Today in the mess* over lunch we’re trading stories about nonsense symptoms that people have presented with. Between us in the last few weeks, we’ve seen patients with itchy teeth, sudden improvement in hearing, and arm pain during urination. Each one gets a polite ripple of laughter, like a local dignitary’s speech at a graduation ceremony. We go round the table sharing our version of campfire ghost stories until it’s Seamus’s turn. He tells us he saw someone in the ER this morning who thought he was sweating on only half his face.
