TWiP 209: A worm in paradise

The TWiP team solves the case of the Woman From Hawaii With Allodynia and abdominal pain, bilateral hip and leg pain, dizziness, and diffuse hyperesthesia. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Use coupon code MicrobeTV when purchasing a spike t-shirt from Vaccinated.us Accidental host (TWiP 207) Hero: Dan Colley Letters read on TWiP 209 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 209 Man in his early 70s with PMH sig for HTN, DM-II, HLD, BPH is admitted to the hospital after coming from Guatemala to visit his son. He feels faint with standing and is noted to have a HR in the 40s and does not feel well when he stands. He is also noted to have diarrhea, but this has been going for an unclear period of time. On EKG he is noted to have a RBBB. PMH  HTN, DM-II, HLD, BPH PSH neg Allergies NKADR Social -no toxic habits reported, reports living in Guatemala City but grew up in the rural areas. Enjoys fruit juice FH-noncontrib Exam: slow heart rate, orthostatic A number of blood and stool tests are collected and he is referred to a tertiary care center for implantation of a cardiac pacemaker. At the tertiary care center the patient is seen by an Infectious Disease Specialist and a number of tests are ordered by the Infectious Disease Consultant but they are canceled by Cardiologist who writes in their note “no concern for an infectious process”. Now one of the tests collected at the first hospital returns with an interesting result that is later confirmed by a second test. Send your case diagnosis, questions and comments to [email protected]