This guy also did something for himself without professional medical help. I like people that take initiative and take care of themselves.
Thanks for all you did for me in the past and all the best to each of you "unusual sorts of persons"!
Joint Aspiration and the YouTube Generation
A 45-year-old man presented with pronounced swelling of the right knee, and was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, and 340 mL of fluid was drained in the clinic, according to Esther Chan, MBBS, of Sunderland Royal Hospital.
The patient's mother was a retired nurse, and various types of medical equipment were available in the home.
"The next time he came to the clinic, he rather proudly told us that on three occasions he had aspirated his own knee, following a YouTube demonstration of "draining my own knee."
"We investigated this and found 36,100 hits, with six patients draining their knees and two aspirating their elbows," Chan said.
The main concern with a practice such as this was the possibility of infection and ensuing joint damage, but thus far this patient hasn't experienced any harm.
"However, we've advised him that it would be better if he came to the clinic for joint aspiration, even though he was pleased at being able to care for himself," she noted.
The leader of the poster tour, Nick Shenker, BMBCh, PhD, of Cambridge University, commented, "He sounds like an unusual sort of person."
