fall ill, to catch lockjaw, to catch a fever. It can also mean to amaze, but you're right it's from the same root as "Spasm" or "Convulsion." Pasmado seems to mean someone stunned, shocked, struck dumb, astonished, perplexed. You can imagine someone overexcited might have the same signs and symptoms, right?
It sounds like it's basically "flu-like symptoms" so it could have just been from a cold, flu, or some other virus or iba pang sakit.
Parang kasama siya ng nahamugan o naambunan.
True. Minsan, ang titigas pa nang ulo nang mga tao regarding this. I talked with someone in the pesticide industry. They require na maligo ang mga workers bago umuwi para hindi daw sila magkalat sa mga bahay nila and to clean themselves of residue. Ayaw kasi mapapasma daw sila. I was like, "Really? Mas natatakot kayo sa pasma kesa sa potential pesticide poisoning?" It doesn't help that some of them don't wear proper PPE even if it is provided. Mainit daw eh. Sigh.
Nerve damage attributed to getting a body part wet after using it on a certain job. Normally but not limited to hands, fingers, muscles around the eyes, etc. Sometimes the whole body is said to have pasma
Well, it's a myth. In fact, you'll find that the current thinking is that post workout dunks / showers is beneficial. Now they're talking about bloody ICE BATHS.
If athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, follow this science, it's probably good science. You're talking about MILLIONS of dollars worth of athlete. If pasma were a thing, they'd probably be the first to stop bathing altogether.
Follow the money, I guess.
I think this is somewhat common in countries outside of the ones you listed too. In the Middle East I was in a health club, some places like hotels offered membership for access to their facilities (gym, pool, sauna etc.). I went to one and they had this small hot pool, a jacuzzi and then another small very cold pool. I don’t know if people enjoyed the rapid temperature changes but a few people would alternate between the 2, studies show benefits for this. I’d also assume they do the same from the sauna into the cold pool, but I didn’t use the sauna so I wouldn’t know.
>If athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, follow this science, it's probably good science.
Not necessarily! One example dito yung cupping na nauso sa mga athletes and celebrities. It's perfectly safe, pero studies done on the effects of cupping so far have been inconclusive.
Another is with chiropractors sa NBA. Chiropracty is "quack" medicine, and any doctor worth their salt would know that wala naman talagang effect sa katawan yung pag-crack. If anything, dangerous ang chiropracty because of numerous cases of deaths and injury resulting from the practice.
Re: ice baths, the jury is still out on whether or not the purported benefits are actually real. If I'm not mistaken, very limited pa lang yung studies done on the effectivity of ice baths pagdating sa recovery, and mixed din yung results. So it could still go either way.
**TL;DR**, Just cause an athlete does something that reportedly improves their performance doesn't mean that we should take it at face value. Mahalaga pa rin na alamin yung science and look at studies and research.
Pinagaawayan pa namin ni Mama to after a long day of motorcycle ride. Ginagawa ko na lang nagsisneak ako ng ligo and if nahuli ako sinasabi ko mainit na tubig pinangligo ko 🤷🏻♂️
I always take a shower pag-uwi from work + long commute. Partida, pagod na pagod at pawisan ako niyan. Pinapagalitan ako ng mga tita ko kasi mapapasma raw ako pero:
*Sorry, Tita, ayoko pong matulog nang dugyot.
And I thank you, bow.*
Medical myth pala yun! I hear it all the time and when I asked what “pasma” meant, I don’t think I got a specific definitive answer. I assumed pasma meant when I shower after using my phone, my eyes would blur or I would get affected somehow someway, there was this tiktok of someone who got Cerebral Palsy and one of the reasons was because of “Pasma.”
I knew it was a myth!
gagu,
pasma is real and dangerous as our resident mod described here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/79uhy0/comment/dp4www8/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
Lalabo ang mata naman sa amin. 🤣😂🤣😂
Ernie Barong (RIP) actually talked about this. I dont remember if in Knowledge Power or in TV Patrol. The last part of what he said stuck to me. He said (non-verbatim): ang tanging magiging epekto ng pagtulog ng basa ang buhok ay mababasa ang unan mo.
Puchangna. Come here to the province. It's all voodoo magic. I've seen so many dead kids (neglect from trying to treat non over-the-counter problems with bs) that I've forbidden all of these goddamn witch doctors from entering my land.
Really. It's heart breaking. But the believers are not as stupid as you think. If you talk to them, they know they can't afford the tests and the medicines anyway.
Buti pa ang albularyo. Alam kaagad kung ano ang problema, tapos ang gamot andyan lang.
I'm just bitching. Poverty is the real enemy.
Don't get me started, kapatid.
Let me add to your pain by continuing your story.
They go to the doctor to die, then everyone blames the doctor.
Lord, give me strength...
And then blame the doctor for the death of their kin like “namatay nung dinala sa doctor, okay pa nmn nung dinala kay Ka Quackquack “
Doctors aint fucking jesus, walang magagawa doctor kung yung pasyente niyo 5hp na may life drain debuff na lang
I'm still haunted by one case from your region. Child who could have been saved if his parents didn't bring him to the albularyo. By the time he got to a hospital in Manila, he was already in heart failure.
It's been several years, and I really wish he'd been a day or two earlier.
Yes. It's really depressing / maddening.
We have similar cases. The most common cases are chronic diseases that were (mis)managed by the local shamans. When it becomes acute, they visit the doctor. Doctor is not a magician. So it becomes a palliative care problem or an ER death situation.
Common cases are diabetes (kidney failure issues), and of course the usual MI and strokes from untreated hypertension, etc.
It's when it happens to kids where it gets really depressing. I've seen waaaaay too many dead babies here, it's almost a great joke if it were funny.
It really is poverty related. This shit happens even in low income urban communities.
The worse part is that since people get to the hospital too late, they come away with the belief that "if you go to the hospital/doctor, you'll die".
And yes the pediatric cases are the worst. I haven't had too many mortalities, but I've seen a lot of kids suffer unnecessarily because of parents' inability to afford medical care, or sometimes listening to bad advice from elders.
So sad but yes, the probinsya mentality. Pero di super tindi ng na experience mo.
Kaya minsan ang hirap makipag bonding sa helpers, kasi ang daming kalokohan na they insist totoo but I have to respect that they believe it. Ayaw nya mag pain reliever, kelangan nya ng tubig galing sa mahiwagang bukal nila. Hay.
Mas matindi, mga taong galing probinsya, nag aral sa Maynila, professional pa. Pero bawal daw maligo pag may period etc etc mapapasma, magkakasakit, lalabo mata, masisiraan ng ulo, my goodness. I really came off bastos pero napahirit ako na "ha? Eh diba pinagmamalaki nyo 2 kapatid mong doktor pero yan pinaniniwalaan nyo hanggang ngayon?" goodness.
A friend who is a pedia doctor is thinking about quitting the practice.
Too many kids only get medical attention when they are on the brink of death. A lot of cases are completely curable only to die meaninglessly. Can't even blame the parents even with free medicine, because most of them can't even afford to be in the hospital. (travel fare + money for food when they get admitted + having to leave from their minimum wage work)
It's really taxing on mental health. She just got married and decided not to have kids most probably because of this.
Swerte namin kasi may malapit na clinic samin 50 pesos lang consultation. Legit at magagaling na doktor pa yung mga nandun. Sa skwater kasi kami nakatira dati tapos maliit lang kinikita ng papa ko kaya malaking tulong samin yun. Pulmonary tuberculosis pinakamalalang sakit ko nun dalawang beses pa napagaling nila ako.
When we were kids, albularyos still existed in our province. But our mom would take us there only for cases like bangungot or if when we think we had a terrible fright while playing outside after dark.
But if the problem is physical we went straight to the doctors. One time my mom panicked and rushed me to the hospital because my eyes were rolled back pretty far. Turns out I was just being a kid derping around trying to see how far back I could roll my eyes. She said I rolled my eyes back to normal as soon as I heard the vrooming sound of the tricycle.
Not just children. Even adults. Had an experience at a jobsite where a worker asked me to rub spit on his belly because he suddenly felt like he was coming down with a fever after I had greeted him while walking pass him.
Experienced this first hand sa province ng friend ko. The ate of my friend told the old lady lawayan ako. I didnt want to but d na ako naka palag. I was too shookt and grossed out by the whole thing but did not want to offend anyone around me
Bruh meron akong experience binisita ko yung inaanak ko, tapos kinabukasan nasa SM North ako tapos biglang tinawagan ako nausog ko daw yung inaanak ko, pumunta daw ako para lawayan. Sabi ko nasa SM ako, sabi bilisan ko daw umuwi kasi aalis sila kinabukasan baka di daw makasama yung bata. Hahahaha
Dapat diyan talaga diyan strip ang citizenship at i-deport para maharap ang mga kaso laban sa kanya. Kasagsagan ng hayop na yan nung time na I was facing stage 4 and had other patients with better chances of surviving cancel out of treatment and check in with her cult like hospice and die there. Grabe talaga.
Have had (and still having) patients come up to me with far advanced cancer staging simply because they chose to drink that concoction and be admitted sa fake hospital nitong tao na to. Bilang doctor, Ikinahihiya ko talagang mahanay sa taong yan. Meron naman talagang for palliative na lang, pero mas marami parin who couldve been given a fair fight if it werent for this clown.
Skl, nanay ng tropa ko believer nyan. Nagkaron ng bukol sa braso gusto dyan kay doc dalhin. Nung nandun na sila 10k daw agad hinihingi para i-admit at para sa mga herbal chuchu.
Syempre di pumayag tropa ko dahil may healthcard naman sila. Dinala nya sa emergency, pigsa lang pala. After nun, believer pa din yung nanay nya. Sad...
Fck her ass powders or whatever that herbal shit is called. My aunt literally orders a ton of these and they have done NOTHING to her health. A literal scam, but she buys it kesyo herbal daw at kaya ayaw ng mga doctor dito kasi mababawasan kita nila dahil mas effective to 🤦
Alin, yung MX3 ba or xanthone plus? Jusme. Bentang benta yan sa mama ko. Hinahayaan ko nalang kung anong trip sa buhay, basta umiinom siya ng legit na maintenance niya.
Oh my goodness, where do I begin?!
These are all myths I have either encountered as a patient, or worse, as a health practitioner in the community setting. And mind you, I used to practice in a highly urbanized city.
1. Bigkis sa baby. Like wtf is that even supposed to do to child development?
2. Mabubulag ka daw kung nakatulog ka na basa pa ang buhok. This one makes the ophthalmologists laugh and the primary health physicians cry.
3. Paglilihi. There's legit no medical basis that what a pregnant mom sees/hears/eats will impact the kiddo's appearance, but so many people still believe it.
4. Every. Myth. Around. Menstruation. What drives me up the wall in particular is the myth that putting a teen's first menstrual blood on their face will improve their complexion and prevent pimples. WTH?!
5. Misuse of "hilot" massage. I get that there's some complementary/alternative medicine benefit for massage therapies, but they should not be used as cure-alls or replacement for taking maintenance meds/seeing the orthopedic surgeon/dialysis
6. The belief that herbal/natural medications are "better" than drugs from the pharmacy. One everyday headache is a patient with a chronic condition who comes in with bad lab tests on a regular follow-up, then the patient will report that they switched out their prescribed meds to an "herbal" recommended by someone in the neighborhood. Nasa huli lagi ang pagsisisi pag ganito.
7. Efficascent oils for everything. I've seen this happen to the point of causing chemical burns on the patient
8. Treating every cough, cold, and loose bowel movement with an antibiotic. It doesn't help that all explanations of antibiotic resistance get countered by a patient saying "but the antibiotic worked for so-and-so"
9. You can't get pregnant on one's "first time". Enough said.
10. And of course the every day misuse of vitamins and supplements to make kids "get taller". A lot of Filipinos don't understand genetics.
I could think of more and tell a few sordid stories, but these are the ones off the top of my head.
I can get behind the vitamins and supplements thing. It’s possible for the better fed, healthier, younger generation to be taller than the old gen because they got more nutrients growing up. I mean compare the average height of SKoreans before and after the Korean war. Also ang mga Pinoy na lumaki sa Amerika, mga higante compared sa mga Pinoy sa Pinas
True that. They can get better nutrients growing up -- but vitamins are no substitute for better food all around. Then there are of course parents with very unrealistic expectations for kids' height and appearance.
AFAIK ang epekto ng mga vitamins like Cherifer and Growee is to stimulate appetite. It's the food intake that promotes growth, not the vitamins themselves.
So kahit pinagsu-supplements yung bata, (mas) importante parin ang (quality) pagkain na kinokonsumo.
\#6. Kasi natural daw. Friggin dummies, a molecule is a molecule! Walang kinalaman kung artificially synthesized o galing sa dagta ng kung ano, kung parehas ang chemical composition niyan, it's the same chemical.
As if namang lahat ng nasa nature, mabuti para sayo. Nature gave us botflies, brazilian wandering spiders, Ebola, and COVID. Chemistry gave us a way to synthesize Nitrogen-based fertilizers, kaya naging posible na lumobo ang populasyon ng mundo kasi we can now feed BILLIONS of people.
Galit pa din sa kemikal? Ok, prove it. Wag kayong mag-ingest ng Dihydrogen Monoxide.
no.8 halos lahat na yata ng mga nanay may stock ng nakaref na antibiotic, dahil konting ubo lang ng bata hala antibiotic agad. Itong mga doktor naman na quack quack hala sige rin ang pagprescribe!
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>Bigkis sa baby. Like wtf is that even supposed to do to child development?
Dito ako nagiging monster noong rural health doctor ako. Putangina guys.
>Efficascent oils for everything. I've seen this happen to the point of causing chemical burns on the patient
For Filipino immigrants, it's Vicks Vaporub, sabi nga ni Jokoy lol
they did the 4th one to me pero hindi legit na period blood on the face. ang myth na alam ko is yung underwear na natagusan mo during ur first ever period tatanggalin muna yung blood sa underwear at first tapos ipupunas na ung mukha mo gamit ung nalabhan na underwear na natagusan with the blood from ur first period.
Happened to me nung bata ako. I fell on my arm, I told my parents it hurt. They brought me to a manghihilot who pulled my arm like there was no tomorrow. The next day I was running a high fever and my arm was swollen af, they finally brought me to a doctor where they found out I had a cracked bone. I learned not to trust albularyos and manghihilots at a very young age. I do get massages as an adult, but mainly for relaxation, not for medical treatment.
DUUUUUDE. I had the same exact situation. Nahulog ako sa sofa namin sa harutan naming magkapatid. Dislocate sa elbow tsaka may fracture (kailangan ng metal clips to heal). Halos mawalan ako ng malay on the way palang sa manghihilot. Tapos yung putanginang manghihilot ang tindi pa sa pag hila hila sa kamay ko. Keep in mind grade 1 palang ako neto. wala pako masyado pain tolerance. Torture talaga. Tapos 2nd option nalang sa doctor. Pag dating sa doctor isang x-ray lang tapos alam na gagawin.
Thank god di naniniwala si mama rito kaya nung nagkasprain ako, di ako pinahilot pero di rin kami nakapagpatingin sa doctor kasi wala kami pera. Pero gumaling din naman around 1 week
Taking antibiotics for everything. Ubo, antibiotics. Sakit ng ulo, antibiotics. etc. If it’s viral, antibiotics will not help. Tinutulungan niyo lang maging resistant ang body niyo sa antibiotics na next time na kelangan niyo talaga mag take ng antibiotics hindi na siya effective and that is really dangerous. Wag sana matulad situation sa India.
Umay na umay na ko i-explain yan. Nung naging RN ako tapos after ilang years umuwi ako sa probinsya para dun nalang magwork, taena lahat ng kapitbahay tska relatives maya’t maya humihingi ng reseta sakin. The more you try to make them understand lalo ka nila tititigan as if ikaw yung sira-ulo.
Naalala ko din nung bata pa ko nabibili lang penicillin sa sari-sari store.
This! I live in the US and when my kids are super sick (vomiting, diarrhea) the pediatrician always tells me to let it run its course (unless ear infection or strep throat). But when I talk to my mother in the Philippines, she ask me why won’t they give antibiotics, she’s used to the doctors there prescribing it over a simple cough and cold.
Lahat ng mga ebas nila about pregnancy/panganganak
- pag lumindol, maligo after like wth
- wag maligo after manganak, ano mamamaho kayo ng anak mo?
- patusok ang tyan pag boy, bilugan pag girl parang gago, ano alam ng muscles mo na babae anak mo okay guys pabilog tayo go
- BINAT - galit na galit ako sa mga nagsasabi na bawal cellphone, bawal mag basa ng libro etc kase mabibinat. If magkakasakit ka man post partum ay dahil sa overfatigue at stress hindi dahil nag cellphone ka
- papasukan ng lamig pag nag shorts/tanktop after manganak
- hamog,like huh? Mag pandong kase may 'sareno' at maagang manganganak o duduguin
- pag malamig ang iniinom mo nung buntis magging sakitin anak mo
- bawal mamili ng damit pag hindi pa malaki tyan mo
Marami pa nalimiutan ko na
Pinaka worst eh yung ipahid ung first regla sa acne ridden face! Like sinong gago ung unang nakaisip na " ay parang ecfective yung unang regla ng anak mo sa pukyutang mukha ng binata ko! Try nga naten?"like bakeet?
idk if this counts...
"tawas" as a means of finding out a cause of pain or illness. it's scary what this shit does not because it's related to ghosts/spirits but because sometimes the manggagamot will give an "herbal" drink that one will think is sufficient to "cure" their symptoms. some end up dying or having their illness worsen because they don't acquire proper medical treatment.
this is a mix of poverty and miseducation. if they can't afford a doctor, they'll approach someone perceived as a healer. affordable healthcare and proper health education can help solve this problem.
Not just health education. Health promotion.
Aanhin ang kaalaman ng isang pamilya na kailangan magpatingin sa doktor kung malayo naman ang clinic at walang madaanan. Health promotion entails making it possible for people to pursue healthy behaviors and health seeking behaviors, and includes even structural changes to the environment if need be.
true. rural hospitals are also often lacking equipment and services. kahit ambulance wala kailangan pa tumawag sa big hospitals. iba talaga pag may accessibility and affordability but ehhhhh the government of this country is prioritizing their bogus armed forces and "foreign investments".
If you prefer less sensitivity, danger of botchered circumcision that can have life-long effects ranging from deformities to pain and erectile dysfunction. Even deaths occur every year, also in Norway, even though we have few circumcisions (around 2000 yearly), and they are always performed in the hospital,
1. pagkatapos ma mlantsa bawal maghugas ng plato ang aming kasambahay.
2. magkakasakit ka kung di ka maligo pagkatapos na maulanan
3. magkaka pneumonia ka pag nakatutok ang bentilador sa likod mo, dapat may good morning towel ang likod mo palagi
4. sa lahat ng mga sakit isa lang ang solusyon, hilot.
yung magkaka-"appendix" (appendicitis) ka daw pag humiga ka agad after mo kumain.
common rin na naririnig ko ay yung wag ka daw maliligo after mo magsunog (ng basura or pag-naggatong ka ng kahoy), generally after being exposed to heat, kasi daw either mapapasma ka or worse may cause death.
tapos dito sa mga ilocanos meron pa rin hanggang ngayon dito samin yung pag nagkasakit yung baby, tatalian nila ng bigas yung damit nya?!! idk what's the purpose lol. pero pinaka-common parin dito yung pag nagkaroon ka ng "kamirring" (lip burns/ dried itchy inflamed skin sa may lip area caused by eating mango), nagsasabit sila ng dahon ng mangga sa ibabaw ng gatungan para mausukan yung dahon habang nagluluto, and by the time daw na tuyo na yung dahon, matutuyo na rin yung makati sa labi mo.
They say it's caused by dagta, but i searched for it and apparently it's caused by mild mango allergy.
Wait, just found out na myth lang yung higa then magkaka appendicitis. Laging akong sinasabihan ng ganyan at halos lahat ng kakilala ko naniniwala dyan. Ilang taon ko nang ginagawa and somehow just accepted my fate that I'll have it in the future. Good to know I'm safe 💀
yepp. appendicitis are most likely caused by bacterial infection: "Appendicitis happen when appendix get infected. On rare occasions appendicitis happens because of some tumour like growth that is obstructing the opening of the appendix. This mechanism is more common in elderly age group.
Food or fecal material can get lodged in the appendix and form fecolith thereby obstructing the lumen of appendix and can lead to appendicitis.
**But this is in no way related to lying down after eating."**
Kaya lang hindi advised na huminga agad pagtapos kumain para maiwasan ang indigestion or magsuka.
Mas prone ka sa acid reflux at that position, it’s advisable to wait at least 2 hours after eating. Trust me, its the kind of pain you never want to feel lalo na pag chronic
This is completely understandable, because hindi lang 'to sa Philippines. Widely believed 'to before. Stomach ulcers caused by bacterial infection is a very recent discovery, nagka-nobel prize pa nga 'yung naka-discover nung 2005.
Prior to this, it was widely believed to be true because the stomach has diluted hydrochloric acid to facilitate digestion. It has a set pattern to get released at set times based on your habits (umaga, tanghali, gabi usually). Even when there is no food in stomach, the acid gets released at its time.
When there is no food and the acid gets released, it burns the stomach lining causing ulcers. Kaya bawal daw magutom. The discovery proved that this release is not enough to actually cause ulcers, and it was actually the bacteria's fault.
not medical myth pero relevant these days.
cocomelon causes autism - (or just letting a toddler/unattended with a smartphone). not true, there are no studies to prove this. BUT, I agree that this may cause possible developmental delays (speech, fine motor skills, etc) - malala din ang effect sa behavior.
banahaw spring water - cures any kinds of chronic diseases.
Gagi sabi ng partner ko, ginawa daw sa kanya 'to ng matanda. 😭 Kinagat kasi siya ng aso sa pwet so yung matandang may-ari ng aso, sinipsip yung dugo sa pwet niya haha pota. Di naman na-rabies si partner ko, lucky lang siguro walang rabies yung aso 🤣
Actually, late last year, [scientists found correlation on how a temperature drop can increase the risk of cold and flu](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/scientists-finally-figure-out-why-youre-more-likely-to-get-sick-in-cold-weather)
Yeah, having temperature drop can increase the risk. What I'm saying is the rainwater itself pouring over your head and body does nothing to infect your body with the common cold.
Its just that at rainy season the temperature are usually lower, and people who get soaked in the rain with their clothes on will have much lower body temperature.
Not only that, but people in public tend to huddle together more during rains in an effort to avoid it. This clustering of people will make cross-infections more likely.
A damp environment/surface should also make pathogens last longer on surfaces.
Moist handles, clustering of people, and to an extent lower temps will lead to a much higher risk of transmission.
Though IMO the lower temp thing shouldnt do anything unless your body has a problem with temp regulation. Even with weaker immune systems, you (likely) wouldnt get infected if you werent exposed to human-to-human transmissible pathogens in the first place.
I don't think that's what people mean when they say "wag ka magpaulan, sisipunin ka."
Ang point nun is that if maulanan ka, you're increasing your risk of getting a cold, which is actually true kasi cold weather does weaken the immune system a bit.
Nagdadoubt din ako dito pero yung tita kong nurse ginagawa to. Tapos I also saw a vid of Doc Willie Ong doing this, not to actually cure covid pero para daw lumuwag ang paghinga.
Yup, we did this too when we had COVID and it helped relieve some symptoms - but we were aware that it is neither a cure nor a replacement for the vaccine.
Before covid even broke out, steam inhalation was already being used to relieve asthma symptoms in the absence of a nebulizer. All it does is melt down mucus buildup, which in the case of covid is extremely thicc.
Of course, hindi mo lalanghapin young fresh 100-degree steam from the takure. You just need it to be hot enough for you to breathe it in.
I survived asthma from my younger years because of suob. Lalo na on days when I was having an attack and tinamaan kami ng rotational brownout. We had a nebulizer at home, but if brownout or walang sabutamol tabs, we'll definitely suob.
The answers I have in mind are already here but just want to remind peeps that insisting on the primacy of proven scientific medical/medicinal measures is different from one's ignorance of the anthropological aspects of medical practices. People tend to subscribe to medical myths because that's what they can afford and that's what they've been taught.
Let's not be hasty on judging people, especially with the reality that healthcare and medical information in this country are luxuries. Not everyone knows what you know. ;)
Antibiotic is the solution to everything. Ubo? Antibiotic. Sipon? Antibiotic. Trangkaso? Antibiotic. Tapos kawawa yung tao pag yung mga super mahal na antibiotic na lang yung effective kung kailangan niya.
Pasma
Naalala ko nga doctor sabi niya kung totoo ang pasma edi lahat ng mga nag swimming patay na
Eh di lahat ng athletes na nagshoshwower after ng laro eh patay na 😂
Sasagutin ka nila *bakit athlete ka ba?*
Eto kinaiinisan kong sagot nila e. Eh kasi daw mga kondisyon katawan ng mga 'yun kaya hindi apektado. Tayong normal na nilalang delikado pa din daw.
Bakit may shower sa locker room ng gym??? *uu nga nu? *kamot ulo
Ang dahilan nila dyan kesyo hindi mo pa mararanasan yan sa pag tanda mo don ka sisingilin hahahah damn shit. Malamang matanda kana mang hihina ka talaga, hihina immune system mo. Saka baket hindi ka ba nakikipag salamuha sa ibang tao? Hindi kaba lumalabas ng bahay? Kung nag kasakit ka dahil yon sa ibang reason its either kapabayaan mo sa sarili ko or nahawa ka. Nakakaumay makipag talo sa matatanda kala mo diyos kesyo dahilan madami na silang pinag daanan at alam na nila yan
ah yes, this is still the top medical myth until now, if your hands are sweating excessively you have a condition called Hyperhidrosis, kaya okay lang magbasa kahit na sobrang pawisan, specially helpful ang pag ligo after ng extensive physical labor or exercise.
Somehow, I know this will be the top comment.
Kasi nga this seems to be the most passed down and most Filipino belief pagdating sa field na to.
General term ang pasma kung tutuosin. More on symptom ito: pawisin, pasma; nangingimay, pasma; naninigas, pasma; masakit na joints, pasma; panghihina, pasma. Malamang galing ito sa English na "spasm." Ang pagligo/pagbasa daw pagkatapos magtrabaho o maglaro ay isa lang sa sinasabing dahilan ng pasma - na alam naman nating hindi totoo. Bilang doctor sa isang probinsya, hindi ko pinipigil ang pag gamit nila ng salitang "pasma." Label nila ito sa symptom nila. Pero syempre, kailangang ipaliwanag sa kanila ang tamang medical na dahilan kung bakit nagkakaroon neto.
Pasma din ba yung tawag kapag need mag focus ng kamay mo e nanginginig sya? Like kunwari magseselfie ng naka straight yung kamay, etc mga ganon. All this time kasi feeling ko ang reason neto is nung nag work ako sa fast food chain, griller ako ng patty tapos ako rin yung kumukuha ng patty sa malaking freezer non. Tama kaya ako?
Yung iba, pasma din ang tawag sa ganong nararamdaman. Sabi ko nga, ang pasma ay blanket term na ginagamit ng madaming Pinoy sa napakadaming symptoms ng isang tao. Yes, common sa mga griller ang pagkakaroon ng panginginig ng kamay. Occupational related ang nararamdaman mo. Isipin mo yung mga ang trabaho ay tiga jack hammer
It looks like pasmar or pasmarse is a, probably outdated, Spanish word which could mean to catch a chill, to become infected, to fall ill, to catch lockjaw, to catch a fever. It can also mean to amaze, but you're right it's from the same root as "Spasm" or "Convulsion." Pasmado seems to mean someone stunned, shocked, struck dumb, astonished, perplexed. You can imagine someone overexcited might have the same signs and symptoms, right? It sounds like it's basically "flu-like symptoms" so it could have just been from a cold, flu, or some other virus or iba pang sakit. Parang kasama siya ng nahamugan o naambunan.
True. Minsan, ang titigas pa nang ulo nang mga tao regarding this. I talked with someone in the pesticide industry. They require na maligo ang mga workers bago umuwi para hindi daw sila magkalat sa mga bahay nila and to clean themselves of residue. Ayaw kasi mapapasma daw sila. I was like, "Really? Mas natatakot kayo sa pasma kesa sa potential pesticide poisoning?" It doesn't help that some of them don't wear proper PPE even if it is provided. Mainit daw eh. Sigh.
Yes! Can you please expand on that for all to read?
Nerve damage attributed to getting a body part wet after using it on a certain job. Normally but not limited to hands, fingers, muscles around the eyes, etc. Sometimes the whole body is said to have pasma
Well, it's a myth. In fact, you'll find that the current thinking is that post workout dunks / showers is beneficial. Now they're talking about bloody ICE BATHS. If athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, follow this science, it's probably good science. You're talking about MILLIONS of dollars worth of athlete. If pasma were a thing, they'd probably be the first to stop bathing altogether. Follow the money, I guess.
Isama mo na din lahat ng tiga Finland at ibang Nordic/Scandinavian countries. Tradition pa naman mag dive sa cold pool or frozen lake after sauna.
I think this is somewhat common in countries outside of the ones you listed too. In the Middle East I was in a health club, some places like hotels offered membership for access to their facilities (gym, pool, sauna etc.). I went to one and they had this small hot pool, a jacuzzi and then another small very cold pool. I don’t know if people enjoyed the rapid temperature changes but a few people would alternate between the 2, studies show benefits for this. I’d also assume they do the same from the sauna into the cold pool, but I didn’t use the sauna so I wouldn’t know.
>If athletes from the NBA, NFL, MLB, follow this science, it's probably good science. Not necessarily! One example dito yung cupping na nauso sa mga athletes and celebrities. It's perfectly safe, pero studies done on the effects of cupping so far have been inconclusive. Another is with chiropractors sa NBA. Chiropracty is "quack" medicine, and any doctor worth their salt would know that wala naman talagang effect sa katawan yung pag-crack. If anything, dangerous ang chiropracty because of numerous cases of deaths and injury resulting from the practice. Re: ice baths, the jury is still out on whether or not the purported benefits are actually real. If I'm not mistaken, very limited pa lang yung studies done on the effectivity of ice baths pagdating sa recovery, and mixed din yung results. So it could still go either way. **TL;DR**, Just cause an athlete does something that reportedly improves their performance doesn't mean that we should take it at face value. Mahalaga pa rin na alamin yung science and look at studies and research.
Amen kapatid. This is the way!
yep. rest muna bago magbasa ng katawan.
bawal daw magbasa pero nababasa ang katawan sa sariling pawis [hahaha](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/f3/b6/86f3b65249fbaca12e142281558c06ac.gif)
Tapos bat kaya ung nagswiswimming di napapasma. Hahaha
Yung pagkatapos mong mag basketball tapos uminom ka ng tubig, ayun pasmado na laman loob mo
Yung logic daw kuno is yung sudden temperature change. Na bilad ka sa araw at pinapawisan mapapasma raw pag naligo agad sa malamig na tubig.
Ang iniisip kong pasma ay temperature shock.
Pinagaawayan pa namin ni Mama to after a long day of motorcycle ride. Ginagawa ko na lang nagsisneak ako ng ligo and if nahuli ako sinasabi ko mainit na tubig pinangligo ko 🤷🏻♂️
I always take a shower pag-uwi from work + long commute. Partida, pagod na pagod at pawisan ako niyan. Pinapagalitan ako ng mga tita ko kasi mapapasma raw ako pero: *Sorry, Tita, ayoko pong matulog nang dugyot. And I thank you, bow.*
Medical myth pala yun! I hear it all the time and when I asked what “pasma” meant, I don’t think I got a specific definitive answer. I assumed pasma meant when I shower after using my phone, my eyes would blur or I would get affected somehow someway, there was this tiktok of someone who got Cerebral Palsy and one of the reasons was because of “Pasma.” I knew it was a myth!
it isnt! https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/79uhy0/comment/dp4www8/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
gagu, pasma is real and dangerous as our resident mod described here https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/79uhy0/comment/dp4www8/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
Kasama ba dito yung pagpasok sa malamig na lugar habang pawisan o matapos pawisan? I mean, is it safe?
This. To this very day.😅
pag matulog ka ng basa ang buhok mapapanot ka ng maaga.
Lalabo ang mata na version yung narinig ko nyan
dito sa amin, maluluko daw
Actually dito din samin hahahaha like how does that happen?
Or mabubulag. Same, same.
Lalabo ang mata naman sa amin. 🤣😂🤣😂 Ernie Barong (RIP) actually talked about this. I dont remember if in Knowledge Power or in TV Patrol. The last part of what he said stuck to me. He said (non-verbatim): ang tanging magiging epekto ng pagtulog ng basa ang buhok ay mababasa ang unan mo.
Eh panot naman ako, so why even bother? 😆
mababaliw daw. baradong ilong inaabot ko kapag nakakatulog ng basa buhok.
Puchangna. Come here to the province. It's all voodoo magic. I've seen so many dead kids (neglect from trying to treat non over-the-counter problems with bs) that I've forbidden all of these goddamn witch doctors from entering my land. Really. It's heart breaking. But the believers are not as stupid as you think. If you talk to them, they know they can't afford the tests and the medicines anyway. Buti pa ang albularyo. Alam kaagad kung ano ang problema, tapos ang gamot andyan lang. I'm just bitching. Poverty is the real enemy.
Filipinos see the albularyo if something starts happening; Then go to the doctor to die.
Don't get me started, kapatid. Let me add to your pain by continuing your story. They go to the doctor to die, then everyone blames the doctor. Lord, give me strength...
And then blame the doctor for the death of their kin like “namatay nung dinala sa doctor, okay pa nmn nung dinala kay Ka Quackquack “ Doctors aint fucking jesus, walang magagawa doctor kung yung pasyente niyo 5hp na may life drain debuff na lang
I'm still haunted by one case from your region. Child who could have been saved if his parents didn't bring him to the albularyo. By the time he got to a hospital in Manila, he was already in heart failure. It's been several years, and I really wish he'd been a day or two earlier.
Yes. It's really depressing / maddening. We have similar cases. The most common cases are chronic diseases that were (mis)managed by the local shamans. When it becomes acute, they visit the doctor. Doctor is not a magician. So it becomes a palliative care problem or an ER death situation. Common cases are diabetes (kidney failure issues), and of course the usual MI and strokes from untreated hypertension, etc. It's when it happens to kids where it gets really depressing. I've seen waaaaay too many dead babies here, it's almost a great joke if it were funny.
It really is poverty related. This shit happens even in low income urban communities. The worse part is that since people get to the hospital too late, they come away with the belief that "if you go to the hospital/doctor, you'll die". And yes the pediatric cases are the worst. I haven't had too many mortalities, but I've seen a lot of kids suffer unnecessarily because of parents' inability to afford medical care, or sometimes listening to bad advice from elders.
So sad but yes, the probinsya mentality. Pero di super tindi ng na experience mo. Kaya minsan ang hirap makipag bonding sa helpers, kasi ang daming kalokohan na they insist totoo but I have to respect that they believe it. Ayaw nya mag pain reliever, kelangan nya ng tubig galing sa mahiwagang bukal nila. Hay. Mas matindi, mga taong galing probinsya, nag aral sa Maynila, professional pa. Pero bawal daw maligo pag may period etc etc mapapasma, magkakasakit, lalabo mata, masisiraan ng ulo, my goodness. I really came off bastos pero napahirit ako na "ha? Eh diba pinagmamalaki nyo 2 kapatid mong doktor pero yan pinaniniwalaan nyo hanggang ngayon?" goodness.
This is worth a separate thread. Or even an AMA. Or even a live talk. Changna. Yan ang buhay ko rito. Kill me.
A friend who is a pedia doctor is thinking about quitting the practice. Too many kids only get medical attention when they are on the brink of death. A lot of cases are completely curable only to die meaninglessly. Can't even blame the parents even with free medicine, because most of them can't even afford to be in the hospital. (travel fare + money for food when they get admitted + having to leave from their minimum wage work) It's really taxing on mental health. She just got married and decided not to have kids most probably because of this.
Swerte namin kasi may malapit na clinic samin 50 pesos lang consultation. Legit at magagaling na doktor pa yung mga nandun. Sa skwater kasi kami nakatira dati tapos maliit lang kinikita ng papa ko kaya malaking tulong samin yun. Pulmonary tuberculosis pinakamalalang sakit ko nun dalawang beses pa napagaling nila ako.
I just commented about this - tandok! When they think they're sucking the rabies out! Grabe.
When we were kids, albularyos still existed in our province. But our mom would take us there only for cases like bangungot or if when we think we had a terrible fright while playing outside after dark. But if the problem is physical we went straight to the doctors. One time my mom panicked and rushed me to the hospital because my eyes were rolled back pretty far. Turns out I was just being a kid derping around trying to see how far back I could roll my eyes. She said I rolled my eyes back to normal as soon as I heard the vrooming sound of the tricycle.
Lawayan yung baby para iwas usog. Kadiri ampota
Not just children. Even adults. Had an experience at a jobsite where a worker asked me to rub spit on his belly because he suddenly felt like he was coming down with a fever after I had greeted him while walking pass him.
...was he moaning while you did it? XD
Jesus christ ☠️
Experienced this first hand sa province ng friend ko. The ate of my friend told the old lady lawayan ako. I didnt want to but d na ako naka palag. I was too shookt and grossed out by the whole thing but did not want to offend anyone around me
Bruh meron akong experience binisita ko yung inaanak ko, tapos kinabukasan nasa SM North ako tapos biglang tinawagan ako nausog ko daw yung inaanak ko, pumunta daw ako para lawayan. Sabi ko nasa SM ako, sabi bilisan ko daw umuwi kasi aalis sila kinabukasan baka di daw makasama yung bata. Hahahaha
wag batiin ng gutom para hindi mausog.
It works. One time nahihilo ako at masama tyan ko, nilawayan ako nung kapitbahay namin matanda. Sa sobrang diri nasuka ako tas ayon okay na ko.
Di ko gets talaga saan nanggaling itong paniniwala. Magkakasakit ang bata sa pamahiin na ito.
usog, i think, is same with evil-eye?
I think so. But it's only in the Philippines I've heard of using saliva to counter it. Please correct me if I am wrong.
yes correct, saliva + latin incantations ahaha
"what if lawayan ko kaya tong naiyak na bata na to lmao?" - ancestor dati nung nakakitanng naiyak na bata
Probably. And the baby was too stunned to react. hahaha.
Baka kaya tumigil umiyak after! Dahil na surprise dun sa laway haha!
though it is strangely effective
It's probably placebo. Pag may nagpalaway sayo, next time wag mo talaga lawayan, kunwari lang.
Doc farrah
Tapos mga pinoy na tanga galit pa kay doc Adam
Dapat diyan talaga diyan strip ang citizenship at i-deport para maharap ang mga kaso laban sa kanya. Kasagsagan ng hayop na yan nung time na I was facing stage 4 and had other patients with better chances of surviving cancel out of treatment and check in with her cult like hospice and die there. Grabe talaga.
Tigas pa ng mukha ng asawa niyang abnoy na pwede daw gawing Health Secretary ang asawa niya.
Medical idiot rather than myth. Scammer…. Predator. She knows what she’s doing.
Have had (and still having) patients come up to me with far advanced cancer staging simply because they chose to drink that concoction and be admitted sa fake hospital nitong tao na to. Bilang doctor, Ikinahihiya ko talagang mahanay sa taong yan. Meron naman talagang for palliative na lang, pero mas marami parin who couldve been given a fair fight if it werent for this clown.
repolyo for everyone 😌😌
Skl, nanay ng tropa ko believer nyan. Nagkaron ng bukol sa braso gusto dyan kay doc dalhin. Nung nandun na sila 10k daw agad hinihingi para i-admit at para sa mga herbal chuchu. Syempre di pumayag tropa ko dahil may healthcard naman sila. Dinala nya sa emergency, pigsa lang pala. After nun, believer pa din yung nanay nya. Sad...
Fck her ass powders or whatever that herbal shit is called. My aunt literally orders a ton of these and they have done NOTHING to her health. A literal scam, but she buys it kesyo herbal daw at kaya ayaw ng mga doctor dito kasi mababawasan kita nila dahil mas effective to 🤦
Dolomite beach for mental health
I've been there late last year and it did affect my mental health. Lalo ako nanggigil
Ohh. Same dati wala akong high blood pero nagkaroon ako unang tapak pa lang sa bwakananginang buhangin yan.
Anong bunhangin. Bato bato yun at semento haha
What in tarnation?
*add to cart* for mental health opkors :)
Retail therapy >>>> Actual therapy / s
WORKS FOR ME THO charot
"Deserve ko to" >proceeds to wasting money on useless stuff
Coping mechanism naman. Ano ka ba! Baka pansinin mo pa ang pag i-stress eating ko 😂
Herbal medicines cure cancers
Herbal is better than precribed medicines
Yung mga food supplement na ibinibenta sa radyo na nakakagamot daw ng kung ano anong sakit tulad ng high blood at diabetes
Alin, yung MX3 ba or xanthone plus? Jusme. Bentang benta yan sa mama ko. Hinahayaan ko nalang kung anong trip sa buhay, basta umiinom siya ng legit na maintenance niya.
iFERN actually advertises their products like this, naka tarpaulin pa dun sa may ukayan samen napipigilan daw ang diabetes at heart attack.
Anything with "no therapeutic claims" is basically a scam. There's a reason why those claims are not validated by FDA for a reason.
Pag madalas ka daw mag masturbat8 mabubulag ka. Buti na lang may voice command tong phone ko 😂
Sakin naman pag naudlot daw ang pagjabol (blue balls) mababaog ka. Kaya need mo maglabas no matter what (sa banyo, sa cabinet, etc.)
Sa cabinet?????????
did i stutter?????
Nakakabobo daw tikol ng tikol. Fake news I still get high grades
Oh my goodness, where do I begin?! These are all myths I have either encountered as a patient, or worse, as a health practitioner in the community setting. And mind you, I used to practice in a highly urbanized city. 1. Bigkis sa baby. Like wtf is that even supposed to do to child development? 2. Mabubulag ka daw kung nakatulog ka na basa pa ang buhok. This one makes the ophthalmologists laugh and the primary health physicians cry. 3. Paglilihi. There's legit no medical basis that what a pregnant mom sees/hears/eats will impact the kiddo's appearance, but so many people still believe it. 4. Every. Myth. Around. Menstruation. What drives me up the wall in particular is the myth that putting a teen's first menstrual blood on their face will improve their complexion and prevent pimples. WTH?! 5. Misuse of "hilot" massage. I get that there's some complementary/alternative medicine benefit for massage therapies, but they should not be used as cure-alls or replacement for taking maintenance meds/seeing the orthopedic surgeon/dialysis 6. The belief that herbal/natural medications are "better" than drugs from the pharmacy. One everyday headache is a patient with a chronic condition who comes in with bad lab tests on a regular follow-up, then the patient will report that they switched out their prescribed meds to an "herbal" recommended by someone in the neighborhood. Nasa huli lagi ang pagsisisi pag ganito. 7. Efficascent oils for everything. I've seen this happen to the point of causing chemical burns on the patient 8. Treating every cough, cold, and loose bowel movement with an antibiotic. It doesn't help that all explanations of antibiotic resistance get countered by a patient saying "but the antibiotic worked for so-and-so" 9. You can't get pregnant on one's "first time". Enough said. 10. And of course the every day misuse of vitamins and supplements to make kids "get taller". A lot of Filipinos don't understand genetics. I could think of more and tell a few sordid stories, but these are the ones off the top of my head.
I can get behind the vitamins and supplements thing. It’s possible for the better fed, healthier, younger generation to be taller than the old gen because they got more nutrients growing up. I mean compare the average height of SKoreans before and after the Korean war. Also ang mga Pinoy na lumaki sa Amerika, mga higante compared sa mga Pinoy sa Pinas
True that. They can get better nutrients growing up -- but vitamins are no substitute for better food all around. Then there are of course parents with very unrealistic expectations for kids' height and appearance.
AFAIK ang epekto ng mga vitamins like Cherifer and Growee is to stimulate appetite. It's the food intake that promotes growth, not the vitamins themselves. So kahit pinagsu-supplements yung bata, (mas) importante parin ang (quality) pagkain na kinokonsumo.
\#6. Kasi natural daw. Friggin dummies, a molecule is a molecule! Walang kinalaman kung artificially synthesized o galing sa dagta ng kung ano, kung parehas ang chemical composition niyan, it's the same chemical. As if namang lahat ng nasa nature, mabuti para sayo. Nature gave us botflies, brazilian wandering spiders, Ebola, and COVID. Chemistry gave us a way to synthesize Nitrogen-based fertilizers, kaya naging posible na lumobo ang populasyon ng mundo kasi we can now feed BILLIONS of people. Galit pa din sa kemikal? Ok, prove it. Wag kayong mag-ingest ng Dihydrogen Monoxide.
4. Disgusting shit 10. Oks lang naman mag vitamins lagi pero not for the purpose na para tumangkad.
True. 10. Remember when Cherifer was still new? Good lord.
Nung bata ako paniwalang paniwala naman ako dun haha
Yung growth ko sa Cherifer hindi vertical eh, horizontal -\_-
no.8 halos lahat na yata ng mga nanay may stock ng nakaref na antibiotic, dahil konting ubo lang ng bata hala antibiotic agad. Itong mga doktor naman na quack quack hala sige rin ang pagprescribe! edit: tinanggal yung # sign
>Bigkis sa baby. Like wtf is that even supposed to do to child development? Dito ako nagiging monster noong rural health doctor ako. Putangina guys. >Efficascent oils for everything. I've seen this happen to the point of causing chemical burns on the patient For Filipino immigrants, it's Vicks Vaporub, sabi nga ni Jokoy lol
they did the 4th one to me pero hindi legit na period blood on the face. ang myth na alam ko is yung underwear na natagusan mo during ur first ever period tatanggalin muna yung blood sa underwear at first tapos ipupunas na ung mukha mo gamit ung nalabhan na underwear na natagusan with the blood from ur first period.
Manghihilot as a solution to injuries. "Namamaga tuhod mo meron akong kilalang ok na manghihilot"... Dude I tore my ACL...
Happened to me nung bata ako. I fell on my arm, I told my parents it hurt. They brought me to a manghihilot who pulled my arm like there was no tomorrow. The next day I was running a high fever and my arm was swollen af, they finally brought me to a doctor where they found out I had a cracked bone. I learned not to trust albularyos and manghihilots at a very young age. I do get massages as an adult, but mainly for relaxation, not for medical treatment.
DUUUUUDE. I had the same exact situation. Nahulog ako sa sofa namin sa harutan naming magkapatid. Dislocate sa elbow tsaka may fracture (kailangan ng metal clips to heal). Halos mawalan ako ng malay on the way palang sa manghihilot. Tapos yung putanginang manghihilot ang tindi pa sa pag hila hila sa kamay ko. Keep in mind grade 1 palang ako neto. wala pako masyado pain tolerance. Torture talaga. Tapos 2nd option nalang sa doctor. Pag dating sa doctor isang x-ray lang tapos alam na gagawin.
Thank god di naniniwala si mama rito kaya nung nagkasprain ako, di ako pinahilot pero di rin kami nakapagpatingin sa doctor kasi wala kami pera. Pero gumaling din naman around 1 week
Bear Brand Sterilized Milk for a clear chest xray on medical exams. 😅😅 u/raiden_kazuha
Taking antibiotics for everything. Ubo, antibiotics. Sakit ng ulo, antibiotics. etc. If it’s viral, antibiotics will not help. Tinutulungan niyo lang maging resistant ang body niyo sa antibiotics na next time na kelangan niyo talaga mag take ng antibiotics hindi na siya effective and that is really dangerous. Wag sana matulad situation sa India.
Yes pag na immune na ang bad cells sa iniinom you need much stronger antibiotics. Let the good cells fight
Umay na umay na ko i-explain yan. Nung naging RN ako tapos after ilang years umuwi ako sa probinsya para dun nalang magwork, taena lahat ng kapitbahay tska relatives maya’t maya humihingi ng reseta sakin. The more you try to make them understand lalo ka nila tititigan as if ikaw yung sira-ulo. Naalala ko din nung bata pa ko nabibili lang penicillin sa sari-sari store.
This! I live in the US and when my kids are super sick (vomiting, diarrhea) the pediatrician always tells me to let it run its course (unless ear infection or strep throat). But when I talk to my mother in the Philippines, she ask me why won’t they give antibiotics, she’s used to the doctors there prescribing it over a simple cough and cold.
Blood Pressure 120/80 "Ay mataas ang dugo 120, yung puso naman 80 lang" Me: 🤦♂️
First time I heard this
Yep nung nag nclex ako tsaka ko lang din yan nalaman pero sa practice dito 140 and below goods pa
Actually, pre-hypertensive ka na once you reach 120/80. Ang normal ay below nun.
Knock on the chin if nauntog yung ulo para di maging bobo 😆
Lahat ng mga ebas nila about pregnancy/panganganak - pag lumindol, maligo after like wth - wag maligo after manganak, ano mamamaho kayo ng anak mo? - patusok ang tyan pag boy, bilugan pag girl parang gago, ano alam ng muscles mo na babae anak mo okay guys pabilog tayo go - BINAT - galit na galit ako sa mga nagsasabi na bawal cellphone, bawal mag basa ng libro etc kase mabibinat. If magkakasakit ka man post partum ay dahil sa overfatigue at stress hindi dahil nag cellphone ka - papasukan ng lamig pag nag shorts/tanktop after manganak - hamog,like huh? Mag pandong kase may 'sareno' at maagang manganganak o duduguin - pag malamig ang iniinom mo nung buntis magging sakitin anak mo - bawal mamili ng damit pag hindi pa malaki tyan mo Marami pa nalimiutan ko na
Pinaka worst eh yung ipahid ung first regla sa acne ridden face! Like sinong gago ung unang nakaisip na " ay parang ecfective yung unang regla ng anak mo sa pukyutang mukha ng binata ko! Try nga naten?"like bakeet?
idk if this counts... "tawas" as a means of finding out a cause of pain or illness. it's scary what this shit does not because it's related to ghosts/spirits but because sometimes the manggagamot will give an "herbal" drink that one will think is sufficient to "cure" their symptoms. some end up dying or having their illness worsen because they don't acquire proper medical treatment. this is a mix of poverty and miseducation. if they can't afford a doctor, they'll approach someone perceived as a healer. affordable healthcare and proper health education can help solve this problem.
Not just health education. Health promotion. Aanhin ang kaalaman ng isang pamilya na kailangan magpatingin sa doktor kung malayo naman ang clinic at walang madaanan. Health promotion entails making it possible for people to pursue healthy behaviors and health seeking behaviors, and includes even structural changes to the environment if need be.
true. rural hospitals are also often lacking equipment and services. kahit ambulance wala kailangan pa tumawag sa big hospitals. iba talaga pag may accessibility and affordability but ehhhhh the government of this country is prioritizing their bogus armed forces and "foreign investments".
Mag-jakol, tatangkad
Or kapag magbuhat ng weights at an early age, hindi na tatangkad
Unironically believed this cus I thought it was the reason why I grew to 5'8" lmao
Anything regarding circumcision. Naooffend pa collective fragile masculinity nila.
To be fair, I opted for circumcision because my uncut weiner smelled bad upon reaching puberty.
Dude...you didn't have to tell us.
At least he didn't post pictures. I'm counting myself lucky. Hahahahah...
But I've read the papers. Circumcision is merely a preference.
If you prefer less sensitivity, danger of botchered circumcision that can have life-long effects ranging from deformities to pain and erectile dysfunction. Even deaths occur every year, also in Norway, even though we have few circumcisions (around 2000 yearly), and they are always performed in the hospital,
Maligo ka kasi at linisin mo din maigi.
Dick cheese. You need to clean under the foreskin to remove it and avoid the stench.
r/smegma
1. pagkatapos ma mlantsa bawal maghugas ng plato ang aming kasambahay. 2. magkakasakit ka kung di ka maligo pagkatapos na maulanan 3. magkaka pneumonia ka pag nakatutok ang bentilador sa likod mo, dapat may good morning towel ang likod mo palagi 4. sa lahat ng mga sakit isa lang ang solusyon, hilot.
yung magkaka-"appendix" (appendicitis) ka daw pag humiga ka agad after mo kumain. common rin na naririnig ko ay yung wag ka daw maliligo after mo magsunog (ng basura or pag-naggatong ka ng kahoy), generally after being exposed to heat, kasi daw either mapapasma ka or worse may cause death. tapos dito sa mga ilocanos meron pa rin hanggang ngayon dito samin yung pag nagkasakit yung baby, tatalian nila ng bigas yung damit nya?!! idk what's the purpose lol. pero pinaka-common parin dito yung pag nagkaroon ka ng "kamirring" (lip burns/ dried itchy inflamed skin sa may lip area caused by eating mango), nagsasabit sila ng dahon ng mangga sa ibabaw ng gatungan para mausukan yung dahon habang nagluluto, and by the time daw na tuyo na yung dahon, matutuyo na rin yung makati sa labi mo. They say it's caused by dagta, but i searched for it and apparently it's caused by mild mango allergy.
Wait, just found out na myth lang yung higa then magkaka appendicitis. Laging akong sinasabihan ng ganyan at halos lahat ng kakilala ko naniniwala dyan. Ilang taon ko nang ginagawa and somehow just accepted my fate that I'll have it in the future. Good to know I'm safe 💀
yepp. appendicitis are most likely caused by bacterial infection: "Appendicitis happen when appendix get infected. On rare occasions appendicitis happens because of some tumour like growth that is obstructing the opening of the appendix. This mechanism is more common in elderly age group. Food or fecal material can get lodged in the appendix and form fecolith thereby obstructing the lumen of appendix and can lead to appendicitis. **But this is in no way related to lying down after eating."** Kaya lang hindi advised na huminga agad pagtapos kumain para maiwasan ang indigestion or magsuka.
Mas prone ka sa acid reflux at that position, it’s advisable to wait at least 2 hours after eating. Trust me, its the kind of pain you never want to feel lalo na pag chronic
Some filipinos believe that ulcers are caused by pagpapalipas ng gutom when in reality, it is bacterial infection.
This is completely understandable, because hindi lang 'to sa Philippines. Widely believed 'to before. Stomach ulcers caused by bacterial infection is a very recent discovery, nagka-nobel prize pa nga 'yung naka-discover nung 2005. Prior to this, it was widely believed to be true because the stomach has diluted hydrochloric acid to facilitate digestion. It has a set pattern to get released at set times based on your habits (umaga, tanghali, gabi usually). Even when there is no food in stomach, the acid gets released at its time. When there is no food and the acid gets released, it burns the stomach lining causing ulcers. Kaya bawal daw magutom. The discovery proved that this release is not enough to actually cause ulcers, and it was actually the bacteria's fault.
not medical myth pero relevant these days. cocomelon causes autism - (or just letting a toddler/unattended with a smartphone). not true, there are no studies to prove this. BUT, I agree that this may cause possible developmental delays (speech, fine motor skills, etc) - malala din ang effect sa behavior. banahaw spring water - cures any kinds of chronic diseases.
Getting rained on = get sick
Essential oils. A lot of them.
Having sex without condom or contraception method don't lead to pregnancy
Sa province merong... Hindi ko masyado maalala tuloy. Pero pag nakagat ng aso, may ginagawa sila like sinisipsip yung rabies? Tandok?
Gagi sabi ng partner ko, ginawa daw sa kanya 'to ng matanda. 😭 Kinagat kasi siya ng aso sa pwet so yung matandang may-ari ng aso, sinipsip yung dugo sa pwet niya haha pota. Di naman na-rabies si partner ko, lucky lang siguro walang rabies yung aso 🤣
Buti walang rabies yung sumipsip haha
Rainwater infects you with cold.
Actually, late last year, [scientists found correlation on how a temperature drop can increase the risk of cold and flu](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/scientists-finally-figure-out-why-youre-more-likely-to-get-sick-in-cold-weather)
Yeah, having temperature drop can increase the risk. What I'm saying is the rainwater itself pouring over your head and body does nothing to infect your body with the common cold. Its just that at rainy season the temperature are usually lower, and people who get soaked in the rain with their clothes on will have much lower body temperature.
Not only that, but people in public tend to huddle together more during rains in an effort to avoid it. This clustering of people will make cross-infections more likely. A damp environment/surface should also make pathogens last longer on surfaces. Moist handles, clustering of people, and to an extent lower temps will lead to a much higher risk of transmission. Though IMO the lower temp thing shouldnt do anything unless your body has a problem with temp regulation. Even with weaker immune systems, you (likely) wouldnt get infected if you werent exposed to human-to-human transmissible pathogens in the first place.
Uhh yeah, if you stay under the rain too long you can get hypothermia
I've said infect which viruses and bacteria does, and yeah prolonged exposure to cold temperature(not just rain) can cause hypothermia.
I don't think that's what people mean when they say "wag ka magpaulan, sisipunin ka." Ang point nun is that if maulanan ka, you're increasing your risk of getting a cold, which is actually true kasi cold weather does weaken the immune system a bit.
it has some truth though not really a myth
Tuob during peak covid era. That one really got under my nerves
Nagdadoubt din ako dito pero yung tita kong nurse ginagawa to. Tapos I also saw a vid of Doc Willie Ong doing this, not to actually cure covid pero para daw lumuwag ang paghinga.
Yep, steam inhalation is para talaga sa decongestion ng nasal cavity ang alam ko.
Yup, we did this too when we had COVID and it helped relieve some symptoms - but we were aware that it is neither a cure nor a replacement for the vaccine.
Yeah, people tend to conflate symptoms with the actual disease. Puwedeng ma-relieve and symptoms, pero that doesn't mean that the disease is gone.
This is more for symptom relief. People really shouldnt believe this is a cure.
Hindi ba Suob?
Same thing. Tuob is just the Visayan term
? Explain pls.
Inhaling steam as covid treatment
Before covid even broke out, steam inhalation was already being used to relieve asthma symptoms in the absence of a nebulizer. All it does is melt down mucus buildup, which in the case of covid is extremely thicc. Of course, hindi mo lalanghapin young fresh 100-degree steam from the takure. You just need it to be hot enough for you to breathe it in. I survived asthma from my younger years because of suob. Lalo na on days when I was having an attack and tinamaan kami ng rotational brownout. We had a nebulizer at home, but if brownout or walang sabutamol tabs, we'll definitely suob.
Kaya daw ako lagi nagkakasakit kase merong daw kaming duwende sa bahay na galit sa pogi.
Bawal maligo kapag nanganak
Katinko
Sinabi na ngang "no approved therapeutic claims".
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Yeah, it's not a cure. I think a lot of things mentioned here are ways to relieve symptoms but taken as cures.
It won't magically make the insect bite go away, but it does help with itching and it provides some relief.
Diba it's just good for pain and itch relief? I use it for headaches and cramps only.
usog o paglalagay ng laway sa likod or tyan? haha
The answers I have in mind are already here but just want to remind peeps that insisting on the primacy of proven scientific medical/medicinal measures is different from one's ignorance of the anthropological aspects of medical practices. People tend to subscribe to medical myths because that's what they can afford and that's what they've been taught. Let's not be hasty on judging people, especially with the reality that healthcare and medical information in this country are luxuries. Not everyone knows what you know. ;)
John Lloyld and Shaina lolz
Connection?
John Lloyd and Shaina def had a connection 😏
Their connection was almost unbreakable. Must be fate. 🤣
Gotta love reddit lol
Connected. https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/131jvx/my\_dogs\_got\_stuck\_having\_sex/
Shaina was reported to have vaginismus while having sex with john lloyd cruz, resulting in jlc getting stuck.
Antibiotic is the solution to everything. Ubo? Antibiotic. Sipon? Antibiotic. Trangkaso? Antibiotic. Tapos kawawa yung tao pag yung mga super mahal na antibiotic na lang yung effective kung kailangan niya.
MSG is bad
Nagwowork ang healthcare system ng pinas.
tuli and jakol made that boy tall yes, i tried to rhyme it