I came across a post my X.com feed with the claim: “Doctor in Meerut used Glue on a child’s face.” Naturally, people were furious. The post made it sound like a doctor casually sealed a child’s wound with hardware-store glue instead of stitching it.
Before joining the outrage, I paused because something important was missing.
The entire discussion revolves around one word: “glue.”
But nobody seems interested in the obvious question: What kind of glue?
Medical-grade tissue adhesives are very common and often the preferred option for small, clean facial cuts in children. Emergency medicine, pediatrics, and plastic surgery guidelines across the world support their use. They’re quick, less painful than stitches, give excellent cosmetic results, and avoid the trauma of suture removal.
So when a viral post dramatically announces “the doctor used glue,” without clarifying the type, it becomes misleading by omission. It’s a bit like saying “the doctor gave the child a drug” without mentioning it was just paracetamol.
Two things about the viral claim stood out to me:
- No essential details.
- Missing medical context.
Presenting “glue” as inherently harmful ignores the fact that surgical glue is a recognized, safe, guideline-supported option. Without context, it only fuels anxiety and decreases the trust of the society in modern medicine and it’s practitioners.
If it eventually turns out that non-medical glue was used, that’s unquestionably wrong and deserves accountability. But if the doctor used approved tissue adhesive and the word “glue” triggered panic, then we may be misjudging the situation entirely.
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