Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Think Like a Doctor: The Sick Traveler Solved! - The New York Times

On Thursday, we challenged Well readers to take on the complicated case of a 50-year-old woman who felt feverish and couldn't stop vomiting and who ended up losing a lot of weight. Like the doctors who saw her as she searched for a diagnosis, many of you focused on her recent journey to Kenya as the source of her symptoms. It was a completely reasonable approach, and one that was extensively explored by the doctors who cared for her. But ultimately it was incorrect.

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