#the initial terror that it was going to be some expensive operation or detrimental condition

[crispychickensandwich]

It needn't be said, but modern medicine is amazing. Most people typically point to examples of life-saving medication, operations, and practices, but there's a lot of examples that just improve your life in small ways.

For most of human history, if you had something like a headache then there's a plethora of vague methods of treating it. Some of them might have just been placebo effects (which is now better understood through modern medicine!). Now, if you have a headache, you can just take acetaminophen or ibuprofen, which are common, OTC, and affordable.

If your left ear is muffled, there wasn't a solid solution to fixing it. Now, if you go to a doctor and explain that your ear is muffled, it just takes a couple of minutes to clean out the earwax and you can hear perfectly again.

Those small advancements in modern medicine reduced very common problems down to ridiculously easy solutions.

#healthcare #health and wellness #modern medicine #i still won't forget the time that i got my ear cleaned out after having difficulty hearing #and the world just felt crystal clear again #the initial terror that it was going to be some expensive operation or detrimental condition #then the doctor goes “that's it!” that's it?? it was that easy??? that's fucking amazing