“The leading suspect,” he concluded, “is a wooden toothpick—an object commonly found in club sandwiches and used for dental hygiene. Toothpick ingestions often go unnoticed, but once identified, they are considered medical emergencies owing to their propensity to cause visceral perforation and vascular injury.”

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    20 hours ago

    I’ve said that for the longest time too because of House… And then my sister got diagnosed with lupus about 2 weeks ago. I’ve been lied to!

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      16 hours ago

      The reason it’s never Lupus on House is because Lupus is well known and all the doctors want to diagnose it because it’s cool and fun to say, but his whole deal is figuring out the things they missed