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Understanding complex medical conditions in a way lay people can actually use is the job. These are the explanations I give over and over in the emergency department — ear pressure, the cough that will not quit, why most fevers are not an emergency, why leftover antibiotics are a bad idea — so you can understand what is going on and when you actually need to be seen.

This is general education. It is not a diagnosis and it is not a substitute for an exam. If you are severely ill, go to the ER.

General education only — not a substitute for advice from your healthcare provider. When in doubt, get examined.

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The explanations I give over and over in the emergency department.

Side view of the face showing how the nose and middle ear connect through the Eustachian tube.01Why Ear Pain Doesn't Always Need AntibioticsUnderstanding the Eustachian tube and how the ear and nose are connected.Back view of a person holding the low back, with the spine and sciatic nerve highlighted.02Understanding Low Back PainWhat's going on underneath it all and when to worry.Person in bed with a glowing hypothalamus and immune cells, showing fever as a controlled response.03Fever: Your Body's Secret Weapon......and why it's usually not dangerous.Lungs showing mucus in the airways versus infection in the air sacs — bronchitis versus pneumonia.04Bronchitis vs PneumoniaThe sound and color of mucus do not tell you whether you have a serious lung infection.Muscle-tendon strain versus ligament sprain, with a runner holding the injured knee.05What Is a Strain vs SprainWhy it takes so long for these to heal.Patient in a CT scanner with slices of the body and a DNA strand highlighting radiation risk.06Why We Don't CT EveryoneA powerful, sometimes lifesaving tool — used thoughtfully.Whole-body illustration of infection spreading from one organ through the bloodstream.07Sepsis: When the Body's Defenses Turn DestructiveIt is not just a bad infection. Severity varies — and it can quickly become an emergency.Cutaway of a bacterium showing antibiotics hitting the cell wall, DNA, and protein machinery.08How Do Antibiotics WorkCan't I just take some leftover amoxicillin when I get sick? That'll take care of it, right?Extra nerdy. A resource for medical professionals.Resistant bacterium pumping out antibiotic and sharing resistance genes with nearby bacteria.09What Is Antibiotic ResistanceYou don't become immune to the medicine. The bacteria do.Open abdomen showing inflamed organs and a close-up of the peritoneum, the thin lining around the abdominal cavity.10What Is Peritonitis?The abdominal pain you can't ignore — and how it happens.Anatomical heart with chaotic electrical activity in the upper chambers and organized signals in the lower chambers — atrial fibrillation.12What Is AFib?When the upper chambers quiver instead of squeezing — and why that can lead to a stroke.A parent and child with a cold, tissues and honey nearby, and a view of the nose, throat, and lungs with viruses in the air.13Coughs and Colds and Why They Are Typically ViralMost of this is a virus. Antibiotics will not fix it. Here is what actually helps, and when to come back.Laptop on a desk with organs and medical symbols rising off the screen — more Medical Minutes to come.13+More to comeMore conditions, explained the same way. Have something you keep Googling at 2 a.m., or a topic you wish someone had walked you through in the ER? Tell me what you would find useful.Suggest a topic