• Question: What was the most fascinating diagnosis you gave to someone?

    Asked by anon-350330 on 15 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Edward Guy

      Edward Guy answered on 15 Mar 2023:

      The most fascinating diagnosis I gave was to the owner of a dog that turned out to have Lyme disease after getting bitten by ticks while going for walks in a Royal Park in London. Because of that, I got permission to collect ticks from the park and showed that they were carrying the Lyme disease bacterium.

    • Photo: Angela Short

      Angela Short answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      I’ve had a few interesting cases but some of the most fascinating diagnosis was when I volunteered in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak in 2015. There I spent 5 weeks diagnosing people with Ebola. It was one of the most worthwhile experiences I have ever had.

    • Photo: Simone Girdham

      Simone Girdham answered on 22 Mar 2023:

      Acanthamoeba keratitis – a parasite that can cause blindness. Luckily, the patient got the diagnosis in time and their eyesight was saved.

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