Before the invention of penicillin, bacterial endocarditis was a chronic, terminal disease. If a patient developed bactermeria (bacteria in the blood) from a dental infection or from a chronic wound, and if that bacteria seeded onto the heart valves, doctors would have nothing to do. At the time, as the bacteria seeded throughout the body, doctors had very limited armamentarium. They would watch as patient developed septic emboli, or the spreading of bacteria from the heart valves throughout the body. Immune deposits would lodge into the fingers and toes. The kidneys would be unable to handle the the load and begin to fail. Characteristic findings would be seen in the eyes, toes and hands. Over the course of weeks to months patients would lose limbs, possibly get a stroke or develop heart failure as the valve got completely chewed up by the bacteria. If a doctor saw these findings of endocarditis, it was like you had cancer. It was a terminal illness. Today, endocarditis can be routinely and effectively treated even in small community hospitals. Medicine is NOT the pharma corruption, the regulatory capture or the buffoons running the CDC/FDA Medicine is about easing human suffering, making clinical observation, understanding human nature and improving quality of life. Medicine is about a sacred bond between the sick and a healer Medicine is about using the best available evidence to make informed decisions and to DO NO HARM in the service of our patients Medicine must uphold shared decision making, trust, integrity and patient autonomy We need to take medicine back from the politicians, we need to take medicine back from the insurers, we need to take medicine back from pharmaceutical interests and we need to realize that each doctor has amazing potential to heal and to help. We are what is needed. We cannot dismiss science, we must embrace science but keep it second to our creator and our patients Without our patients in our hearts and our creator in our souls we will be nothing more than slaves to the greedy and corrupt It’s time to wake up and take medicine back

Posted by Doctor Tro at 2023-09-19 02:20:07 UTC