Four months ago, one of the VPs in my company called in sick to work. In the email he sent to his team, he said he had food poisoning and needed to let it run out of his system. The next day he sent another email saying he's still struggling with it and not feeling well, but had started taking some antibiotics.
He died on the third day.
Because you see, what he thought was a simple food poisoning was actually a rare form of staph infection that reached his heart and destroyed it. By the time his family realized he should be taken to the ER, it was too late.
You may want to think about that the next time you have a "simple fever." Because the fact of the matter is that people are not doctors and should not try to self-diagnose themselves when they feel sick. They should go to the doctor, or if the symptoms are non-trivial, the ER.
He died on the third day.
Because you see, what he thought was a simple food poisoning was actually a rare form of staph infection that reached his heart and destroyed it. By the time his family realized he should be taken to the ER, it was too late.
You may want to think about that the next time you have a "simple fever." Because the fact of the matter is that people are not doctors and should not try to self-diagnose themselves when they feel sick. They should go to the doctor, or if the symptoms are non-trivial, the ER.