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@19nanny55 This is SO true! I’m tall now (5’8”)- but me and two of my cousins had like, diagnosable slow bone growth (they are both over 6’ now). Like I went into the 9th grade the SMALLEST person in my 1500 person school at like 4’7” and 72lbs. I doubled in size by the time I graduated (and I...

@amandak695 Firstly- just want to chime in as an ER physician who did a peds fellowship— who also has a pet research interest in how we talk about weight and BMI and what kind of biases that creates in medicine. In general, this is MOST relevant for adults (particularly women, and also...

@tkchapin Usually a REAL fever (defined medically as anything over 100.2) is indicative of some kind of infection going on- some people can feel chills and maybe even feel feverish (but don’t quite hit the threshold) when they get some kind of inflammation. Some people are just more sensitive to...

@marilines Oh no, I’m so sorry! Anytime you’ve got fever and chills, that’s a red flag that there’s some kind of infection brewing (and I say this as a doctor). If you don’t have any other symptoms (sore throat, runny nose, cough, stomach issues) and the ONLY thing going on is a clogged duct or...