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A joyful wedding nearly broke a woman's heart in a rare case of 'happy heart syndrome'Diagnostic dilemma A 65-year-old woman arrived at the ER with textbook signs of a heart attack — but the real trigger turned out to be joy, not a blocked artery.
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Doctors performed surgery to remove a mass in a woman's gut — and a bug-like creature immediately jumped outDiagnostic dilemma In a strange case, doctors removed a mass from a woman's digestive tract and encountered a live organism they didn't expect.
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Man who consulted ChatGPT about cutting out table salt ended up hospitalized with psychosisDiagnostic Dilemma A man looking for healthy alternatives to table salt consulted ChatGPT for help, but he ended up hospitalized with paranoia and hallucinations.
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Rare 'spinal stroke' struck an 8-year-old and temporarily paralyzed herDiagnostic Dilemma When an 8-year-old suddenly lost the ability to walk, doctors ruled out infection and autoimmune disease before uncovering a rare explanation.
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6-year-old develops life-threatening allergic reaction after blood transfusionDiagnostic Dilemma A 6-year-old cancer patient was receiving a blood transfusion when he developed a potentially deadly allergic reaction.
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Junk-food diet caused a teen's permanent blindnessDiagnostic Dilemma A teen's nutrient-poor diet led to irreversible vision problems.
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Diagnostic dilemma: An 83-year-old man went to the hospital because of very itchy skin. It turned out he had a rare form of syphilis.A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation for his illness.
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A woman heard voices for years — but not because of psychosisDiagnostic Dilemma After multiple hospital visits and unsuccessful antipsychotic treatments, a woman's doctors uncovered an overlooked explanation for her hallucinations.
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A woman's nausea was triggered by a huge mass in her stomach — which doctors dissolved with diet sodaDiagnostic dilemma A woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a buildup of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.
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