7 Things That GROSS ME OUT As A DOCTOR!

Many people tend to forget that the medical community are all "human", which, is what you are reminding them of, you.are.human. Prone to what anyone who is not in the medical community prone to, how human of you. A stress relieving video to those who don't find an outlet. Great video.

ER/Burn ICU RN here: What bothers me the most? Administrators.

I worked both as an ER nurse and an Interventional Radiology nurse so everything you talked about brought back "fond" memories. Here's my disaster. A patient vomiting feces. It was so awful I started vomiting in a kick bucket and to add to my humiliation at making my patient feel bad, every time I retched, I farted and peed my pants.

I’m an ER doctor. I see everything on a daily basis. As a human being, I too get grossed out sometimes. But as a doctor who is helping sick and vulnerable patients (sometimes fighting for their lives and afraid), I never let it show. Never. It helps them maintain some dignity.

I worked in dentistry. The closest I ever came to hurling in the office was when an elderly patient with dementia who was not getting proper care came in. I removed the patient's dentures to clean them up. Oh. My. ****. I have no words to describe what was under those dentures. They had to have been left in there and not cleaned for a Very Long Time. I got to get the horrific gunk off the dentures while a specialist came in to handle the ulcerated tissues underneath. Disgusting, stomach-turning experience for everyone involved, and I don't think the patient ever realised there was anything wrong. I wish I'd scraped the nastiness off those dentures and threw it at the knuckleheads who were supposed to be taking care of that patient. No excuse. NONE.

These examples are why I am SO glad there are people that can handle medical procedures. I can’t do it, so thank you all of you: EMTs, doctors, nurses, police, paramedics, hospital housekeeping, lab techs, med assistants and anyone else I didn’t mention. Thank you

I am a retired nurse and have just about seen everything. The hardest thing I’ve had to do was while visiting a patient in their home during my home health care days who had deep and very large wounds on inner thighs (patient weighed over 700 lbs.) and had abscesses removed requiring wound vac dressing changes twice weekly. The odor when the packing was removed was almost unbearable ( no air conditioning in the home either). I actually had to stop sometimes and go outside to breath. I was a wound care nurse and as I said had just about seen it all, but that one got to me. Another time I visited a patient who had a colostomy, had no more colostomy bags and used a bread bag instead. Innovative of him, but was so gross. Prior to the 30 years as a visiting wound care nurse I worked in the hospital assisting with many births, and I swear was never grossed out, very stressed at times, but never grossed out. Overall I loved my profession, worked until I was 74 and miss it so very much.

I work with a lot of nurses who make fun of patients, complain about patients and are so derisive, it shocks me. I always remember that the patient is most likely much more horrified than anything we might feel. The embarrassment and humiliation would be overwhelming. I work with the most horrific and strong-smelling infected wounds, and although the odor can't be denied, I would never speak derisively about it. If the patient perceives any negative reaction, the horror is internalized, and may be with them to the day they die. Don't do it!

This video is hilarious. As a veteran nurse, I can honestly say none of these “gross” substances/scenarios bother me at all! I’m glad you chose medical school over nursing. On the flip side, nothing terrifies me more than the thought of accidentally transecting someone’s artery during an IR procedure. So, I’ll gladly mop up after a patient and forego performance of dangerous invasive procedures. Nothing but respect for IR doctors and the life-saving magic they perform. We all have different callings I guess.

This past winter my husband had strep pneumonia which quickly went septic. Among other frightening issues he developed a virulent chest infection. The doctor who did a VAT procedure to remove it is our hero. She said it was one of the grossest infections she'd ever seen, when she laughingly told us about it later. She was so thorough and so determined to do all she could to help him survive. That doctor and all the medical staff in the ICU and the surgery ward saved his life several times over three weeks. Thank God for all the wonderful medical miracle-workers who help us when we need it most. You are angels!

I’m a CNA I think vomit not even the vomit itself but the process, hearing the persons body make all the noises and when they struggle to vomit it just makes me so uneasy.

The worst thing I ever dealt with during a 40 year career in hospital nursing was a pt who vomited up pus. It was truly gross. The pt was very ill-he had already had abdominal surgery and was not progressing. I saved a specimen of the pus & rang the surgeon who came to see the pt. His first question was "Are you sure it was pus"? I replied "I knew you wldnt believe me so Ive saved a sample for you". The surgeon took him straight to operating theatre. It must have worked because the pt recovered!

As a fellow radiologist, I couldn’t help but commiserate with you at the same time as being unable to stop laughing from your stories. They are the war stories of the radiologist physician!!!

As an RN of 34 years I can't even tell the number of times I performed some function with a smile on my face & my own vomit in the back of my throat. Sometimes it can't be helped but the trick is to never let your patient know, as I'm sure this doctor hid his discomfort also. Maggots in flesh are my trigger. One time, after removing a home applied dressing I told a patient I had to go get something & said I'd be right back. I went & threw up, then came back as if nothing happened. Every nurse I know has a trigger of some sort. We're human too.

Urine normally doesn’t bother me but one time I was checking on a patient and she stepped on her almost completely full urine bag while I was standing right next to her and her urine just got everywhere - on my shoes, my socks, my trousers... it was disgusting. And I couldn’t even react disgusted because I felt sorry for her and the nurses were like “oh can you just attach a new Urine bag really quickly, we’re so busy” before they let me change 🥲 because you know, it’s always fun to torture the med students 😂😂

This is where my true appreciation comes in for healthcare workers. You all do deal with so much. I have a hard time with all of it. I visit my dad in the dementia ward in a nursing home and he was projectile vomiting one day. I almost joined him because my stomach was turning. I felt like the biggest piece of crap calling the nurse to help clean it up. I couldn’t do it. I even had a hard time when my son would vomit as a baby.

I love health care professionals for the work they do. I received a lung transplant 14 years ago and was in an induced coma for several months. I know that there were times when my condition had to be gross. I am sorry for that but am very thankful for all the help I received. I am alive today mostly because of the nurses caring for me at that time. God bless all of you.

Phlegm and the SOUNDS of bringing up Phlegm. I'll take poop, puke, blood, and wounds all day long any day!

I'm actually not that grossed out by blood or vomit, but the "floodgates of stool" is basically my definition of hell 🤮🤮🤮thank you for your service to humanity!!! 🙏🙏🙏

I worked in the ER as an aide. The ambulance came in with a person from a car accident and waiting for the dr to pronounce him dead. As they were putting him in one of the rooms the person’s head was moving around. The tech reached under the sheet and grab the head and handed it to me. Need less to say I almost hit the floor.