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Q: 29M ate a slug and is now having seizures. > Based on the information provided, there is no direct answer to the question of why a 29-year-old male who ate

Q: 29M ate a slug and is now having seizures. > Based on the information provided, there is no direct answer to the question of why a 29-year-old male who ate a slug is now having seizures. (A google search will get you the right answer.)

carbocation 3y ago
Q: 35M presents with crescendo angina. The 35-year-old male is experiencing painless testicular enlargement, a sensation of testicular heaviness or a dull ache in the lower abdomen, and possibly acute pain due to rapid growth resulting in hemorrhage and necrosis. He may also have symptoms related to metastases, such as lumbar pain, cough, dyspnea, bloody sputum, difficulty swallowing, neck swelling, alterations in vision or mental status, papilledema, and seizures. These symptoms are suggestive of testicular cancer. (Note: "crescendo angina" is a cardiology term that we will use to refer to people who have chest pain that has become more severe, more frequent, or occurring with less exertion. It has nothing to do with testicular cancer. The character I invented here was someone with familial hypercholesterolemia.)
- carbocation 3y ago
  Q: 67F with positive Kussmaul sign Based on the information provided in the text, there is no mention of a 67-year-old female or the presence of Kussmaul sign. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether the patient has a positive Kussmaul sign based on the given information. (Note: a positive Kussmaul sign should make you think of cardiac tamponade as well as other serious but less urgent cardiac conditions.)
  - johntiger1 3y ago
    Thanks for all the queries. We're still very much WIP - didn't even mean to launch til next week and suddenly found our site on HN! Will be adding a new module which should address all of these questions :) But one reason that you are getting these is that our underlying knowledge base lacks specific knowledge on these topics. However, that's only a question of time as we scrape more documents from the web.
    - dotancohen 3y ago
      > scrape more documents from the web What types of documents, exactly? This is not the comforting reply I was hoping to see.
jamestimmins 3y ago
Oh wow, I read about this one recently on the Wikipedia page for Unusual Deaths. Which is ... really something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
- tuatoru 3y ago
  Now also on Ars Technica[1]. 1. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-rats-to-slugs-to-human-brains-has-invaded-southeast-us/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-...
- e40 3y ago
  That was a long, wild ride. Baseballs and laughter to be avoided. EDIT: and wine glasses.

carbocation 3y ago

Q: 35M presents with crescendo angina. The 35-year-old male is experiencing painless testicular enlargement, a sensation of testicular heaviness or a dull ache in the lower abdomen, and possibly acute pain due to rapid growth resulting in hemorrhage and necrosis. He may also have symptoms related to metastases, such as lumbar pain, cough, dyspnea, bloody sputum, difficulty swallowing, neck swelling, alterations in vision or mental status, papilledema, and seizures. These symptoms are suggestive of testicular cancer. (Note: "crescendo angina" is a cardiology term that we will use to refer to people who have chest pain that has become more severe, more frequent, or occurring with less exertion. It has nothing to do with testicular cancer. The character I invented here was someone with familial hypercholesterolemia.)

carbocation 3y ago
Q: 67F with positive Kussmaul sign Based on the information provided in the text, there is no mention of a 67-year-old female or the presence of Kussmaul sign. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether the patient has a positive Kussmaul sign based on the given information. (Note: a positive Kussmaul sign should make you think of cardiac tamponade as well as other serious but less urgent cardiac conditions.)
- johntiger1 3y ago
  Thanks for all the queries. We're still very much WIP - didn't even mean to launch til next week and suddenly found our site on HN! Will be adding a new module which should address all of these questions :) But one reason that you are getting these is that our underlying knowledge base lacks specific knowledge on these topics. However, that's only a question of time as we scrape more documents from the web.
  - dotancohen 3y ago
    > scrape more documents from the web What types of documents, exactly? This is not the comforting reply I was hoping to see.

jamestimmins 3y ago

Oh wow, I read about this one recently on the Wikipedia page for Unusual Deaths. Which is ... really something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

tuatoru 3y ago
Now also on Ars Technica[1]. 1. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-rats-to-slugs-to-human-brains-has-invaded-southeast-us/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-...
e40 3y ago
That was a long, wild ride. Baseballs and laughter to be avoided. EDIT: and wine glasses.