Doctors of Reddit? What was a symptom a patient didn't mention that was really important?

16-year-old came in with blood pressure of 6030. Hale is a ghost. Tons of free fluid in his abdomen on ultrasound.

Turns out he had a metastatic testicular cancer that had eroded into his aorta and was bleeding into his belly.

Come to find out later, he had testicle lumps and was too scared to tell anyone.

I had a guy come to the hospital who told me he had seizures every Tuesday like clockwork.

This is highly, highly unusual for somebody with a seizure disorder.

It wasn't until I asked him about his social history that he told me he's a heavy

drinker. I further investigated, and it turns out he binge drinks Thursday, Friday, Saturday

every week. Then stops cold turkey. He was having withdrawal seizures. Black stools. Folks, if you're

having black poops, for God's sake, mention that sooner rather than later.

This lady had been seeing nothing but black for months before she thought to mention anything.

We found several gastric ulcers and a hemoglobin level that circled the drain.

Medical intern here.

Had a woman come to ER complaining about stomach pain.

Took her full history, did the exam in vitals.

She seemed fine.

Mild fever.

Made a preliminary diagnosis of gastrointestinous and presented to my doctor.

My doctor, whose female, goes to her and asks why she came to the ER for something so mild.

She says because she noticed blood in her stool.

The doc comes out and asks me if I asked about her

stool. I did and she said it was fine. And I asked specifically about blood. She goes back in and

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