Tropical Medicine Blogs & Blog Posts
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- Bringing Home the Bacon by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 19, 2009
In addition to some good suggestions for the removal of tar, there was at least one important food item missing from Food for Emergencies.... A food item that for anyone who needs it would surely rank as the most essential food for use in a medical e...
- The Shrinking Feet of the Man from Malawi by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 3, 2009
Mr J had traveled across the border to Zambia from Malawi. He had been admitted to hospital overnight. The brief admission note showed that he was in his thirties and had three presenting complaints: (1) “hungry” (2) “shrinking feet” and (3)...
- A Change in Condition by Life in the Fast Lane on Oct 28, 2009
It is easy to forget the growing pains of the student-to-doctor metamorphosis. For me, the once vague notion of becoming a doctor was made real when I traveled to Zambia to work on the wards of St. Francis Hospital (SFH) in Katete...
- The Candiru by Life in the Fast Lane on Oct 25, 2009
Apparently the worst thing that can happen to a parasite is to end up inside the wrong host...
- Irukandji in the Northern Territory by Life in the Fast Lane on May 4, 2009
As regular readers of ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ well know, we really like envenomings… especially marine envenomings… and especially jellyfish… (Check out our toxicology page). If you’re also interested in jellyfish...
- Brilliantly fighting infection by Life in the Fast Lane on May 4, 2009
Want an antidote to the growing pessimism about the impending ’swine flu’ pandemic? Try watching 2006 TED Prize winner Larry Brilliant’s ‘brilliant’ talk on his career working with WHO to eradicate smallpox (and other in...
- Toxicology Conundrum 013 by Life in the Fast Lane on Apr 27, 2009
Consider this emergency presentation: “A 41-year-old man presented to the emergency department 20 minutes after being stung on the distal palmar surface of his right index finger by his lionfish (Pterois volitans) while cleaning his aquarium. A...
