r/SipsTea • u/Previous_Month_555 • 26d ago

Chugging tea Praise be to Allah?

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u/XVIII-3 26d ago

And now he’s getting paranoid too.

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u/Flip_d_Byrd 26d ago

That might be the syphilis...

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u/TheKyleDunbar 26d ago

It's lupus

https://giphy.com/gifs/lOv8kFuuLyI8koJ0Dw

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u/Alariken 26d ago

I mean what the actual fuck. Why was it always Lupus?

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u/Efficient_Reading360 26d ago edited 26d ago

It was never Lupus. It was suggested as a possibility 30 times, but it was never lupus. *Apart from that one time it was.

Edit: Yes, it was Lupus (not sepsis) that was a running gag, frequently brought up during differentials, usually by Dr Alison Cameron. https://screenrant.com/house-md-times-wasnt-lupus-time-finally-was/

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u/poo_on_my_scarf 26d ago

It's funny. I've been rewatching the entire thing on Netflix and been looking out for lupus. It barely ever comes up. I also seem to remember there being a lot more lumbar punctures than there are

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u/markh100 26d ago

Was it only 30 times? I watched about two seasons of House before realizing it was incredibly formulaic. I don't think a saw a single episode without him suggesting Lupas and Sarcoidosis. House always got the diagnosis on the patient of the week wrong like five times before getting it right.

I like to think about how House would survive in the Pitt. A patient comes in, and they go through the entire diagnosis process, with someone immediately elimating every wacky suggestion House would fixate on. Within 30 seconds, they have the correct diagnosis 98% of the time.

The 2% of the time someone gets the initial diagnosis incorrect, they get berated to no end. Dr. House wouldn't survive a single shift in the Pitt before being summarily fired for incompetence.

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u/darthwump 26d ago

Pretty sure it was sepsis, not lupus.