Let's play a diagnosis game.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

Let's say your patient, Skeeter McMenamin, comes to you feeling ill. Two weeks ago he suffered from a flu, which passed fairly quickly. Now he's complaining of terrible chest congestion, difficulty breathing, cold flashes, difficulty concentrating, and joint pain.

What's your immediate diagnosis?

[Inchworm]

1. I've been dreaming about House lately

now I'm going to clean my kitchen :D

:scared:

[HopeHoops]

2. Bad weed.

I had some gym sock weed back in '78 or so that did that too me.

Of course, it was back when a nickel bag was still $5.

[hyphenate]

3. Has a correct diagnosis already been made on a hypothetical

patient? Otherwise all guesses are just that--guesses.

My first inclination would be a parasitic infection, such as Lyme disease. A second possibility could be fibromyalgia, which can often become active after a serious illness.

There are far too many possibilities, and a lot of them would not be able to be diagnosed on the symptoms only listed. A differential diagnosis would logically require time and tests to discover.

[CreekDog]

4. bacterial pneumonia?

:shrug:

what am i, a doctor?

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if this were an episode of "House" my diagnosis would be wrong and followed by blood gushing from every orifice, followed by resuscitation, followed by correct diagnosis, followed by recovery (unless it was one of those episodes where they want to trick you into thinking there will be a recovery.)

:crazy:

[mainegreen]

5. That I'm sitting on the patients chest.

[DS1]

6. caught teh gay