House MD Fans The medical diagnosis game ♥

Olivine posted on Jun 19, 2009 at 12:33PM
This game is simple. One comes up with a disease and describes the symptoms, then the others have to guess which disease it is.
They might also ask questions to find out more about the disease (can it be treated with penicillin? is it contagious? is it a rare disease? ), but since we aren't doctors it might be possible that we don't know the answer, in this case we just say that we don't know. <3

link is very helpful!(you can search for a symptoms, add another symptom, add another one and so on )

The one who gets it right is the next one to come up with a disease.

I'll start :)

I live in the tropes. My symptoms are headache, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Also I feel very weak and dizzy, i had abdominal cramps before and I think I also hallucinated.
(i can give you more symptoms later ;])
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over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
ummm...
where are the tropes?
sorry lol

so is this patient "you" as in same age, same sex?
over a year ago Olivine said…
smile
Age, sex doesnt matter in that case, so I didn't say it. Everyone can get it, ok, except for 0-2 years old probably.
Tropes..I mean somewhere in the south, very warm climate, close to the sea,..
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
ok my ?'s:
have you eaten or dranken any tainted food or water latley?
are you on any prescription medicines?
have you had a fever at all?
have you been exposed to carbon monoxide?
over a year ago Olivine said…
Yesterday I ate reef fish, noodles and coconuts and drank soda from the super market.
I'm not on prescription medicines, I don't have a fever (at least i think so XD) and I don't think I've been exposed to carbon monoxide.
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
1st thing that comes to mind after you tell me you ate reef fish is food poisening
did anyone else that ate the same food as you get sick?

are we allowed to order tests?
id do a full blood work up and a stool sample to test for parasites/bacteria
over a year ago Olivine said…
laugh
aah it gets complicated XDD
Food poisoning is right - but which ? :p
no bacteria...i think no parasites in my stool either :S XD and yeah, there are toxins in my blood...your turn to guess which lol
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
perhaps norovirus or viral gastroenteritis
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
there are tons lol

um...gastroenteritis, salmonella, shigellosis, campylobacter, E Coli, toxoplasmosis, listeriosis, botulism

so no bacteria, no parasites, you're not preggers which means no toxoplasmosis so... its a virus.


im gonna go with norovirus.
over a year ago Olivine said…
smile
none of these :p
it's important that this illness is common in only tropical waters, particularly the Pacific and Caribbean^^ -> no viruses, it's connected with microorganisms, but I don't think you would find them in the stool..
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
you said no bacteria or parasites were found in your stool or blood

ok toxin....i gotta research a bit...
over a year ago Olivine said…
well, the toxin is from microorganism but since wikipedia stated different detection methods than finding the mos in a stool sample i thought they might not be.."there" ..xD
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
micorgainisms are bacteria...

so now im confussed cuz you said you had no bacteria
over a year ago Olivine said…
smile
no i mean in this case the toxin isn't produced by bacteria
over a year ago thirteen_times said…
Have you had any numbness of the hands or feet ?
over a year ago Olivine said…
yes :)
over a year ago thirteen_times said…
hmmm
Ciguatera poisoning?
over a year ago Olivine said…
big smile
That's right!!! :D Your turn
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
niiiice
over a year ago thirteen_times said…
My symptoms are upper abdominal pain, chest pain, coughing blood and yellowish discoloration of my skin.
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
do you feel fatigued?
have you been exposed to anyone with the same symptoms?
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
full blood work, stool sample test, sputum sample test

where there any parasites found in any of the above?
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over a year ago thirteen_times said…
hmmm
No fatigue and has not been exposed to anyone with the same symptoms. A parasite was found in the full blood work, stool sample test.
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
Echinococcus (tapewarm)
over a year ago mimika_s said…
I LOVE IT!I hope to play in the next round
PS to Cami:I'm studying Molecular Biology for my exams and my head is ready to explode...You understand what I mean...
over a year ago thirteen_times said…
Sorry, I haven't replied.
Yes to numbers
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
cool!

alrighty then...

I come to the hospital and tell you this:
i sweat all the time, even without phisical activity
I have lost 50 pounds in the past month, but i feel like im eating all the time
sometimes my heart feels like it will beat out of my chest
sometimes my arm jerks around, without me moving it.

good luck!(ask whatever you'd like) and as more symptoms arise, i shall tell you.
over a year ago Olivine said…
Hyperthyroidism ?
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
yup lol

did i give too many specific symptoms
o well
nice job Oli! XD
over a year ago Olivine said…
big smile
no i'm just a born diagnostician XDDD haha jokes
ok...let me think of something- oh, if anyone else wants to do it instead of me, I dont mind :) I'm quite busy actually, so feel free to do this round instead of me.
over a year ago j1edwardcullen7 said…
rainy
An infant... some symptoms are rapid breathing, bluish skin colour, and shortness of breath. A clue is: Some tests to diagnose are chest x-ray, arterial blood gas, and pulse oximetry. You can get it anywhere. And another clue is it's a lung disease.
over a year ago Olivine said…
hmmm
hm..pneumonia maybe?
over a year ago j1edwardcullen7 said…
rainy
No... Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) You have one??
over a year ago Olivine said…
Yep ^^
And btw you dont have to say what it was if someone guesses wrong - others can still guess.

14 year old, bruises stay for a long time, bleedings take a long time until they stop, diarrhea often.
over a year ago j1edwardcullen7 said…
rainy
Is it a chronic disease? Or is it something that's an emergency??
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
well its an obvious clotting disorder, just gotta fin out which...
hmmmmmmm
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
maybe hemophilia
maybe collected with Von Willebrand's disease?
over a year ago housefrk said…
do they have a vitamin K deficiency?
over a year ago Olivine said…
no to numbers, yes to chronic disease
vitamin K...i think it's not directly connected to the disease, but I don't know enough to be sure
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over a year ago j1edwardcullen7 said…
rainy
IDK how to spell it... it's not a clotting disorder??
over a year ago iluvhousemd said…
hemophilia a or b
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over a year ago Olivine said…
well, there's some problem with the clotting because of this disease
No, not hemophilia :)
Another tip: people with DOWN snydrome have a higher risk of getting this disease and i guess everyone can get it.
over a year ago lufee said…
do symptoms include fatigue, loss of appetite or pale skin?
over a year ago Olivine said…
Yes
over a year ago lufee said…
leukaemia??
over a year ago Olivine said…
that's right :D your turn^^
over a year ago lufee said…
yay! :)

Patient shows facial changes with once side appearing to sink, they also experience facial pain, headaches and seizures.
over a year ago x5mp1xp1nx22x said…
ok so they had a stroke? or they have reoccuring mini strokes...like TIA's?
over a year ago lufee said…
CT scan rules out stroke but did reveal intracerebral calcification
over a year ago heeeresjoyce said…
Is it Wegener's granulomatosis?
over a year ago house29 said…
Is it Zygomycosis?