From symptoms such as "watermelon stomach" to "blueberry muffin rash," food imagery has long helped doctors describe features of diseases and health conditions. References to food items, although sometimes stomach turning, reinforce doctors' understanding of diseases, and have enriched the medical lexicon, said Dr. Ritu Lakhtakia, head of the department of Pathology at Sultan Qaboos University, in Oman. "A part of this curious tradition may owe its origins to practicing physicians and researchers catching up on their meals in clinical side rooms or operating theatre offices, or with an inevitably cold platter eaten with eyes glued to a microscope," Lakhtakia wrote today (July 9) in the journal Medical Humanities. In a gastronomic tour of medical conditions, Lakhtakia highlights some of the well-known instances. Read More http://ift.tt/1nfCQ5m
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