r/emergencymedicine • u/Asleep-Palpitation43 Nurse Practiciner • Feb 02 '25

Advice Allergy Olympics

Is it wrong that if I see a patient has more than 10 allergies I IMMEDIATELY assume she's (bc it's always a she) a psych case?

In 24 years I've never been wrong.

You'll never read this in a textbook but add it to your practice today and thank me later👍

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u/InitialMajor ED Attending Feb 02 '25

The psychotic malingering patient will have something terrible one day but no one is getting sued for it

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Exactly. Who’s gonna bother?