Unique Chief Complaints

I’ve had a few interesting chief complaints lately. Here is a small sampling … from different patients, of course. Someone broke into the patient’s house while he was sleeping and stole only his schizophrenia medications so that he would act up and then get arrested by police and have to be admitted to the hospital. Then the perpetrator could break back into his house and take all of his belongings. There are two small dots near my appendicitis scar. I think something may be inside trying to crawl its way out. I started having back pain after laughing too hard. My left ear had been clogged after having sex 9 days ago. I ran into a glass door at Home Depot. I’m not having any pain, but make sure you send them the bill for this visit. A bug crawled up into my belly button and now I can’t find the bug. My scars turn blue when I get cold. What is that? I had left testicle pain one month ago. Nurses sent a patient by ambulance after nursing home patient found doing jumping jacks in his room. He doesn’t usually act that way. ———————– This and all posts about patients may be fictional, may be my experiences, may be submitted by readers for publication here, or may be any combination of the above. Factual statements may or may not be accurate. If you would like to have a patient story published on WhiteCoat’s Call Room, please e-mail me.
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