Case Presentation: An 87-year-old female with a history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis (HD), presented to the ED with slurred speech, altered mental status, and generalized weakness for a day. At baseline she was alert and oriented to person, place, and time. Four days prior to admission, she was diagnosed with herpes zoster [...]

Case Presentation: A 69 year old woman presented to our hospital with 5 days of fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain & debilitating leg pain. Her only known medical problem was hyperlipidemia, for which she had recently increased her statin dose. 6 weeks prior to admission, she visited her hometown in Jiangxi, China. There, she drank tap [...]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman presented with 10 hours of left lower extremity pain and decreased urine output. The patient had a history of total thyroidectomy decades prior and had been prescribed levothyroxine. It was stopped two months prior to admission for low TSH.She had 2+ edema bilaterally.Labs returned with a creatinine of 6.8 mg/dL, [...]

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male from a major urban city in Northeast US with history of hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus presented with fevers and thigh pain for three days. He had no recent travel history, sick contacts, or bug bites. Physical examination was notable for injected conjunctiva. Lab work revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, acute [...]

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female with a history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) controlled by Adderall (10 mg QAM and 20 mg QHS), two miscarriages, and depression controlled by Bupropion and Fluoxetine, presented to the hospital with complaints of crampy abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhea. On further history, she reported a fever of [...]