Doctor, is it Something I Ate?

Was it something she ate? Case report and discussion of scombroid poisoning.

We report the case of a 51-year old woman who developed headache, nausea, palpitations, tachycardia and hypertension 30 minutes after eating a tuna fish salad. Elevated histamine levels in the salad helped to confirm a suspected diagnosis of scombroid poisoning. The signs, symptoms, pathophysiology and management of poisoning from spoiled scombroid fish are discussed.

Is it child abuse--or something else?

I-4: Is It Time Now to Cancel Fresh EmbryoTransfer

The implantation of embryo depends on the quality of the embryo and the receptivity of the endometrium. While the factors affecting embryo quality were optimized, the implantation rates did not reach the desirable levels. This directs the blaming for endometrial receptivity which already has been affected by supra-physiological levels of hormone, namely estradiol, in controlled ovarian hypersti...

If There Is Something It Is Like to Be Alife, What Is It?

In the field of consciousness studies, the phrase ‘Is there something it is like to be X?’, derived from Nagel’s ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ (Nagel 1974), has become an acceptable way of asking whether X is conscious. It is my contention that this is a question that should be asked in the context of artificial organisms of the type studied in Alife, and especially of physically embodied orga...

Is It Hyper IgE Syndrome Or Something Else?

Elevated IgE levels can be associated with a variety of causes. The diagnosis is most often made on a clinical basis taking into consideration a complete history and physical. In this case report we describe a patient with elevated IgE levels and our discovery upon further investigation after noticing some unique findings on his physical examination. The differential diagnosis of extremely elev...