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/Brilliant_Lie3941 Feb 02 '25

I've said it before on this sub, but.. any patient with >5 medication "allergies" has metastatic fibromyalgia.

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u/Comprehensive_Ant984 Feb 02 '25

You made a whole post ab how water parks aggravate your mold allergy and make you wheeze, but you wanna make fun of people with CFS??? Interesting choice.

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u/reggae_muffin Feb 02 '25

Their entire profile is the type of patient this thread is taking the piss out of lmao