SB was vomiting a lot the other day and went home from work. He went to the doctor and was given a wide assortment of various multi-colored pills. The doctor mumbled something about stomach flu. On SB's discharge papers, the word "gastritis" was marked. "What the hell is gastritis anyway?" he asked me.
According to the experts at wikipedia gastritis is "an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and has many possible causes," the most acute cause being excessive alcohol consumption.
So the doctor took one look at big white guy and diagnosed him with a drinking problem. Interesting since SB rarely drinks (he has gouty arthritis). If anything, I should have come down with it first. We went through the other possible causes of gastritis: weight loss surgery, chronic infections, autoimmune disease. Huh? Oh yeah, and another acute cause would be excessive use of anti-inflammatory drugs. I bet you can't guess what was among the baggie of pills given to SB. That's right, lots of ibuprofen.
Do these doctors get their licenses in the bottom of a bag of coco crunchies?
According to the experts at wikipedia gastritis is "an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and has many possible causes," the most acute cause being excessive alcohol consumption.
So the doctor took one look at big white guy and diagnosed him with a drinking problem. Interesting since SB rarely drinks (he has gouty arthritis). If anything, I should have come down with it first. We went through the other possible causes of gastritis: weight loss surgery, chronic infections, autoimmune disease. Huh? Oh yeah, and another acute cause would be excessive use of anti-inflammatory drugs. I bet you can't guess what was among the baggie of pills given to SB. That's right, lots of ibuprofen.
Do these doctors get their licenses in the bottom of a bag of coco crunchies?
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