Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

[KarafromPhilly]

What's the most unusual patient you've ever had? I've had a couple--one was a woman whose admit orders included that she was NOT to have any food from home. They suspected that her husband was POISONING her.

The other was a woman who was a former LPN with a textbook case of Munchausen's syndrome. There was really nothing wrong with her but she kept insisting (moaning, actually) that she was SO sick. Very weird.

[Imafloat, BSN, RN]

A baby with emphysema.

[nyapa, RN]

CVA in a 25yr old.

[TazziRN, RN]

A 21-yr-old with no cardiac history, no family history of cardiac problems, no history of drug use........acute MI. We almost lost him.

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

How about a 93-year-old with appendicitis?

It gets better. She'd never been a patient in a hospital before.

[RainDreamer, BSN, RN]

Conjoined twins.

[kessadawn, BSN, RN]

STDs in a 2 year old:o:o:o

[Megsd, BSN, RN]

A chemist admitted with thallium toxicity. The thallium poisoning is treated with Prussian Blue (a dye used in microbiology) that literally turned his insides blue. Due to other details about the pt including a psych history, no one was sure if this was accidental work exposure or intentional self-inflicted exposure.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Saw a pretty severe case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. During his bath his fingernails just peeled off. He had it from head to toe. Poor guy was miserable.

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

Flesh-eating bacteria case.

[Sabby_NC]

Pt with Munchausen's syndrome, was very interesting to see and read all about. This woman fascinated me!!

Another was a young man with Dextracardia.

[ready4crna?]

Epidermolysis Bullosa- Simple touch could cause blistering. Horribly painful, kid was strongest person I ever met.