Unprofessional

By dr immature - 23/12/2013 23:11 - United States - Washington

Today, I diagnosed a patient with a spastic colon. For some reason, the term "spastic colon" has always amused me, and I burst into uncontrollable laughter as I said it. By the time I managed to stop laughing, my eyes were watering and my patient was visibly angry. FML
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sciullo 14

I'm glad to see doctors still find medical terminology childish

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sammyjo06 14

This one doesn't make any sense. It's far more common to refer to spastic colon as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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notsofriendly 17

Geez, lay off the doc. So he messed up and made someone pissed, pretty sure ALL of us have done that at our jobs!

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metalcrazed 21

Perhaps, but most of our jobs don't involve serious medical problems.

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annie_nk 22

I'd love to see what DocBastard would say to this.

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DocBastard 38

As much as I hate to agree with the majority here, OP's behaviour was pretty atrocious. I make jokes with my patients all the time, but never inappropriately. And laughing at a condition, even one like IBS (which is non-life-threatening), is NEVER appropriate.

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justindrew14 29

Me to I'm still waiting for him to show up.

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onlychildFTW 33

He posted that comment about 5hrs before yours, you must have seen it.

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JMichael 25

You should be more considerate of your patients OP.

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Jst4kicks 16

Your patient should of diagnosed you with a concussion

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Tdrizzzzzly 19

And you should have paid attention in English class better.

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PizzaDeliveryGrl 19

#80: You might want to try doing that yourself.

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ilovefall10 21

I have a spastic colon (another term for IBS). It's not funny at all. Imagine having to use the bathroom multiple times a day, not to mention having sudden episodes of diarrhea PLUS episodes of constipation. Just be thankful you have normal bowels.

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SMHsohard 22

Wow, I haven't heard it called "spastic colon" in about 25 years. If you really can't control yourself, why don't you just say "irritable bowel syndrome"? Practice in front of a mirror until you can say it without laughing.

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crazytwinsmom 25

This may be one of the reasons why they started calling it IBS, so the docs wouldn't laugh when they said it.

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