Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/Tomytom99]

I went on a date with a girl who went in after being bit by a cat that frequented the dumpster at her work. She said it was acting erratically and whatnot. You know, the works, just not visibly foaming at the mouth. They give her basic antibiotics and send her on her way.

Later that night a guy got bit by the same cat at the same location, and they listened to him when he suggested rabies. Turns out that's what it was.

She says the CDC was frantically calling her after that dude's visit telling her "get to a hospital immediately, every hospital near you is expecting you and has shots ready. Pick one, go now."

She was extremely lucky in that apparently it was a slower moving strain.

[u/veshume → u/Tomytom99]

What the hell... I'm very well aware of medical sexism but I cannot comprehend how they didn't give her rabies shots. I'm not calling bullshit on you, I just can't imagine a doctor would hear anyone saying they were bitten by a feral animal and not immediately become concerned about rabies. She is so incredibly lucky to survive this!

[u/FrostyCat13 → u/veshume]

Because there's a lot of "women are hysterical" in the medical field leading to people acting like a woman saying it has to be something dangerous being taken as an exaggeration while men are often seen as only seeking help when absolutely needed, so if a man is at the hospital, it has to be something serious...

Some teachers in the medical field still teach these sort of things today...

[u/veshume → u/FrostyCat13]

Thanks, like I said, I'm very well aware of medical sexism, and I understand how it works and why. It's mere existence (and its manifestations), though, is baffling sometimes, because it's so nonsensical.

[u/saltedsnail2 → u/veshume]

Antibiotics for a feral animal bite is completely insane. That doctor needs to get bit or quit the profession.