By Sally19863 - 30/08/2010 16:18 - South Africa

Today, I discovered that I have developed a latex allergy. I'm a third year medical student. FML
I agree, your life sucks 36 977
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Same thing different taste

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sundayporch 2

So? Most hospitals have stopped using latex gloves, anyway.

WhyTheFace4 0

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decent hospitals don't use latex anymore. so shut it, whiner.

eyb7 0

big whoop! I'm a med student and most students know that latex-free gloves are available.

Okay, at one point my doctor thought I was allergic to latex gloves, but it was actually dry skin. Anyways, he discussed with me that there are other options, latex-free gloves and condoms are out there, they do work. I knew that before he told me and somehow I assume you know that being a med student. If you didn't, I want to know where you plan on practicing so I can avoid you all together. I was pre-med at one point, they usually use non-latex gloves where I went to school to make it easier for those with a latex allergy. Just saying...

kenman884 2

Uh, that really isn't a problem. A lot of people are allergic to latex, so a lot of hospitals are/have switching/ed to a substitute. Source: Dr. Dad.

there are gloves that are made out of sheep skin or another kind of plastic

Kanvis78 0

Everyone assumes she is refering to gloves, she obviously is refering to the rash on her rear end. duh . :)

Celt729 1

There are these magical things called nitrile gloves. They're for people who are allergic to latex. Geez maybe I should go to med school because clearly I know more than you.

they're called nitrile gloves genius. all medical facilities have them. you should probably find another career choice if you've made it this far and didn't know that.

so what? use nitrile. it's more comfortable anyway.