Ep 130: A 27-Year-Old with Penicillin Allergy

This episode reviews the diagnostic workup for causes of headache.Read more on this topic in Harrison's.Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd Edition 

This episode goes through the diagnostic maneuvers involved in diagnosing various causes of chest pain.Read more on this topic in Harrison'sHarrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd Edition 

Contributor: Geoff Hogan MD

Educational Pearls:

Penicillin allergies are relatively uncommon despite their frequent reports

Like tens of millions of people, Stephen Dubner thought he had a penicillin allergy. Like the vast majority, he didn’t. This misdiagnosis costs billions of dollars and causes serious health problems, so why hasn’t it been fixed? And how about all the other things we think we’r ...

Sometimes it seems like the world is out to get us: bees in our garden, pollen in the air, nuts in our brownies, any number of other things that could trigger an allergic reaction ranging from itchy eyes and a runny nose all the way to anaphylaxis. Why must our bodies react in ...

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