Health Irony

282 real-life examples of health irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of health? Submit your own example.

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  1. Is it ironic that My HEALTH insurance company reviewed my records, noted that I haven't had a mammogram in two years, and recommended I get one.

    70% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I can't go to college because it makes me anxious but not going to college makes me anxious?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A man goes into severe hypoglycemia while the ambulance is driving to the hospital it hits a truck carrying sugar and the man dies.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that If you met a fat dietitian.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Stigma, which is one of the social injustices attached to heroin, is an obstacle to recovery however recovery is a solution to addiction?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The morning after griping about needing medical care for a condition, the federal medical card shows up.

    63% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that The swollen gland in my throat looks almost exactly like a sudafed cough drop?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that The psychiatrist said, "My patients drive me nuts!"

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Tree hugging protestor got poison ivy.

    57% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that "..I need to look for my eye.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that My friend's last name is tall, but everyone in the family is extremly short?

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My neighbor fought in and survived a war but is now missing three limbs due to the car wreck on the way home?

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that You´re a salesperson and a customer (missing an arm), tells you he/she is just browsing and you reply: ¨Let me know if you need a hand¨ You realize what you´ve just said and.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I'd give my right arm to be Ambidextrous.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that While visiting a patient in the mental Hospital, they spend the time identifying MY (perceived) character defects.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that On a guided tour of an historic 1920s Health Insurance Building in Australian it was ironic to see a massive coffin-shaped table in the Boardroom.

    57% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I got hit by an ambulance which then took me to hospital.

    80% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A man needed treatment in hospital after being hit by a hospital sign saying 'feeling under the weather? see your doctor' when it was ripped from the wall by severe winds: http://www.

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I've been studying all about appendectomies and I just got appendicitis?

    57% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that My 1st grade student told me that her dad got sick and threw up last night...

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A pregnant woman told me I was getting fat?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I absolutely can't stand people smoking near me, but I put up with my father smoking.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I bought a packet of cigarettes and a packet of lockets for a sore throat?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Eyelashes are evolutions way of keeping dust and debris out of eyes yet end up being the thing that gets in our eyes the most?

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that You get injured trying to get fit.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →