The other day we had a lady patient for varicose vein scan. Ok, before we start the story-telling part, let's do some homework. Oh, she wasn't my patient either.
Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and tortuous and it normally occurs to the veins in the legs. The signs and symptoms are,
Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and tortuous and it normally occurs to the veins in the legs. The signs and symptoms are,
- Aching
- Appearance of spider veins
- Ankle swelling.
- A brownish-blue shiny skin discoloration
- Redness, dryness, and itchiness of areas of skin
- Cramps
(the above highlighted "aching" suppose to be dull ache or uncomfortable ache, instead of pleasurable ache)
As the scan get started, we were all doing our own scans as usual. Suddenly, we heard a soft screaming voice"Ahhhh..........Ohhhhh.......Ouchhhhhh.........Hahhhhhhh.........oh dear, why is it this painful? oh dear, oh my....." I was thinking, " What the heck? No one with varicose vein had screamed like that before? Was varicose vein suppose to be that painful? (or rather, pleasurable?)" I was too curious that I immediately abandoned my observation job and ran casually into the cubicle to see what exactly was happening. To my surprise, the lady was painfully crying over her varicose veins! Oh the voice was not made on purpose, she was really in pain and coincidentally, she has the kind of soft spoken voice that made us all misunderstand.
The soft screaming was going on for the next 20 minutes, throughout the whole scan. And we could see the awkwardness expressions of all the other male patients in our lab. And we all pretended like nothing had happening.
As the scan get started, we were all doing our own scans as usual. Suddenly, we heard a soft screaming voice"Ahhhh..........Ohhhhh.......Ouchhhhhh.........Hahhhhhhh.........oh dear, why is it this painful? oh dear, oh my....." I was thinking, " What the heck? No one with varicose vein had screamed like that before? Was varicose vein suppose to be that painful? (or rather, pleasurable?)" I was too curious that I immediately abandoned my observation job and ran casually into the cubicle to see what exactly was happening. To my surprise, the lady was painfully crying over her varicose veins! Oh the voice was not made on purpose, she was really in pain and coincidentally, she has the kind of soft spoken voice that made us all misunderstand.
The soft screaming was going on for the next 20 minutes, throughout the whole scan. And we could see the awkwardness expressions of all the other male patients in our lab. And we all pretended like nothing had happening.
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