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SAM I SAW YOU WALKING DOWN UNIVERSITY BLVD TODAY. I was driving so I couldn't say hi.
Here's an interesting tidbit I learned at my family practice internship: your brain, when alive, has the consistency of toothpaste or a soft butter. You know how if you have a tight lid on a boiling pot and you suddenly take it off whatever is in the pot can boil out and overflow? Your body is the same way. There was a case I was told about where someone did a lumbar puncture (aka spinal tap) on a patient without checking to see if they had any type of pressure on their brain. This person had a brain tumor. The puncture and subsequent release of pressure caused all of the spinal fluid and cord to rush suddenly to the site of puncture and the patient's brain followed, being sucked down through the hole in the base of the skull.
Think about that.
Here's an interesting tidbit I learned at my family practice internship: your brain, when alive, has the consistency of toothpaste or a soft butter. You know how if you have a tight lid on a boiling pot and you suddenly take it off whatever is in the pot can boil out and overflow? Your body is the same way. There was a case I was told about where someone did a lumbar puncture (aka spinal tap) on a patient without checking to see if they had any type of pressure on their brain. This person had a brain tumor. The puncture and subsequent release of pressure caused all of the spinal fluid and cord to rush suddenly to the site of puncture and the patient's brain followed, being sucked down through the hole in the base of the skull.
Think about that.