# Sore eyes on the opthalmology rotation, sore throat on ENT, what next?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149 "2005-03-18T16:37:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149/1 "2005-03-18T16:37:29Z")

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It’s the curse of the medical student : Co-inciding Illness !

So, first I got a rotten 'flu from some child in paediatrics, and then for my 2 week Opthalmology rotation I had scratchy, dry eyes. All my friends had great fun looking at my red and watering eyes, before deciding that I probably had viral conjunctivitisand to take it easy.

Now for my ENT (ear, nose and throat) rotation I have cold sores in my nose (yes, inside- it hurts like a mofo) which have made all the glands in my face and neck swell up, so I look like a chipmunk. My friends now get to say things like “I can feel your pre-auricular lymph node, that’s not supposed to be palpable, is it?”

I’m starting to get a bad feeling about my Obstetrics rotation!

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149/2 "2005-03-18T16:40:23Z")

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Isn’t there a specific medical term for this? Get well soon, and best of luck on that next rotation!

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149/3 "2005-03-18T17:09:53Z")

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Just take two aspirin.

And hold them firmly between your knees.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149/4 "2005-03-18T17:26:15Z")

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Is this a Star Trek thread?  
::finds definition of ENT as used in this thread::

Oh… never mind

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**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-eyes-on-the-opthalmology-rotation-sore-throat-on-ent-what-next/295149/5 "2005-03-18T17:40:55Z")

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> [@cher3](#):
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> Just take two aspirin.
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> And hold them firmly between your knees.

Ah, that was hilarious!