You know, people assume doctors know what they're doing.
I think it's mostly that doctors don't show that they don't know.
There's even a word for a disease with no known cause:
Idiopathic.
Weird word.
If you don't show your lack of confidence, no-one ever knows.
Two people, a tutor and a student, talking about post-colonialism in a library while the world around them darkens, fades and starts to drench.
Somehow, they start talking about soy milk. That leads to a question on lactose intolerance.
The student insists that while they are no doctor, they are sure that in small amounts, you can build a tolerance to lactose.
I wonder if a HIV/AIDS patient can regain their immune system in the same way.
"Obviously if it's fatal, then it's not going to work."
I wonder how far tolerance goes in nature.
In neurotransmitters, we don't want tolerance for the most part. Same with hormones. Type II diabetes can result in insulin tolerance.
Alcohol tolerance is a "good" thing, but only by society's standards. To the body, it's a toxin one and the same.
Worse if you choose an alcohol that isn't ethanol.
Is the difference that I don't know for sure?
I'm too lazy to check it up.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
Interesting that you can fix it with a few head movements.
The human body is fragile.
I wonder if I'm destined to be a mechanic, or a tinker, or...
But then, people are still people.
Either way, I was going to butt in and mention that the student's hypothesis is grounded in a false belief that tolerance is extremely common.
It is, but only to such an extent.
You can become tolerant to cigarette smoke, to an extent.
The cells lining your trachea transform from those with cilia to like those on your skin.
It doesn't mean that the smoke affects you less - rather, it affects you more.
Though, I'm not sure exactly when I'm allowed to cut in and mention to strangers that their view of a medical issue is probably wrong.
But I'm not sure. At all. Ha.
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