Comment by [deleted] on 07/03/2018 at 04:23 UTC

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View submission: Medical professionals of Reddit, what is the craziest DIY treatment you've seen a patient attempt?

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Lay on your left side and / or massage your abdomen starting at lower right, working up and across, and ending at lower left. Gas pain can be horrific but this helps get it out without puncturing yourself. I'm also wondering how this guy saw his insides. Did he think he was just a big balloon?

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Comment by Muzzledpet at 07/03/2018 at 06:29 UTC

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As a vet, I've had people ask why they don't see blood coming out the rectum when their dog has a bleeding spleen.... as well as one person who literally wanted to know if the stones in the dog's bladder were from her eating river rocks. So many people have not the first clue about biology.

Comment by brightdark at 07/03/2018 at 06:28 UTC

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I do this and I tell people to do this all the time! It really works. I learned it in nursing school!

Comment by fotomoose at 07/03/2018 at 07:27 UTC

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That's what I learned from reading A Confederacy of Dunces. It works.