I spent 24 years as an operating room nurse, and in that time I developed an occupational relationship with toenail fungus that I would not wish on anyone. Hours in rubber-soled clogs on hard floors, constant moisture, shared locker rooms…
I spent 24 years as an operating room nurse and developed the occupational hazard that affects a significant proportion of nursing professionals: type 2 diabetes. It arrived quietly at 51, managed well with metformin and lifestyle changes, and I had…
I am an internist. I see patients with vertigo every week. I prescribe meclizine, I refer to vestibular physical therapy, and I explain the Epley maneuver for BPPV in my exam room regularly. I understand the anatomy of the vestibular…