Laris~sa🇨🇲🫧🦋

[🥷 @_iamhabeeb]

You can never be careful enough, just pray it never happens to you

[ilymjsyk @g4na_xo]

Sometimes I wonder how the Vaseline company is holding up, because one container lasts you for like 75 years

[Yves St. Valéry ✨ @YvesValry1]

Arracher un sourire au monsieur qui a fait naître en moi le rêve de médecin, just priceless…

EKWA PRISO Émile, quel homme !

[Olori🍒 @OloriOfOloris]

Veekee James made Simi Dapson's wedding dress. Can we just agree that she's the baddest fashion designer in Africa?

[𝟮𝟭.🛸 @Big_tagg]

i need to go back to reading extensively
My grammar is deteriorating

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Studying is a privilege, but working in the field you studied is another privilege.

[Queen Eddie 🇦🇷🖤👑 @_Eddieee321]

Tattoo is a sin but you did microblading. Oh you’re not aware? Abi because dem call am another name? Ololololooo!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[mayerr @ymmayerr]

Applying for jobs in 2010: "Attach resume."
Applying for jobs in 2026: "Manually retype your entire resume into 47 boxes."

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

In medical school, we are taught a golden rule: "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras." It is a reminder to look for the common explanation before the exotic one. But after decades in cardiology, I’ve learned that if a patient is still suffering after the "horses" have been ruled out, a doctor must have the courage—and the curiosity—to go hunting for the zebra.

Sarah was a thirty-four-year-old marathon runner and a devoted mother who came to me after six months of being told she was "fine." She had been bounced from one specialist to another, each one pointing to her normal EKG and standard blood tests as proof that her crushing fatigue and racing heart were simply the result of "new mom stress." By the time she reached my office, she didn't just look tired; she looked invisible, as if the medical system had stopped seeing the woman and only saw the data.

Instead of re-reading the normal test results that had already failed her, I asked Sarah to walk me through her life. We talked about her training and her family, eventually landing on a backpacking trip she took to the Mendoza province of rural Argentina. She described staying in a charming, rustic cottage made of sun-dried mud bricks. She mentioned waking up one morning with a strangely swollen, purple eyelid that she assumed was a simple spider bite.

As she spoke, a memory surfaced from a biography I had read years ago about Charles Darwin. Most people know Darwin for his theories on evolution, but medical historians have long puzzled over the mysterious, debilitating illness that plagued him for decades after he returned from his voyage on the HMS Beagle. Darwin had written in his journals about being bitten by the "great black bug of the Pampas" while sleeping in mud-walled huts in South America. He spent the rest of his life suffering from heart palpitations and exhaustion that the Victorian doctors of his time could never explain.

I realized then that Sarah wasn't suffering from stress; she was likely hosting the same "silent killer" that may have haunted Darwin: Chagas Disease.

The "Kissing Bug" lives in the cracks of those mud-brick walls. It bites its victims—often near the eyes or mouth—while they sleep, passing a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi into the blood. The danger of Chagas is that the initial symptoms disappear quickly, but the parasite can hide in the body for years, slowly weaving itself into the muscle and electrical "wiring" of the heart.

To confirm this, I moved beyond the standard tests. I ordered a specialized "Strain Rate" ultrasound, which doesn't just look at whether the heart is pumping, but at how the individual muscle fibers are stretching. We saw that while her heart looked strong to the naked eye, the fibers were "stuttering," a sign of early parasite-induced scarring. A specific blood test for the parasite's antibodies confirmed the diagnosis.

Treatment required a difficult, sixty-day course of anti-parasitic medication to stop the infection, paired with a protective heart regimen to keep her electrical system stable while the inflammation settled. Because we caught it before her heart was physically damaged or enlarged, the recovery was a success.

Months later, Sarah returned to my office, her vibrant energy restored. She brought me a leather-bound copy of The Voyage of the Beagle with a note tucked inside. She wrote that while other doctors had looked at her charts, I had looked at her. This case remains a vital reminder for my memoir: in a world of high-tech scans and AI, the most sophisticated diagnostic tool we possess is still the human story. When we truly listen, we don't just find the disease—we find the patient.

Good morning.

[ᴹᵘᵛᵃ ᥫ᭡ @TvkeOfff]

One thing my mama taught me growing up is always keep a paper trail. Emails. Screenshots. Dates. Times. Receipts. Because people love amnesia when it’s time to be accountable. 🤌🏽

[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

That whole “we can be friends” after a relationship is pathetic. Go tf away.

[Ouafa✨🇵🇸 @omdn77]

Pk il existe pas de conseillère d’orientation pour le choix de spé en médecine

[A.VICTOR @Lifeof_AG01]

Bro, if you want a career woman, go for one.
If you want a full-time housewife, marry one.
But don’t choose a woman who isn’t your type and then waste precious time comparing her to others.

[Hafeezah ❤️ @Atilolahafeezah]

The cure for sickle cell disorder is now available at sickle cell foundation Nigeria, LUTH. 🥺

[Ọládélé 🇳🇬👑 @Theoladeledada]

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[Dr. Shak🩺 @realbig_shak]

WIDAL TEST IS USELESS
WIDAL TEST IS USELESS
WIDAL TEST IS USELESS
WIDAL TEST IS USELESS
WIDAL TEST IS USELESS

[Whitney☥ @c0smicempr3ss]

I will try this

[Laris~sa🇨🇲🫧🦋 @LSamnga]

When they ‘consistency is key’ while my consistency is working only when I remember .

[The_Bearded_Dr_Sina @the_beardedsina]

Something shocking happened in Church today.

Today, I saw people give a standing ovation to Healthcare workers in the Church.

It was 9.30 am.
During service, when this young girl suddenly collapsed.

[Marvin🪵Lule @marvin_lule68]

Half of medical school is reading. The other half is realising you have to read that same topic again.😮‍💨