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zombi22731 karma

The hernia may be exaggerated, but I’ve known people with GP that took years to diagnose.

I know a couple people with hiatal hernias and some have had surgery while others haven’t. Is the surgery a permanent fix or is it common for it to reoccur?

zombi22713 karma

The FDA recently approved a clinical trial for the use of psilocybin for treatment resistant depression. I have treatment resistant depression and it truly...well... sucks haha

zombi22711 karma

It’s not uncommon for people with chronic illnesses, especially rarer ones, to be ignored and/or misdiagnosed. It’s very difficult to prove in court. They basically have to make a semi reasonable effort and that’s about it. Maybe it’s different in Canada? But this is definitely common in the US.

zombi2279 karma

In many zoos, I know for sure at the zoo I interned for, there are disinfectant baths at each door to step into when coming in and when leaving. There are also many zoonotic diseases that can be passed from human to non human animals/the other way around. The biggest risk is usually with primates as we are so closely related. There are also many zoos who have decided to add nicotine testing into pre employment drug tests and will not hire current smokers as people who handle cigarettes can pass on the chemicals from their hands to both plants and animals and potentially make them sick. At the zoo I interned for, if an animal bit a keeper, both the animal and human had to go for testing. Most of us were more concerned about the animal haha

So there are potential health risks from either side, but AZA keepers (or any responsible animal caretaker) would be aware of these risks and would be keeping an eye out for obvious symptoms, testing, and preventing it as much as possible.

Edit: spelling. Words are hard.

zombi2277 karma

I’ve always heard that ECT is a last resort for treatment resistant depression. I’ve also heard, just from casual reading/tv watching, that ECT comes with risks such as memory loss and the potential for other cognitive issues.

Has the ECT led these specific people to have issues that are greater than their depression symptoms? Did it help with their depression? Was the treatment otherwise successful? Have these side effects negated any benefit of the treatment?

While I believe the providers should always be transparent/honest, is it possible the patients didn’t fully understand the risks? I don’t want to call it common sense (electricity to the brain may cause brain damage), but I’m not sure what else to call it.

As someone who has treatment resistant depression, I would gladly trade my depression in for brain damage. I already have memory issues and I have cognitive issues at times. I have chronic health issues which exacerbate both the depression and other cognitive things- but if I could choose one of my health issues to magically be cured, I’d choose the depression.