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Medical Mystery- Just for fun?
I think these are really fun so I've come up with a fictitious character, we'll call him Patient A, and he has an illness. You get 5 questions to ask me, but I will give you information in the description.
Twenty-two year old female checks herself into the hospital after stating that she is hearing voices.
Other symptoms:
None upon admittance
After being admitted:
-Nausea
-Extremely lethargic
-General feeling of malaise
-Headaches
Hints:
-She was a former drug addict
-She was not given any narcotics or painkillers
-She was told she was not getting any narcotics or painkillers
In order to win, you need:
A diagnosis
A test to confirm
A treatment or cure
Remember: If you have questions I will answer them. But you only get 5 as a team, so make them count.
No, no fever is present. Her current temperature is 99.4, which she explains is normal.
No, unfortunately liver function is ok.
She just had a seizure. She was not hooked up to an EKG to monitor cardiac function.
No, MRI turned up clean, no tumor. You are in the right area of the body however. Keep thinking about the brain.
I'll give you a hint- this is somewhat a trick question.
She was addicted to any drug she could get her hands on
This was somewhat a trick question. She is a drug addict, and is looking to score some pain-killers. Addicts will persist way after they have been declined pain meds- they are relentless- and tricky.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I Think she's suffering from Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.
Source(s): idk, I have no medical experience other than watching Grey's Anatomy (haha). - ?Lv 45 years ago
OOH i like this. ok, i might possibility a wager at hyperthyroidism! you will possibly neen thyroid functionality assessments to confirm, then a each and daily dose of something to diminish, can't undergo in concepts the call of the pill lol. fortunate it isn't any longer a genuine affected person then. i desire this fictional affected person has an prolonged and effective existence after diagnosis.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Questions: Does she have a fever?
Early guess: Tuberculous meningitis
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Edit: Second question
Is her skin yellow or itchy skin or skin lesions?
Second guess: Risperidone-induced immunoallergic hepatitis
(I have no medical background. I'm guessing she is a schizophenic and has liver problems)