Dr. Greg House, MD

I should have anticipated another mistletoe curse. Oh well. Who doesn't like the day after regret and feeling that you may have contracted some virus or another?

Be on the look out for Mono. Because that would be a Christmas present that keeps on giving. Or Hanukkah if that's how you go. In honor of Foreman I'll say Kwanza.

If you are experiencing more than two of the following do something about it:

1. Fatigue even with a lot of rest.
2. A sore throat that won't quit even after antibiotics
3. Persistent fever
4. Swollen lymph nodes at your neck and arm pits, if you don't know what those are look for another symptom
5. Swollen tonsils
6. Persistent headache
7. Skin rash, when you say you have one don't show people. Wait to be asked. No one likes a friendly flasher.
8. Loss of appetite maybe make a note of the last thing you ate.
9. Nightsweats this should be particularly noticeable because it's winter.
10. Swollen spleen if you can't tell, look for another symptom.

Most importantly, if you think you have mononucleosis, tell whatever professional physician you believe you have it or else it maybe musical diagnosis. 

In the event that you find your skin to be orange after consuming your weight in carrots, City carrots no less, don't be alarmed. Consuming that much beta carotene, it should be no surprise. I wouldn't recommend a diet of that many carrots unless you want to increase your chances of prostate cancer, lung cancer, or cardiovascular problems.

The mystery is solved. If it isn't that, take Motrin. If it does nothing...someone will see you eventually.

This is way, way more clinic duty than I've ever willingly undertaken. Surely, someone has an infectious disease or maybe a bacteria not yet diagnosed. You're holding out on me. I'd ask about any downstairs mix ups but I still think it's too soon. Right, Dr. Cameron? Dr. Chase? They'll be modest. Always.

I would like to say, loudly and proudly, on the network that meat is good. Cows are delicious when prepared properly. Not eating meat doesn't make sense because our body processes it. How much and of what sort, it can vary. People say eating red meat is unnatural, that's not entirely so. It again goes back to how much. How frequently. How now brown cow.

And then there was one blind man. Circumstances beyond my means or understanding have deprived a sound, logical medical investigation. Or as I like to say--got the easy way out. Heartwarming, wonderful in that way that Hallmark hopes to mimic every time, isn't it?

There's work still to be done. I haven't seen Dr. Deus Ex Machina around here to pick up his shift everywhere else.

Say Dr. Jimmy, (I wasn't aware that was your official moniker) I can't help but notice it looks like you're trying to get an Eden of your own. The least she could do is pick up an accent. I guess that's what the button nose is for. Right?

( filtered to the clinic; )

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

SYMPTOM(S): Uncontrollable Laughter
                          Chest Pain
                          Clumsiness
                          Which caused cranial bleeding.

POSSIBLE DIAGNOSIS:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis--it explains the chest pains, clumsiness and the laughter. The curse is accelerating the effects the degeneration process of the disease, usually it's a lot more slow. Search for DNA abnormalities or any hereditary link.

Pseudobulbar palsy onset by a tumor in the high brain stem or motor neurone diseases that would cause the disorder int he brain stem and spinal column.

Dementia (scribbled in) by Kuru causes the laughter as well as the inability to cooperate. The laughter would be causing the chest pains all the way down to clumsiness if that's the case.

CJD-?

The first two are not entirely treatable. A sample of tricyclic antidepressants would rule out dementia.

[ooc;  Curse or not, he'd want to diagnosis this. Since House is kind of an investigatory doctor, for nowit is just ruling out different diagnosiseses since tomorrow is OH SNAP THIS ISN'T NORMAL day. Any questions, comments or things I shouldn't be doing plz do AIM me. That's why God LJ made edits.]