New Medical Syndrome (can I have it named after me...)

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Breath Strip Menthol Eye (BSME) occurs when your breath gets too nasty from wearing a mask all day. Innocent victims try to allay the nastiness by placing a breath strip in their mouths, only to have vented breath from the top of the mask push menthol into the eyes, resulting in tears and a stinging sensation.

The kicker is, the breath improvement doesn't even last that long...

Smelly mask syndrome is my new favorite. It's a disorder of denial, often found in elementary aged children who insist that their mask smells awful, the new mask also smells awful, the 3rd mask smells bad too...this smell is cannot possibly be related to the fact that they did not brush their teeth this morning. A mint is the only known cure

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I've always made a point of getting the Friday Fish-n-Chips at my hospital's cafeteria, Fishy-Mask-Syndrome has been making me re-think that.  

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Specializes in OB.

On the other side of the coin, I truly appreciate my mask during school drop-off for my preschooler in the morning when I've just rolled out of bed and not brushed my teeth yet, and no one can tell!  ?  I promise I brush them later...

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Specializes in school nurse.
On 10/29/2020 at 10:35 AM, JadedCPN said:

Honestly this whole pandemic and mask wearing has really made me question the deep things in life, like.....has my breath always stunk like this?!

This is so deep it's meta...

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Specializes in ED, Tele, MedSurg, ADN, Outpatient, LTC, Peds.
On 10/23/2020 at 1:30 PM, Jedrnurse said:

Breath Strip Menthol Eye (BSME) occurs when your breath gets too nasty from wearing a mask all day. Innocent victims try to allay the nastiness by placing a breath strip in their mouths, only to have vented breath from the top of the mask push menthol into the eyes, resulting in tears and a stinging sensation.

The kicker is, the breath improvement doesn't even last that long...

LOL! Guilty of BSME and CSADT ( can’t see a damm thing)foggy vision syndrome !

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Specializes in school nurse.
18 minutes ago, spotangel said:

LOL! Guilty of BSME and CSADT ( can’t see a damm thing)foggy vision syndrome !

I hear you. I've spent more time without my glasses on (and half-blind) this year than in the past 10 years.

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When I retire I'm going to invent teeny tiny little windshield wipers for glasses. 

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
12 hours ago, sevensonnets said:

When I retire I'm going to invent teeny tiny little windshield wipers for glasses. 

Sorry, sevensonnets!

I've been retired for about 10 months now and, well...

 

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Mine will be slightly less dorky however. I invented a menopause hat years ago which was hailed as brilliant by my coworkers. The prototype remains a closely guarded secret because I'm not retired yet and don't have time to make any.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
16 minutes ago, sevensonnets said:

Mine will be slightly less dorky however. 

? I lost it after reading this and have to go dry my eyes now...

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
1 hour ago, sevensonnets said:

Mine will be slightly less dorky however. 

Can you read lips, sevensonnets?

 

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That's right!

I'm saying, "Love you!"

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