This is one of the most popular medical series in the history of television. The premiere of the first episode took place in mid -November 2004 at the American Fox station, making a considerable sensation among viewers and critics. On a wave of unflagging popularity with the struggles of an eccentric and brilliant doctor who Hugh Laurie created on the screenother countries also showed interest in production, acquiring the rights to distribute it. At that time, no one thought that the story presented in one of its episodes in a few years would really save someone.
Doctors did not know how they could help him. “Dr House” inspired them to diagnose
When in 2012 the last slap on the set of “Dr. House”, a 55-year-old man came to the center of diseases undiagnosed in Marburg. His medical history was amazing, because he had been struggling with a number of different unusual ailments for 2 years. After the surgery of insertion of the hip prosthesis, he began to suffer from severe heart failure, progressive blindness, began to lose hearing, and also had hypothyroidism and almost constant fever attacks.
Such a wide spectrum of ailments did not suit any specialists known to specialists. Therefore, they began to re -conduct detailed tests, trying to exclude all possible diseases that would minimize the patient’s ailments. This, however, did nothing, because neither the diagnosis nor attempts to treat the desired effects.
The diagnosis of “Dr. House” turned out to be accurate. The hit series saved the life of the patient of the German clinic
One of the doctors from the beginning was convinced that the causes of the man’s ailment should be seen in the surgery he had. INThen he also remembered one of the episodes of “Dr. House”, who, moreover, discussed several times during classes with medical students. – Then I associated the script of one of the seventh season about Dr. Housie. In a similar case, he diagnosed cobalt poisoning, which was the result of corroding the implant – said Dr. Jürgen Schäfer in an interview with The Lancet.
Following this lead, the patient was subject to radiography, and then the level of cobalt and chrome in his body was measured. Research results showed a high concentration of these metals that contributed to muscle inflammation. Appropriate treatment was immediately implemented and the decision was made to replace the hip prosthesis with a new one, this time made of ceramic coating. After a few months, the man regained his strength and returned to partial fitness, although some damage, such as hearing or sight loss, proved to be irreversible. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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