1. Baking powder
2. Flour
3. Salt
4. Sugar
5. Tea
This is the hardest image challenge from the New England Journal Of Medicine that I have seen. Fellow physicians, and EverythingHealth readers, I want you to go out on a limb and give me the answer.
For you non-physicians, this is a colostomy and that is a piece of bowel that is outside of the body. It is connected and can be pushed (reduced) back in where it belongs. Also, it is not really painful for the patient, although it looks really really bad.
Make your choice and the answer will be posted tomorrow. (click on the image for a better view)
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16 comments:
I'ld have to guess baking soda! Not something a neurosurgeon has to deal with much-thankfully!
I'm guessing Salt because it pulls out moisture.
I've heard really good things about sugar on cuts, so I'll go with that.
I learned on M*A*S*H that the tannin in tea can be bad....
This is a really tough one. I'm guessing 3. salt because of it being healing.
It's really very Tough. I can't Decided that, Which is this. But i think it's salt.
You can use hypertonic solutions of salt OR sugar, but mixing it right can be tricky and applying it, messy. Actually sprinkling a few packets of sugar on this is an easily accessible, harmless way to reduce swelling by osmosis.
I think sugar would work.
I'll go with Tea
I think it's sugar.
To reduce a prolapse, apply granulated sugar (sugar substitutes won't work) to the prolapse, and let the sugar sit for approximately 20 minutes. The sugar will absorb the extra water causing the prolapse to shrink, allowing the prolapse to be reduced.
Good guess, all of you. PA Dave: You nailed it. (as did Dr. Paula and Sherri) Doccory, you got the osmosis part right on! Frank, I think you guessed but you guessed correctly!
I admit sugar was my very last choice!
It was an educated guess! My education coming from people who swear by putting sugar on cuts. :-)
Frank Irwin is cheater person and he is spammer...
It can't actually work, I believe so.
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